ITZEHOE, a town in the Prussian province of Schleswig Holstein, on the Stor, 32 m. N.W. of Hamburg and 15 m. N. of Gliickstadt. Pop. (1933) 20,906. Itzehoe, the oldest town in Hol stein, had as its nucleus a castle, built in 809. In 1201 the town was destroyed, but it was restored in 1224. Lubeck rights were granted to the new town in 2238, and to the old town in 1303. It
passed to Prussia in 1867, with the duchy of Schleswig-Holstein. Ancient buildings include the church of St. Laurence (12th cen tury), and a convent founded in 1256. Manufactures include machinery, tobacco, fishing-nets, soap, cement and beer. Iron founding, shipbuilding and wool-spinning are carried on.