Hedwigenkoog is a municipality belonging to the
''Amt'' ("collective municipality") Büsum-Wesselburen in the district
Dithmarschen
Dithmarschen (, ; archaic English: ''Ditmarsh''; ; ) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the north and clockwise) the districts of Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Flensburg, Rendsburg-Eckernförde, and Steinburg, by the ...
in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Hedwigenkoog is situated on the
North Sea
The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Se ...
coast north of
Büsum and
Westerdeichstrich. It consists of 1600ha of marshland reclaimed from the sea (called a ''Koog'' in German) and protected with a dike in 1696 to secure the land connection between Büsum and
Wesselburen. The first part of its name was adopted in honor of
Hedvig Sophia of Sweden, wife of Duke
Frederick IV of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorp.
The coat of arms is a modified version of the duke's seal and shows a swan holding an eel. The animals in the original version were a stork and a snake; the eel refers to
Ahlen
Ahlen (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Aulen'') is a Town#Germany, town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 30 km southeast of Münster. Ahlen is part of the Warendorf (district), District of Warendorf and is economically the most impo ...
.
Hedwigenkoog's economy is based on farming including
organic farming
Organic farming, also known as organic agriculture or ecological farming or biological farming,Labelling, article 30 o''Regulation (EU) 2018/848 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2024 on organic production and labelling of ...
and wind energy in combination with tourism. In recent years tourism was a growing industry, with some farms offering bed and breakfast facilities, farm shops and cafes.
References
Dithmarschen
Koogs
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