The peninsula Eiderstedt (North Frisian: Ääderstää; Danish: Ejdersted) is a holiday region in North Frisia on the North Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein. Eiderstedt is known for its Haubarge and the lighthouse in Westerhever.
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background
The peninsula Eiderstedt, in the Middle Ages as Tri-country called, emerged since the year 1000 through land reclamation from the three islands Utholm (around Tating), Evershop (around Garding) and Eiderstedt (around Toenning) and reached from today's Sankt Peter-Ording in the west to Koldenbüttel (before Friedrichstadt) in the east. Meeting place for the representatives of this Landscape Eiderstedt became the "Landscape House" in Tönning. This was created by the construction of the Eider Barrage, which began in 1967 Katinger Watt nature reserve.
Newspapers
The Husum news are a daily newspaper. The North Friesland range appears on Wednesdays that Weekly show North Friesland Free on Sundays. Furthermore, the appears Eider courier monthly and distributed free of charge to all households.
getting there
When arriving by train, there is an hourly regional train from the Husum intercity station on the Hamburg-Heide-Husum-Westerland route to the Eiderstedt peninsula with stops in Joke word, Toenning, Garding, Tating and Sankt Peter-Ording.
Coming by car from the south from Hamburg on the A23 North Sea coast motorway to its end at Heide. From here on the B5 at the Tönning / Sankt Peter-Ording exit onto the B202 to the villages on the Eiderstedt peninsula.
mobility
Between Sankt Peter-Ording in the west and tating, garding, Toenning and Husum (with a connection to the international rail network) the train runs once an hour in both directions, otherwise there is a car, bicycle or “shoemaker's pony”. Total length of the peninsula from west to east about 25 km.
Tourist Attractions
In alphabetical order:
- Eider Barrage - separates them Eider of the North Sea and protects them from storm surges.
- House of Peters, Historical shop and museum in Tetenbüll.
- Hochdorf garden at Tating.
- Hoyer's word. Manor house in a wood, completed in 1594 Oldens word. Museum, café and tile factory.
- Westerheversand lighthouse - a widely visible landmark of the peninsula.
- Multimar Wattforum, the largest information center for the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea, within walking distance of the historic port of Toenning with the packing house from 1783.
- Natural coast at Sankt Peter-Ording with sandbanks, salt marshes and dunes. The sandbanks serve as bathing beaches. Popular photo objects are the stilt houses on the sandbank.
- Pastoratshaubarg Rest area in the hamlet of Poppenbüll - The Haubarg is a replica of an old hay barn on the Eiderstedt peninsula. The height of the roof of the warehouse could be adjusted depending on how full the hay store was. The Haubarg is freely accessible as a refuge. He is in a small park.
- Red hooded coffin - Historical red hooded coffin at Joke word
- St. John's Church in Poppenbüll - built around 1113
- Catharina windmill on the road between Witzwort and Oldenswort
activities
For everyone who focuses on beach and sand vacations, is Sankt Peter-Ording the right location. Holidays with children in the country and a bathing area right behind the dike - this is a good idea Vollerwiek at. For cyclists is Toenning a good base, because most of the Eiderstedt peninsula as well as Husum in the north, Friedrichstadt in the west and Dithmarschen in the south can be reached in day trips from the former district town. You can get married at Germany's most famous lighthouse, Westerheversand, and anyone interested in historical church buildings will hardly find so many in such a small area in any other region.
kitchen
Recipes of Frisian cuisine can be found in Koch WikiSee also the recommendations for the individual locations.
nightlife
Eiderstedt is not a peninsula for night owls - apart from New Year's Eve, when one of the most impressive fireworks on the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein takes place on the beach of Sankt Peter Ording.
climate
The climatic conditions on the German North Sea coast are considered to be beneficial to health. The favorable climatic factors of air, temperature, water, wind and solar radiation activate the immune system and circulation, strengthen the immune system and have a healing effect, especially on the skin and respiratory tract.
trips
Excursions to the sights on Eiderstedt (see above), to the district towns Husum (Castle, museums, Theodor Storm House, harbor, shopping) and pagan (Klaus-Groth-Museum, Saturday market on the largest market square in Germany, shopping) Büsum by ferry to Heligoland, from Schlüttsiel with the ferry to the Halligen.
literature
- KV plan North Sea peninsula Eiderstedt, Map with 8 church routes. Municipal publisher Tacken (2015), ISBN 978-3-89641-045-0
- Dohnke, Kai: North Frisia and Eiderstedt, A travel companion. Boyens Buchverlag 1999, ISBN 978-3-8042-0837-7
- Eiderstedt, Landscapes in Germany, A regional study. Böhlau Verlag 2013, ISBN 978-3-412-09906-0
