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Halligen
The ''Halligen'' (German, singular ''Hallig'', ) or the ''halliger'' (Danish, singular ''hallig'') are small islands without protective levee, dikes. They are variously pluralized in English as the Halligen, Halligs, Hallig islands, or Halligen islands. There are ten Germany, German ''halligen'' in the North Frisian Islands on Schleswig-Holstein's Wadden Sea–North Sea coast in the district of Nordfriesland and one remaining hallig at the west coast of Denmark (Langli (island), Langli). Naming The name is cognate to Old-English ''halh'', meaning "slightly raised ground isolated by marsh". The very existence of the ''halligen'' is a result of frequent floods and poor coastal protection. The floods were much more common in the Middle Ages and coastal protection was much poorer. Aspects The ''halligen'' have areas ranging from 7 to 956 ha, and are often former parts of the mainland, separated therefrom by storm surge, storm tide erosion. Some are parts of once much bigger isla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Frisian Islands
The North Frisian Islands (, ; ''Öömrang'' and ''Fering'' ; ''Söl'ring'' ; ) are the Frisian Islands off the coast of North Frisia. The term covers both the North Frisian Islands in the narrow sense (in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany) and the Danish Wadden Sea Islands (in Denmark). However, Cultural geography, culturally and Language geography, linguistically, the Danish islands are usually not reckoned as being part of North Frisia, since they are not inhabited by native speakers of the North Frisian language. Occasionally, the remote island of Heligoland is also included in this group for reasons of political geography, administrative convenience, despite not being located in the Wadden Sea, since the island is home to its Heligolandic dialect, own unique dialect of Frisian. History After the Frisian and Danish colonisation of the islands in the 8th century, the Frisian-populated Hundred (county subdivision), hundreds (between Eiderstedt and Sylt) became the Uthlande. The Nor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hallig Habel
Habel (; , North Frisian: ''Haabel'') is the smallest Hallig in the German Wadden Sea, and is a bird sanctuary. It is administered by the Gröde municipality on the neighbouring island. The surface area of Habel measures 7.4 hectares with about 655 metres in length, and 100 metres width. On this island there is an artificial dwelling hill called Norderwarft with a house that hosts an ornithological observatory during the summertime. A second hill on the southern shore, Süderwarft, was abandoned in the 19th century and was then destroyed by the sea. Habel is located in Protection Area 1 of the Schleswig Holstein Wadden Sea National Park. The common public must therefore not enter the island. The island is owned by the state of Schleswig-Holstein and is leased by Verein Jordsand, a non-profit association for environmental protection with its seat in Ahrensburg. Habel serves as breeding and resting grounds for many species of marine birds like the brant goose and the Arctic te ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nordstrandischmoor
Nordstrandischmoor (; , North Frisian: ''Lätj Möör''; also known locally as ''Lüttmoor'') is a ''Hallig'' (undyked islet) off the North Frisian coast in Germany and lies within the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park. Geography Administratively, Nordstrandischmoor belongs to the municipality of Nordstrand, Germany, Nordstrand and is one of its parishes. The ''Hallig'' has an area of 1.9 km2. In the spring of 2008, 27 people lived on Nordstrandischmoor. Its link with the mainland is the Lüttmoorsiel-Nordstrandischmoor island railway a construction railway with a Track gauge, rail gauge of 2 ft and 600 mm gauge railways, 600 mm, which runs to the mainland at Beltringharder Koog in the municipality of Reußenköge. At high tide, ships can also dock. At low tide the ''Hallig'' may also be reached on foot over the mudflats. On the island, there are four Artificial dwelling hill, warfs, artificial dwelling mounds on which are located a primary school (with 3 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hamburger Hallig
Hamburger Hallig (; , North Frisian: ''Hamborjer Håli'') is an area on the westcoast of Nordfriesland district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, that is not protected by sea dikes. It is therefore counted among the Halligen islands. History The island was named after two merchants from Hamburg, the brothers Rudolf and Arnold Amsinck. They were granted a privilege to purchase and maintain land in the northeastern area of Strand island, where they constructed dikes in the years 1624 to 1628. The newly secured land was called the Amsinck polder. However, the Burchardi Flood of 1634 destroyed the dikes, leaving only one artificial dwelling hill with "Hamburger Haus" amburg houseon it intact. Afterwards the dikes were restored at high financial costs. In 1661, the house was torn down and replaced by a smaller building. In 1711, the island had again become an undiked Hallig. It remained property of the Amsick family until 1760. The name "Hamburger Hallig" was first recorded in 178 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norderoog
Norderoog (; Halligen Frisian: Noorderuug, Danish language, Danish: Nørreog) is one of the ten German halligen islands of the North Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea, which is part of the North Sea off the coast of Germany. A part of Hooge, Germany, Hooge municipality, the island belongs to the Nordfriesland district. It is only temporarily inhabited by a bird warden from March to October. The refuge hut at the northeastern end is called ''Jens Wand Hütte'', named after the warden Jens Sorensen Wand, which is built on stilts to protect it from flooding. A former Artificial dwelling hill, terp had been washed away. It has been the site of several ecological studies. History The island was first recorded in 1597 as ''Norder Ough''. In 1630 there was a permanent estate on Noorderoog that was inhabited by a beach warden. This dwelling was destroyed in the Burchardi flood of 1634. Later, another family settled there but their house was washed away in the February flood of 1825. From ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Süderoog
