Højer Sogn

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Basic data
State : DenmarkDenmark Denmark
Region : Syddanmark
Municipality
(since 2007) :
Tønder
Municipality / Office :
(until the end of 2006)
Højer Kommune
Sønderjyllands Amt
Harde / Amt:
(until March 1970)
Tønder, Højer og Lø Herred
Tønder Amt
Coordinates : 54 ° 58 ′  N , 8 ° 42 ′  E Coordinates: 54 ° 58 ′  N , 8 ° 42 ′  E
Population :
(2020)
1,333
Area : 29 km²
Population density : 46 inhabitants per km²
Postal code : 6280 Højer
Website: www.hoejerkirke.dk
Location of the parish
Location of the parish
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Højer Sogn [ ˈhɔi̯ʔəʀ ] ( German  : Hoyer , Frisian : Huuger ) is a Danish parish ( Danish : Sogn ) in North Schleswig . It is located directly on the North Sea and on the German-Danish border. Until 1970 it belonged to Harde Tønder, Højer og Lø Herred in what was then Tønder Amt , then to Højer Kommune in what was then Sønderjyllands Amt , which was merged into the "new" Tønder Kommune in the Syddanmark region on January 1, 2007 as part of the municipal reform .

Municipal area

St. Petri in Højer from the west

On January 1, 2020, the municipality had 1,333 inhabitants, 1,176 of them in the parish village of Højer . The country parish covers 29 km², the church village 9.5 km². The parishes of Emmerlev Sogn ( German  Emmerleff ) and Daler Sogn ( German  Dahler ) border the community to the north. In the east is Møgeltønder Sogn ( German  Mögeltondern ) and in the south - across the border - the North Frisian communities Aventoft and Rodenäs .

The area consists largely of marshland in the Old and New Friedrichskoog, in the Hoyerkoog and in the Ruttebüller Koog. The municipality is crossed by the watercourse of the Vidå ( German  Wiedau ), which flows into the Wadden Sea at the Vidå Sluse ( German  Vidå lock ) .

history

The gold horns from Gallehus were found in 1639 and 1734 in Gallehus north of Mögeltondern .

Originally, the area belonged to the legal and administrative district of the Hoyerharde . The spot Hoyer was able to break away from it early and from then on formed its own birch . It was important as a trading center, which repeatedly led to disputes with the citizens of Tondern . Birk and Harde belonged to the Tondern office . The port "Højer-Schleuse", located 1 km to the south-west, increasingly served as the outer port of Tondern after it became an inland town as a result of the marsh gains.

Hoyer's importance as a port was increased by the bathing traffic to Sylt . There was a mail steamer to Munkmarsch on Sylt since 1859 . Hoyer was connected by a branch line to Tondern with the Marschbahn and thus with Hamburg.

In 1864 the Duchy of Schleswig fell to Prussia . While the patch of Hoyer retained its status, the country parish was divided into the four independent rural communities Ruttebüll, Ruttebüllerkoog, Alter Friedrichenkoog and Neuer Friedrichenkoog. At the turn of the century, the two Koogsgemeinden were merged to form the municipality of Friedrichenkoog. Ruttebüll came with the formation of the administrative districts in 1889 to the district of Neukirchen , the three other communities formed the district of Ruttebüllerkoog.

In the 1920 referendum on citizenship in the rural community, 119 eligible voters voted for Germany and 74 for Denmark, 581 for Germany and 219 for Denmark. Despite this clear majority, Hoyer came to Denmark, as it was counted in the first zone in which only the overall result counted. So Hoyer / Højer became a border town. The town and the reunited rural community came to the newly designed Tønder Amt. Like Tønder and other border towns, Højer was one of the main focuses of the German minority in North Schleswig .

Until 1970, the Fleckensgemeinde and the rural community were independent units. Since 1970, together with the neighboring churches Hjerpsted Sogn ( German  : Jerpstedt ), Emmerlev and Daler, they have formed the unified municipality of Højer Kommune , which in turn was merged into Tønder Municipality after a municipal reform in 2007 .

The community was strengthened by new dikes and the construction of another lock at the Vidå estuary, which has been shifted to the west.

The Vidå lock
The Højer windmill

traffic

The place itself has grown mainly to the north and east. Well-developed roads lead to the north ( Ballum , Röm) and east (Mögeltondern, Tondern) and across the state border to Rodenäs in the south.

Attractions

The Romanesque Petrikirche contains some remarkable pieces of equipment, such as the altar, triumphal cross and baptismal font. Despite the inconsistent use of tuff , granite ashlars and bricks in the monastery format, the building with the gable tower looks harmonious and well-proportioned from the outside. Numerous buildings from the 18th century have been preserved in the town center, some in impressive ensembles. The mostly thatched merchant houses give the place a peculiar character. The old Hoyerschleuse is now on the inner dike. The new Wiedauschleuse on the outer dike is also worth seeing. Here is an information center about the Wadden Sea. The view of the island of Sylt and the Hindenburg dam is interesting. Other sights are the old mill Højer Mølle with the mill museum .

A curiosity a few kilometers from Højer is the Rudbøl (Ruttebüll) - Rosenkranz border crossing . Here the border runs partly in the middle of the street, so that opposite houses stand in different states.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. a b Statistics Banks -> Befolkning og valg -> KM1: Befolkningen January 1st, April 1st, July 1st and October 1st, so og folkekirkemedlemsskab (Danish)
  2. Statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BY1: Folketal January 1st efter byområde, alder og køn (Danish)