Süderende ( Fering : Söleraanj , Danish : Syderende ) is a municipality on the island of Föhr in the district of Nordfriesland , in Schleswig-Holstein , Germany .
9-468: The place used to belong to Oldsum , being its southern edge. After Denmark 's loss of Schleswig to Prussia in 1864 and the subsequent municipal reformation when Prussia eventually annexed Schleswig-Holstein in 1867, Süderende became independent. In the 17th century a private navigation school was established in Süderende by pastor Richardus Petri which was the first of its kind on the island. It improved
18-481: Is a municipality on the island of Föhr , in the district of Nordfriesland , in Schleswig-Holstein , Germany . The municipality of Oldsum consists of the three hamlets of Oldsum, Klintum ( Fering : Klantem ) and Toftum (Fering: Taftem ) which are spread over some two kilometres along a main road. The population number about 600. The landscape is marked by well-preserved thatched farmhouses. Oldsum's landmark
27-399: Is an ancient thatched windmill whose antecessor presumably dates back to the year 1700. Though burned down 200 years later, it was rebuilt and subsequently was in use until 1954. Since 1972 the mill is exclusively used as a dwelling house. Oldsum is situated approximately two kilometres from the western shore of the island, the northern coastline is a little closer. Oldsum adjoins Süderende to
36-481: The church. In the 1990s, Renaissance paintings were uncovered on the church's ceiling. In the ample graveyard the tombs of Matthias Petersen and Oluf Braren can be seen among others. Since the communal elections of 2008, the Süderender Wählergemeinschaft holds six out of seven seats in the council. The seventh seat is held by a single candidate. Oldsum Oldsum ( Fering : Olersem )
45-497: The communal elections of 2008, the Oldsumer Wählergemeinschaft holds eight seats out of nine in the municipality's council. The ninth seat is held by an independent contestant. With the rise of tourism, agriculture began to decrease in significance. Today there are only a few scattered farmsteads. Some farms were evacuated out of the town in the 1950s and 60's and are now situated outside the village proper but still in
54-459: The next generation by many of the inhabitants. Süderende has got the elementary school for western Föhr, which also hosts the lutheran kindergarten of the St. Laurentii parish. On the southern edge of the village the church of St. Lawrence is located, originally a roman style construction from the 12th century made of stone, which was later extended using bricks. These bricks dominate today's view of
63-408: The situation of the seafaring population considerably and soon other navigators opened own schools across Föhr. Although Petri lead the Süderende school successfully for many years he never sailed to sea himself. A census in 1787 showed that Süderende had 122 inhabitants, 27 of whom were seafarers. The common language among the locals is Fering . The language is being kept alive by being passed on to
72-487: The south, Dunsum to the southwest and Alkersum and Midlum to the east. Oldsum was first recorded in 1462 as Uluersum . During the 17th and 18th centuries, Oldsum, Klintum and Toftum were important whaling villages. A census in 1787 showed that a total of 211 of the inhabitants of the three places were seafarers. One of the most successful whalers, Matthias Petersen (1632–1706) lived in Oldsum proper. In his lifetime he
81-651: Was able to catch 373 whales, his tomb can still be visited in the graveyard of the St. Laurentii church in Süderende. As a part of Westerland Föhr, Oldsum belonged to the Royal Enclaves of Denmark and thus was a direct part of the Danish crown while Osterland Föhr belonged to the Duchy of Schleswig . Only when Denmark lost Schleswig to Prussia in the Second Schleswig War , Oldsum became a part of Schleswig-Holstein. Since
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