North Sea coast (Schleswig-Holstein) - Nordseeküste (Schleswig-Holstein)

Landscapes in Schleswig-Holstein with the North Sea coast from the Elbmarsch to the North Frisian Islands

The North Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein is a popular holiday region. The Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park is even allowed to bear the title "World Natural Heritage".

Regions

North Frisia With Eiderstedt and the North Frisian Islands.
Dithmarschen, the Holstein part of the North Sea coast

cities and communes

Other goals

Heligoland - The only German offshore island with its famous red sandstone cliffs is off Büsum Reachable in 3 hours by ship.

background

language

German
Low German in different variants
North Frisian
Danish (minority language), distribution increases in a northerly direction

getting there

mobility

Tourist Attractions

Regionally significant in selection:

The islands Pellworm, Sylt, Foehr and Amrum.
The peninsula North beach.
The Halligen Hooge and Langeness.
Westerhever Sand lighthouse on Eiderstedt.
Eider Barrage - Popular destination for vacationers in Eiderstedt and in northern Dithmarschen.
The historical old city with port of Husum.
Friedrichstadt with its channels.
Natural beach of Sankt Peter-Ording.
Locks of the Kiel Canal in Brunsbuettel.

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View over the north Amrums from the viewing dune "A Siatler" (= the Setzerdüne) near Norddorf. At 32 m, the dune is the highest natural point in Amrum. Norddorf can be seen above the dunes (with the northern tip of Amrum). On the left in the middle on the horizon you can see Sylt With Hörnum. On the far right above the forest on the horizon is partly the island Foehr to recognize.

activities

kitchen

Dithmarschen is known nationwide as the "Kohlland". During the harvest season, the Dithmarscher Kohltage instead of. Almost every restaurant serves its own creation.

Typical creations on the coast are (among other things) kale with pork (Kassler), fish and lamb, smoked bacon with pears and beans, Mehlbüddel flour bags), buttermilk soup (Low German Bodermelksupp un lump) and elderberry soup (Lilacberry soup).

Other dishes are Swattsuer (= blood soup; is no longer prepared today), kale soup or bread pudding and crabs (North Sea shrimp). Of course, a lot of fish is also eaten.

Typical drinks e.g. B. from North Frisia are the Pharisee (coffee with rum and cream), Tote Aunt (hot chocolate with rum and cream) and egg grog.

nightlife

security

climate

literature

Schäfer, Katrin (ed.), Getting away. Husum Printing and Publishing Company (2012). The volume, published on the 50th anniversary of the storm surge in 1962, describes the effects of the storm surge on the west coast of Schleswig-Holstein. ISBN 978-3-89876-608-1

Web links

www.nordseetourismus.de - official, regional tourism website

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