Alkersum

coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 43 '  N , 8 ° 31'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	North Friesland
Office :	Foehr-Amrum
Height :	6 m above sea level NHN
Area :	9.07 km 2
Residents:	391 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	43 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	25938
Area code :	04681
License plate :	NF
Community key :	01 0 54 005
Office administration address:	Hafenstrasse 23 25938 Wyk auf Föhr
Website :	www.alkersum.de
Mayor :	Johannes Siewertsen (AWG)
Location of the municipality Alkersum in the district of North Friesland

Alkersum ( Danish : Alkersum , North Frisian : Aalkersem ) is a municipality on the island of Föhr in the district of North Friesland in Schleswig-Holstein . Outside the village of Alkersum there are eight emigrant farms in the community .

geography

Geographical location

Alkersum is located in the center of the island of Föhr at the transition from the Föhrer Geest to the spacious marshland of the Föhrer north. The core area of ​​the settlement structure, the village of Alkersum, is located in the eastern part of the municipality and thus on the Geest.

Neighboring communities

Oldsum		Midlum
Borgsum		Oevenum
Nieblum

history

The first settlement of today's municipality took place in the Iron Age .

politics

Community representation

Since the local elections in 2018 , the Alkersum Voting Association (AWG) has all nine seats in the municipal council.

mayor

Ina Ketels was elected mayor for the 2013-2018 election period. She replaced Karl-Heinz Juhl, who had been in charge of the community for more than 30 years. She resigned in 2014; her successor was Johannes Siewertsen.

economy

Several businesses have settled on the outskirts of Alkersum. Tourism and the riding stables in the municipality are also important economic factors.

Culture

Since August 2009 there is the Museum of Art of the West Coast in Alkersum . There works of art on the themes of the sea and the coast of the North Sea area are exhibited.

Personalities

The German-Swedish physician and founder of the Ferring company , Frederik Paulsen (1909–1997), died in Alkersum.

gallery

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  Park, in the background the Museum of Art of the West Coast

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  West Coast Art Museum

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  Meadow landscape near Alkersum

literature

• Alkersum on Föhr. A North Frisian island village and its history. Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 2018, ISBN 978-3-89876-914-3 .

Web links

Commons : Alkersum  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alkersum municipality at the Föhr-Amrum office
• Municipality website about Alkersum

Individual evidence

1. ↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
2. ↑ Aasbüttel - Bordesholm . In: Wolfgang Henze (ed.): Schleswig-Holstein topography: cities and villages of the country . 1st edition. tape 1 . Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2001, ISBN 3-926055-58-8 , p. 58 .
3. ^ Föhr-Land: communities of voters in front. In: Der Insel-Bote from May 7, 2018, accessed on May 9, 2018
4. ↑ The village has a new mayor. Inselbote from June 7, 2014, accessed on September 27, 2015