'Wahlstedt (formerly Walstede), village at the Segeberger Haide (…). The soil is probably the most meagre in the duchy and whole fields are covered in shifting sands.'

(From: "Topographie der Herzogthümer Holstein und Lauenburg …" by Johannes von Schröder and Herm. Biernatzki. 2nd edition, second volume. 1856)