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Jens Sörensen Wand (according to some sources also Wandt or Jens Sørensen Vand ; born April 28, 1875 in Rolsø , Mols , Denmark ; † May 26, 1950 near Norderoog ) was a bird protector and bird warden on Hallig Norderoog.

Life

Wand married Helena Marie Jespersen, with whom he had seven children, who were born between 1897 and 1909. They lived in Brede near Bredebro north of Tondern .

His work as a bird warden

Wand was the first bird keeper of the Jordsand bird protection association on the Hallig Norderoog in the North Frisian Wadden Sea after the association had acquired the Hallig in 1909 for sea bird protection, and did his job there until his death in 1950. The pioneering work, the many years of service and, last but not least, his personality connect him to the Hallig and the sea bird protection to this day.

He first came to the then 18 hectare Vogelschutzhallig Norderoog in May 1909 and asked to spend the next season on the Hallig Jordsand in order to be closer to his family in Brede. This was supported because, because of his strict demeanor, he seemed particularly suitable to get the big problem with unauthorized visitors under control on Jordsand. He was used by the Jordsand club in 1910 and 1911 on Jordsand and in 1912 on the elbow before returning to Norderoog in 1913 and 1914.

From 1932 to 1950 he lived on Norderoog every season.

He lived on Norderoog in a stilt house built by the bird protection association with only one room. He only spent the period from November to March in Husum . His wife drowned in the Wadden Sea in 1914 .

His duties as a bird warden included: keeping bird statistics, counting the various populations, listing the populations with entrances and exits, as well as fortifying the Halligkante under the guidance of the Husum marsh construction office, which also provided the necessary materials. The preservation of the sandwich tern colony on Norderoog was outstanding .

His peculiar personality

There are many legends surrounding the life and work of Jens Wand, who was called the “Bird King of Norderoog” or “Hallig Robinson”. It was said, for example, that he hardly went to school. He claimed that as a young man, before he came to the Hallig, he had sailed all the seas in the world.

He was portrayed as a stubborn character, with rather coarse manners, and as a loner who - after numerous personal disappointments - turned away from his fellow human beings and sought solitude. On the wall of his hut on Norderoog he had written the verse with white chalk: “ Divorced from my last false friends, I live here in quiet peace . Jens wall. "

He didn't care about his appearance. A typical picture shows him with worn, ragged clothes and a thick oak club in his hand. Foreseeing his own end, he is said to have said in the spring of 1950: " Eenmal halt de Woogen mi, ".

His death in the Wadden Sea

Gravestone Jens Sörensen Wandt (sic!) And his wife Helene Marie on the Kirchwarft Hallig Hooge

On the night of May 26, 1950, he died after a film company had safely guided a film company back across the mudflats to the neighboring Hallig Hooge and then, accompanied by a hiker, missed Norderoog on the way back. When the fog came up, they argued about which route to take. Jens Wand insisted on his knowledge of the Wadden Sea, the other trusted his compass. The hiker arrived on Norderoog. Jens Wand was supposedly seen later on Japsand , but was washed up dead on Norderoog the following day. He was unable to escape the rising tide, suffered a stroke and drowned.

The Husumer Tageblatt reported on May 30, 1950 and the Husumer Nachrichten on January 28, 2011 as follows:

