About Foehr and Amrum the sun smiles, Sylt over the whole world ", mocks bus driver Markus at a two-hour tour of the North Sea island of Foehr. He alludes to the competitor to, the Sylt will always remain in the three North Frisian Islands.
But Amrum and Foehr do not have to hide behind Sylt. On the contrary.
Even the tour of Wyk and the island eleven villages on Fohr proves it. The green with 82 Square kilometers largest of the three North Frisians, which is reachable only by boat or plane, it has no need, to recommend in advertising as "Frisian Caribbean". 37 kilometers of coastline, from that 22 Dike and twelve sandy beach, 2.509 beach chairs, 200 Km paved yet green bike paths, a 27-hole golf course, round 9.000 population, 10.000 happy cows, 3.500 woolly sheep, 850 thoroughbred horses, uncounted beautiful from the 18. Century thatched houses, even a youth hostel, five mills and three churches and raised by the Unesco as worthy of protection and World Heritage mudflats with over 10.000 Tier- and plants speak for themselves.
Hardly a thatched house without roses
Were in the first summer of the seaside resort Wyk, then still Wieck, in year 1819 61 Guests, today there are around 200.000. 1878 and 1879 the waltz king Johann Strauss spent his summer vacation on Foehr and composed the waltz "North Sea Pictures", Opus 390. Around this time, but wandered even more people to America, mainly New York, than it is now live on the island.
The bus tour is an ideal introduction to get to know the island, everyone later by bike – at just twelve kilometers in length and a highest elevation of 13 meters – can learn.
Bus driver Mark knows a lot of curiosities and tells or shows them holidaymakers. For example, the Thatched Cottage of the Aldi brothers in Nieblum, easily recognizable by Doric input. What is one reason, that there was no Aldi supermarket on Foehr. Nieblum has been chosen as the "most beautiful village in Schleswig-Holstein" several times. But Wrixum is this in every way. Old captain houses with blue painted doors and windows and flower-filled front yards with white stately gates. What the ending -büll was on the mainland, -To be on Foehr and mean simply home: Dunsum, Midlum, Alkersum, Oldsum, Witzum, Utersum.
The Doric columns input at the home of Theo Albrecht in Nieblum
In memory of the prominent honorary citizen of Foehr
on Oldsum falls, that street names are missing. Only numbers are attached to the houses, but not, as we know the, right side of the straight, reversed left side or the odd. The numbers refer to the construction period, so on 150 the number 131 may follow.
Utersum commemorates a tomb of his Freeman, of the 1987 deceased "Dalli, Dalli“-Moderators Hans Rosenthal, who owned a house on Foehr, inhabiting his wife alone after his death.
Utersum has reportedly the most popular beach with views of Sylt and Amrum and the second longest, but breitesten sandy North Sea beach. Popular but also the "Friedrich-Come-Kucken" beaches in Wyk and Goting were. The what? asks the tourists. Na, the nudist beaches, available in addition to the specially designated dog beaches.
The flood post at the port of Wyk shows the respective high water levels since 1825 an.
A special gem is the church of St. Laurentii of Suderende, also called Friesendom. The cut oak winged altar shrine may admire, the ornate pulpit 17. Century and as a trough-shaped granite baptismal font from the year 1150. The time it took for the baptism, because the children were submerged, why – you watch and marvel – a towel holder is attached to the wall. The children had to be dried so. A votive ship suggests, that in distress and rescued sailors donated the ship of the church as thanks.
The high steeple served in earlier times as a lookout. Stranded a foreign ship, the bells, and all the inhabitants ran to the beach, not to help the shipwrecked, but to rob their effects.
Many old grave stones in the cemetery tell the life stories of sailors, partly in Frisian. Pictures complement the written word, about one octant with a telescope, a whale or a sailing vessel. And what to look for the hive on the grave stone of a woman? It stands for their diligence, busy as bees. Nett!
The Church St. Lawrence Süderende, affectionately called Friesendom
Under no circumstances should you leave out the Fries Museum in Wyk. This is the house, the inputs of which in each case two 6,30 adorn meter high mandibular bone of a blue whale. Here you will discover incredible. Or did you know, that on Foehr to the 18. Century has won salt? 1000 grams Seetorf, which supports under the Watt, revealed 100 grams of salt. That in the 19. Century on the island yet 769 were Bronze Age grave mound, today leveled part and their finds are exhibited in the museum? Here one sees the sea creatures from glasses, preserved in alcohol – from the bristle worm to to seal embryo, provided one presses the button, illuminating the animals. All children cry: "I, let me!"Children have a lot to do, open drawers, feel, touch, take bird eggs with a huge egg spoons and and and. You get to know Frisian customs, about the Maskenvermummung to Altjahrsabend and the reason for Fries Blue. Blue was simply the cheapest color. Dressed preferred red or green.
There are always special. The on the scissors was particularly making. According to the motto: "What do doctors, Betel nuts and grapes in common? Special scissors. "Even scissors in art were not neglected, about the silhouette.
The birds, showing the stuffed Friesenmuseum, you can also experience live, Here the oystercatcher
As for children, Foehr has every summer ahead. Specifically for children aged four, six or eight to twelve years developed Children's University takes the young, for example, in the island clinic. "Who was ever in the hospital?"Freight Dr. Harder. All 20 Children stretch excited arms up. "Why?"Everyone is allowed to respond. So the fear the children will be taken. they experience, what happens when X, like a plaster is sawn and how it looks in the operating room. For this purpose they must create mouthguard, a cool thing, which is accepted with pleasure. Finally, get all a bandage on the wrist created. Terribly excited, but enthusiastically show it to their parents, who had to wait outside.
A hive for Busy Bee Friederika Knudsen
For the "Air" lebnis visit at the airfield Wyk, the group must be divided. Too many have signed up for the tower tour. What must be considered all, can use it to start an aircraft and land? What do the weather so? On the Tower of the flight declared its tasks, not without first asking the children, what they already know or can imagine. A real airplane may not be missed: What about and why it flies? All may enter and move the stick to the single-engine propeller plane and see, what happens. Fortunately, they do not have to, since launch it and land several machines, including a biplane.
With National Park watt leader Mira Stavermann and its fork explore the youngest in a playful experience watt leadership the seabed. They set out to search for the "Small Five", these are cockle, brown shrimp, Watt Schnabel corner, Wattwurm and beach crab, and they get to know mussels and why they are so called. Many bring their own shovel and dig, as much as possible. So to dig in the mud, just fun. On my question, whether they have retained some of the newly acquired knowledge, give them to open: "Not much, but it was nice. "At the end of all get a button, characterizes them as Watt researchers, and a postcard with the "Small Five".
Humorous show Föhrer with its weather station in Utersum
Lectures in repurposed to college Kursaal complement the guides.
What spell had bus driver Markus bring myself Watt? "The Wadden Sea is the cleanest pedestrian zone in the world, because it is flushed twice daily.
Infos:
www.foehr.de
Photos:
Elke Backert
