Grothusenkoog

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	Coordinates: 54 ° 18 '  N , 8 ° 46'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	North Friesland
Office :	Eiderstedt
Height :	2 m above sea level NHN
Area :	3.27 km 2
Residents:	21 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	6 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	25836
Area code :	04862
License plate :	NF
Community key :	01 0 54 040
Office administration address:	Welter Strasse 1 25836 Garding
Website :	www.amt-eiderstedt.de
Mayor :	Peter Nagel
Location of the municipality of Grothusenkoog in the district of North Friesland

Grothusenkoog ( Danish Grothusen Kog , Low German : Groothusenkoog ) is a municipality in the district of North Friesland in Schleswig-Holstein . Westhof and Marienhof are in the municipality.

Geography and traffic

Grothusenkoog is located about 13 km west of Tönning on the Eiderstedt peninsula . The federal highway 202 and the railway line from Tönning to St. Peter-Ording run north .

With 327 hectares and 21 inhabitants, Grothusenkoog is the smallest municipality in the Eiderstedt district and belongs to the parish of Welt / Vollerwiek.

history

In January 1693, land on the Eider was transferred to Lieutenant General Otto Johann Freiherr von Grothusen for loyal services to Duke Christian Albrecht of Schleswig-Holstein-Gottorf .

In order to be able to dike this land, Grothusen looked for several financially strong partners, including the dike count and stable man Ove Lorenz from Welt , who inherited the Koog named after Grothusen in 1697.

politics

Community meeting

With fewer than 70 inhabitants, the municipality has no municipal council due to Section 54 of the Schleswig-Holstein municipal code , but a municipal assembly in which all residents who are entitled to vote can participate.

mayor

Peter Nagel was elected mayor for the 2018–2023 election period.

Web links

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

• Grothusenkoog community at the Eiderstedt office
• Village history Grothusenkoog ( Memento from November 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) at NDR

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. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein topography. Vol. 4: Groß Sarau - Holstenniendorf . 1st edition Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2004, ISBN 978-3-926055-75-0 , p. 42 ( dnb.de [accessed on May 1, 2020]).
3. ↑ http://www.amt-eiderstedt.de/output/download.php?file=%2Fmedia%2Fcustom%2F2706_13293_1.PDF%3F1532339986&fn=Gremienliste_Grothusenkoog_2018-2023_Stand_23.07.2018