Museum of the Landscape Eiderstedt

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The Eiderstedt Landscape Museum is located in the Jensen House in Sankt Peter-Ording in the North Friesland district.

Entrance to the Eiderstedt Landscape Museum
Back of the Jensenhaus

History of the house

The working group Dorfchronik, which designed a number of buildings in Sankt Peter-Ording with information signs, names the following stations in the history of the building and use of the house:

  • In 1752 the house was built after a fire in Dorfstrasse and was initially used as a brewery for thin beer . Later there was also a pub and a small bakery was run by the house owner's wife.
  • In 1817 the house briefly belonged to the mayor of Tönning , who is said to have gained prosperity during the continental blockade in the Napoleonic Wars.
  • In 1818 a grocer was operated in the house.
  • In 1915 Andreas Jensen bought the house. It now served as a bank paying agent. The owner also operated a beach chair rental.
  • In 1951 Jensen's widow bequeathed the house to the district of Eiderstedt , who built a museum there.
  • In 1970 the house and the museum were transferred to the North Friesland Foundation .
  • In 1998 the house and museum were transferred to the municipality of Sankt Peter-Ording.

History of the collection

The basis of the collection goes back to an appeal by the mayor of Tönningen Ehrich in 1902 to the population to make exhibits of local history available. At the end of 1912 the collection went into the care of the district administration. During the Second World War the collection suffered losses and a. by theft. On the basis of a district council resolution in 1946, the collection was transferred to the Jensenhaus.

exhibition

The museum shows exhibits on life, living and working in the Eiderstedt landscape over several centuries. The focus is on:

  • the development of dyke construction
  • the Christianization
  • emigration from what is now the Netherlands to the Eiderstedt peninsula in the 16th century
  • the emergence of a rich peasant class through ducal privileges with partial self-government
  • Danish absolutism while Schleswig was part of the Kingdom of Denmark until 1864
  • the development of tourism in the 19th and 20th centuries

  • Showroom 1

  • Showroom 2

  • Showroom 3

  • “Gray woman” in Eiderstedt costume, around 1596, sandstone, in the foyer of the museum

Web links

Commons : Museum der Landschaft Eiderstedt  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Coordinates: 54 ° 18 '18 "  N , 8 ° 38' 16.8"  E