Ho Bay ( Danish : Ho Bugt ) is a Danish bay with an approximate area of 50 square kilometres (19 sq mi). It constitutes the northern end of the Wadden Sea , and lies between Skallingen in the southwest, Ho in the west, Oksbøl to the north and Hjerting to the east. At the northeastern end, Varde Å has its outlet through Tarp and Billum Enge, north of Marbæk Plantage.
5-498: In the southern end of the bay lies the island Langli surrounded by large sandy surfaces, but with a road to the north to the peninsula Nyeng, south of Ho. As a part of the Wadden Sea, Ho Bay is an international nature conservation area under the Natura 2000 network, and Ramsar area , Special Area of Conservation and Special Protection Area . The name goes back to circa 1325 when it
10-399: Is 0.8 km (0.5 mi) long and is accessible from Ho over a 3 km (2 mi) long causeway at low tide. Langli (original “Langeleje” = long camp) was up to the flood of 1634 part of a peninsula. Afterwards sea-laterally a second peninsula (today Skallingen ) began to develop itself, which from now on protected Langli. The island was used for agriculture from the 16th century, but
15-527: The project was shelved when one feared a sanding of sailing into Esbjerg . 55°34′0″N 8°16′24″E / 55.56667°N 8.27333°E / 55.56667; 8.27333 This Danish location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Langli (island) Langli is a small marsh island in the Ho Bugt near Esbjerg on the Danish North Sea Coast. It
20-501: Was Hoo that comes from the old Danish word trug . The property was early among the most inhabited areas in West Jutland, when the bay provided shelter for both freight and fishing boats. In 1941, there were big plans for land reclamation in Ho Bugt, where in a collaboration between Hedeselskabet and The Land Winding-up Committee would regulate Varde Å, make Langli landfast, and recover an area of 1,550 hectares (3,800 acres). However,
25-468: Was not permanently settled until 1840 when two families moved there. They diked the island and successfully operated agriculture. In 1911 there were 38 inhabitants and even one school . The destruction by two floods and the refusal of the state to support the reconstruction of the dikes led to all inhabitants leaving the island in 1915. A later owner built himself a mansion on Langli. In 1982 the Danish state took
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