Hedehusum
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Hedehusum
Utersum parish
Coordinates: 54 ° 42 ′ 22 ″ N , 8 ° 25 ′ 1 ″ E
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| Height : | 5 m | |
| Area : | 1.36 km² | |
| Residents : | 81 (May 25 1987) | |
| Population density : | 60 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | January 1, 1970 | |
| Postal code : | 25938 | |
| Area code : | 04683 | |
Location of Hedehusum in Schleswig-Holstein |
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Hedehusum (Frisian: Hedehüsem, Danish Hedehusum ) is a district of the municipality of Utersum on the North Sea island of Föhr .
geography
Hedehusum is east of Utersum and west of Witsum on the Geest . The place has almost 100 inhabitants. It is around 500 meters to the North Sea in the south. There is a two meter high demolition edge there.
history
There are numerous barrows from the Bronze Age and the Viking Age near Hedehusum .
Hedehusum was first mentioned in a document in 1462. The place name can be traced back to hede , “Heide”, and husum , “home”.
In 1920, Hedehusum was one of three municipalities in the Westerlandföhr office , which in Zone II voted in favor of a move to Denmark in the referendum after the First World War. In 1970 Hedehusum was incorporated into the Utersum community. In 1971 the place had 100 inhabitants, all workers were employed in agriculture. This made Hedehusum the only place on Föhr without tourism. Since then, the accommodation options have been expanded.
The community had an area of 1.36 km².
On the cut-off date of the census on May 25, 1987, the village of Hedehusum had 81 inhabitants in 28 households.
Economy and Transport
Main industries are tourism and agriculture. The national road 214, "Rundföhrstraße" performs Hedehusum.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Official municipality register for the Federal Republic of Germany. Final results after the census of September 13, 1950 (= Statistics of the Federal Republic of Germany . Volume 33 ). W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Cologne 1952, p. 26 ( digital version [PDF; 27.1 MB ]).
- ↑ a b c d Description on the town's website , accessed on May 24, 2016
- ↑ Uwe Bonsen: History of the island of Föhr. In: Margot and Nico Hansen: Föhr: History and shape of an island. Hansen & Hansen, Münsterdorf 1971, p. 28.
- ↑ Jakob Tholund : History of the island of Föhr. In: Margot and Nico Hansen: Föhr: History and shape of an island. Hansen & Hansen, Münsterdorf 1971, p. 79.
- ↑ State Statistical Office Schleswig-Holstein: Housing Directory Schleswig-Holstein 1987, Kiel 1992 , p. 45