Süderoog (; ; North Frisian: ''Saruug'' or ''Saaruuch'') is one of the ''Halligen'', a group of islands in the North Frisian Wadden Sea, off the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein in north Germany. It belongs administratively to the parish of Pellworm and is a bird reserve. Before the Burchardi flood in 1634 there were three houses on the island, one of which was inhabited by the beach lookout (''Strandvogt''). He was also the caretaker of the beacon, which was destroyed during the storm surge of 1634. In this storm tide, two houses were destroyed and ten people were drowned. In the February flood of 1825 the last remaining house was destroyed. It was rebuilt, however, and served again as the residence of the lookout. Today the ''Hallig'' has an area of and is currently farmed organically by a husband and wife. The most famous resident of the island was Hermann Paulsen Neuton who, from 1927 until he died in 1951, ran an international youth meeting place, the "Island of Boys" (''In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Südfall
Südfall (; ) is a small island in the Wadden Sea off the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, one of the ten German ''Hallig'' islands. It has a permanent population of two people. It covers an area of and is administratively part of Pellworm Municipality. History Prior to the Grote Mandrenke flood in 1362, the area comprising the present-day island was a part of the former island of Strand in Edoms Hundred. As a result of the flood, which laid waste to much of Strand and submerged the city of Rungholt, three small islands were removed from the area of Strand: Südfall, Nübell (or "Nubel") and Nielandt. Over time, Südfall and Nübell were gradually eroded into the sea, and their inhabitants resettled on Nielandt, renaming it Südfall. In the catastrophic Burchardi flood of 1634, Strand was torn asunder by the sea and its largest settlements were destroyed, causing a great loss of life and property. Nearby Südfall, however, weathered the disaster. Its inhabitants ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hooge (hallig)
Hooge (; , North Frisian: ''Huuge'') is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The municipality is located on the island of Hooge – a small island off the coast of Germany. It is the second largest of the ten halligen in the Wadden Sea, after Langeneß. It is frequently called the Queen of the Halligen. The houses on the island are built on ten ''Warften'' ('artificial dwelling mounds'). The municipality (''Gemeinde'') Hooge also includes the uninhabited hallig Norderoog. Settlements and geography Hooge has 9 populated Warften: * Backenswarft * Kirchwarft * Ockelützwarft * Hanswarft * Ockenswarft * Lorenzwarft/Mitteltritt (double-terpen) * Volkertswarft * Ipkenswarft * Westerwarft The Pohnswarft still can be found close to the shore of Hooge. The Pohnswarft is an unpopulated ''Warft'' which has been abandoned due to its unfavourable location. There is only a water gauge on it. The small island of Hainshallig, located off the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Artificial Dwelling Hill
A ''terp'', also known as a ''wierde, woerd, warf, warft, werf, werve, wurt'' or ''værft'', is an artificial dwelling mound found on the North European Plain that has been created to provide safe ground during storm surges, high tides and sea or river flooding. The various terms used reflect the regional dialects of the North European region. These mounds occur in the coastal parts of the Netherlands (in the provinces of Zeeland, Friesland and Groningen), in southern parts of Denmark and in the north-western parts of Germany where, before dykes were made, floodwater interfered with daily life. These can be found especially in the region Ostfriesland and Kreis Nordfriesland in Germany. In Kreis Nordfriesland on the Halligen, people still live on terps unprotected by dykes. Terps also occur in the Rhine and Meuse river plains in the central part of the Netherlands. Furthermore, terps can be found more to the south in the province North Holland, like Avendorp near the to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Langeneß
Langeneß (; ; ) is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It consists of the halligen (islands) Langeneß and Oland. Before the flood of 1634 the two islands were directly attached. Langeneß itself has 16 Warften and is the largest Hallig. It has about 100 inhabitants and 58 households. There is a junior school and an information centre providing information about the national park A national park is a nature park designated for conservation (ethic), conservation purposes because of unparalleled national natural, historic, or cultural significance. It is an area of natural, semi-natural, or developed land that is protecte ... and the Wadden-Sea at Peterswarf. A railway connects Langeneß to the mainland at Dagebüll via Oland for people, which live on the islands. There is also a daily ferry service of W.D.R. References External links * Halligen Tidal islands of Germany Nordfriesland Islands of Schleswig-H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salt Meadow
A salt marsh, saltmarsh or salting, also known as a coastal salt marsh or a tidal marsh, is a coastal ecosystem in the upper coastal intertidal zone between land and open saltwater or brackish water that is regularly flooded by the tides. It is dominated by dense stands of salt-tolerant plants such as herbs, grasses, or low shrubs. These plants are terrestrial in origin and are essential to the stability of the salt marsh in trapping and binding sediments. Salt marshes play a large role in the aquatic food web and the delivery of nutrients to coastal waters. They also support terrestrial animals and provide coastal protection. Salt marshes have historically been endangered by poorly implemented coastal management practices, with land reclaimed for human uses or polluted by upstream agriculture or other industrial coastal uses. Additionally, sea level rise caused by climate change is endangering other marshes, through erosion and submersion of otherwise tidal marshes. However ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oland (Frisian Island)
Oland (; , North Frisian language, North Frisian: ''Ualöönist'') is a small Hallig of the North Frisian Islands which is connected by Dagebüll–Oland–Langeneß_island_railway, a narrow-gauge railway to the mainland and to Hallig Langeneß. In 2019, the population was estimated, unofficially, to be 16 people. Oland Lighthouse, Germany's smallest lighthouse is located here, being also the only one with a Thatching, thatched roof. History People have settled in this place since the Middle Ages, while today's Oland was connected to the Hallig Langeneß until the Burchardi flood in 1634. The Hallig became smaller as a result of numerous storm surges over the centuries. The second terp (Warft) of the Hallig was destroyed in a storm flood in 1850, so today's Oland consists of one large terp in the Wadden Sea National Parks, Wadden Sea. Since 1927, Oland and Langeneß have been connected to the mainland by a dam with a narrow-gauge railway. Initially, the lorries on this railwa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