“ As we have already reported, 76-year-old Jens Wandt (sic!), Who has been a bird keeper for the 'Jordsand' association on Hallig Norderoog for over 40 years, drowned in a priel between Hooge and Norderoog. Accompanied by Mr. Venzl, who is currently busy with filming, old Jens Wandt left his Vogelhallig at two in the morning in complete darkness to bring a visitor from Rendsburg to Hooge. The latter intended to take a Hallig boat to the mainland around four o'clock. On the way back, when the water was already emerging, old Jens Wandt and Mr. Venzl went off course. Despite being repeatedly advised against, Wandt waded through a creek on the assumption that it was a channel that runs between Norderoog and Hooge. Mr. Venzl did not get involved with the company and went back roughly in the same direction. After a short time he saw the Hallig Norderoog in the south as the brightness gradually rose. Believing that Jens Wandt would also arrive soon, he headed for the hut. Jens Wandt never came back to his Vogelhallig. He was then spotted again by Mr. Venzl on the opposite sandbank. While taking a detour to Norderoog, Wandt succumbed to a stroke while trying again to get through the priel. The following day, his corpse drifted - like that of his wife 34 years ago - in front of the edge of his beloved Hallig. "
“ Petersen describes the event on his return to the mainland as follows:“ My friend and I and Rolf Venzl, a hobby ornithologist, left on Friday morning at 1.30am. We went through the mudflats to Hooge. We had to reach the post ship to the mainland at four o'clock. Jens Wandt led us. ”He soon noticed from his compass that Wandt was marching far too far to the right, namely directly towards the fun hole with its life-threatening current. “Thank God we were able to change his mind. After almost two hours we happily reached Hooge and the ship, ”he reports. As soon as we arrived, Venzl and Wandt argued. The hobby ornithologist Venzl, who was shooting a film on Norderoog, had suggested waiting for the low water and the brightness. "We took Venzl's side and added our mustard, but Wandt ignored us," says Petersen. He really wanted to go back. Again he took the wrong course. Venzl finally separated on a creek and - after another argument - went back the direct way. While Venzl reached Norderoog after only 300 meters with the help of a compass, Wandt had no good maps. He had to surrender to the rapidly rising tide. He could only save himself on an elevated point. According to Venzl's notes, when the tide came in, Wandt took the route to Hooge. But suddenly he had disappeared from Venzl's field of vision. Wandt never applied to Hooge. The next morning, his body was washed ashore 150 meters north of Norderoog. "

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Tombstone of Jens Sörensen and Helene Marie Wandt on the back wall of the church on Hooge: "Resting place for the bird king Jens Sörensen Wandt * April 28, 1875 † May 26, 1950 and his wife Helene Marie Wandt * June 14, 1870 † August 16, 1914" Archived copy ( Memento of the original from September 28, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kuestenforum.de
  2. ^ Wands life data (Danish), accessed on March 22, 2015
  3. ↑ a b Dr. F. Dietrich in ornithological monthly volume 35, year 1910, p. 55ff
  4. ^ Portrait of Wand (Danish), accessed on March 22, 2015
  5. ↑ Dr. F. Dietrich in ornithological monthly volume 35, year 1910, p. 18ff
  6. ↑ Dr. F. Dietrich in Ornithologische Monatsschrift Vol. 38, year 1913, p. 30
  7. ↑ Dr. F. Dietrich in Ornithologische Monatsschrift Vol. 40, year 1915, p. 14
  8. ↑ Claudia Banck: Knowing more about the Halligen, Wachholtz Pocket Guide, Volume 3, undated ISBN 3-529-05004-0 , p. 131.
  9. ↑ Brar Volkert Riewerts: With heart and fresh breeze. Hermann Neuton Paulson and Hallig Süderoog, Verlag Nordfriisk Instituut, Bredstedt, 1996
  10. ↑ Riewerts. P. 102
  11. ↑ "... under whose rough shell such a fatherly heart beat for God's bird world", Hermann Neuton Paulsen in a circular, In: Riewerts, 1996:
  12. ↑ Erich Wohlenberg: The Halligen North Friesland . Heide / Holstein, 5th adult Edition, 1985
  13. ↑ Banck, p. 131
  14. ↑ http://www.hooge-aktuell.de/Unternehmungen/Norderoog/Jens_Wandt/body_jens_wandt.html
  15. ^ Tragic Death in the Wadden Sea, Husumer Nachrichten on January 28, 2011. Archived from the original on February 11, 2013 ; accessed on March 21, 2015 .
personal data
SURNAME Wall, Jens Sörensen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Wandt, Jens Sörensen; Vand, Jens Sørensen (Danish)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Danish bird keeper
DATE OF BIRTH April 28, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Rolsø , Mols
DATE OF DEATH May 26, 1950
Place of death at Norderoog