Ockholm

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	Coordinates: 54 ° 40 ′  N , 8 ° 50 ′  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	North Friesland
Office :	Central North Friesland
Height :	1 m above sea level NHN
Area :	18.64 km 2
Residents:	306 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	16 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	25842
Area code :	04674
License plate :	NF
Community key :	01 0 54 093
Office administration address:	Theodor-Storm-Strasse 2 25821 Bredstedt, Germany
Website :	www.ockholm.de
Mayoress :	Claudia Weinbrandt (WGO)
Location of the municipality Ockholm in the district of North Friesland

Ockholm ( Frisian : e Hoolme , Danish : Okholm ) is a municipality in the district of North Friesland in Schleswig-Holstein .

geography

Geographical location

The municipality of Ockholm extends over the Ockholmer Koog and the southern part of the Hauke-Haien-Koog (section up to the district Schlüttsiel ). Both kays belong to the large landscape area of ​​the North Frisian March . The municipality is in the north-western part of the North Sea in central North Friesland. The last expansion of the municipality took place in 1991. At that time, 78 hectares of salt marshes in front of the Ockholmer Koog were added through the construction of a nearly 2 kilometer long sea dike between Sönke-Nissen-Koog and Hauke-Haien-Koog landfest and the municipality.

Community structure

In addition to the main town, the districts Schlüttsiel and Bongsiel as well as the southern part of the Hauke-Haien-Koog and the pre-dike of the New Ockholmer Koog are located in the municipality.

The housing directory for the census of May 25, 1987 lists a total of 26  housing spaces in the municipality.

Neighboring communities

Ockholm borders on:

	Dagebüll
		Longhorn
	Reußenköge

history

Ockholm used to belong to Beltringharde, which sank in the Second Marcellus Flood in 1362 . After the first big mandrank it was only a Hallig . Ockholm was mentioned for the first time with certainty in the interest book of the Schleswig bishop of 1462 as a place of the Nordergoesharde consisting of 16 terps . The name probably means island of the Ocke . Archaeological finds show that in addition to some agriculture, mainly salt peat mining was carried out from the 11th to the 14th century, until the silting of the former moors after the water ingress of the Marcellus flood put an end to this branch of work.

In 1515 the Hallig was surrounded by a dike and at the same time made land-proof. The neighboring Langenhorner Alter Koog and Sterdebüller Alter Koog were probably completed 40 years earlier. After the dyke was built, a church was built. The protruding peninsula was always endangered by several storm surges, mainly because it had hardly any foreland. Wehlen on the old outer dike are evidence of repeated dike breaches. A dispute with neighboring communities over dyke maintenance meant that necessary repairs could not be carried out by the overwhelmed residents.

In 1579, Flensburg merchants built a port in Ockholm. They were forbidden to use the Husum harbor. However, at no time did it become more important, as the people of Flensburg were soon allowed to start trading again from Husum. The port of Ockholm went down in the following storm surges .

The Burchardi flood of 1634 also broke through the dikes of the Ockholmer Koog. It was flooded, the church was destroyed and 400 people lost their lives. The western sea dike was almost completely destroyed. As the repair of the central dykes to protect the hinterland was considered to be a priority, it was not until 1639 that King Christian IV of Denmark began to dike a large part of the Koog. The dike line was shortened and relocated. The dike work was completed in 1641. The 800 demat land, which had become ownerless due to the storm surge  , became the property of the king, who also took on the heavy dyke loads. Later these lands were given to Chamberlain Burchard von Ahlefeldt . In 1647 a new church was built.

In 1735 the construction of the damming of the Bongsiel Canal began. His goal was to improve the drainage of a total of ten kebabs.

In 1766, the Flensburg Council invoked the old port privileges and, in spite of all Husum protests, set up a port on the Bong collapsed . From here goods should be landed from and to Holland. However, the poor roads turned out to be too difficult due to the inadequately drained kegs, especially in winter.

Act for crossing into the Louisenkoog

Over the centuries, other kays were diked around the Ockholmer Koog: the Waygaarder Koog in 1577 , the Blumenkoog in 1652, the Louisen-Reußen-Koog in 1799 , the Sönke-Nissen-Koog in 1926 and the Hauke-Haien-Koog in 1959. With the latter, the water solution was relocated to the hinterland of the former Dagebüller Bay to the north. The newly established Schlüttsiel harbor on the edge of the Hauke-Haien-Koog took over the function of drainage into the North Sea from the Bongsiel. A ferry port has also been set up in Schlüttsiel. From there there are ferry connections to the Halligen Hooge and Langeneß as well as to the island of Amrum .

During the Third Reich there was a Reich labor service camp for dike workers in Ockholm . In the 1950s, Ockholm received electricity and water connections as part of the Nord program .

After the storm surge in 1962 , Ockholm was given a second line of dykes, which better protects the Koog, which is mostly below sea level. The area between the dikes has been preserved as a wetland to this day .

politics

Community representation

In the local elections on May 6, 2018, the Ockholm voter community (WGO) again received all nine seats in the local council.

Mayoress

Claudia Weinbrandt (WGO), who has been in office since 1994, was re-elected mayor for the 2018–2023 election period.

Church with a stack of bells

Religion / church

The majority of the population is of Protestant faith. The church of the Holy Cross , located in the center of the village today, is the place of worship for the citizens of Evangelical Lutheran faith. The wooden bell tower ( stack of bells ) standing away from the church building is typical for North Frisia .

Buildings

The Peterswarf in Ockholm

The settlement lies on 14 terps , embankments, which are supposed to protect the buildings erected on it from storm surges. The numerous individual settlements on the terps are among the buildings that are particularly worth seeing . These are a relic from the past when Ockholm was still a Hallig. Peterswarf plays a special role here . Among other things, it was honored with a film adaptation of the Theodor Storm novella Der Schimmelreiter from 1978. In line with the film's title role, the farm owners were often dikers of the Ockholmer Koog in real life.

After the Burchardi flood had destroyed the "Holy Cross Church" built in 1555, which was presumably located outside of today's sea dike, the successor building was built in 1647 as a hall church on the Kirchwarft. The stones for the church came from Mrs. Mettenhof near Bordelum , who burned down in 1629, and were given to the place by the king. The pulpit and baptismal font come from the church of Evensbüll von Strand, which was lost in 1634 .

Economy and Infrastructure

For a long time the economic structure was shaped by agriculture.

Tourism is now an important source of income for the community. Holiday home rental is dominant here. In the district of Bongsiel there was a restaurant that was well known in the region. The house, which has received multiple awards from the magazine Der Feinschmecker , was primarily known for its cuisine based on regional specialties.

There are several handicraft businesses based on site. The oldest company in the village is "Christian Breckling". It is managed in the sixth generation by Lasse Nissen. It is a metal construction and certified welding company with an attached gas station.

traffic

The community is best reached by private transport. The road connection is primarily via the so-called Bäderstraße, which branches off the B 5 north of Bredstedt in a westerly direction. After a good ten kilometers on this route you reach the center of the municipality.

The community can be reached by public transport from the direction of Langenhorn. However, the bus times are largely geared towards transporting students to and from the local school and therefore only run at the appropriate times of the day and not on weekends or during school holidays. The Schlüttsiel district is a little better connected. A bus service operated by the Nordfriesland Regional Transport and Tariff Association runs from Niebüll twice a day (including on weekends) . This route is currently served by the company Autokraft .

literature

• Chronicle Ockholm - history of a North Frisian village . Local council Ockholm 1997.

Web links

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

• Ockholm municipality

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. ^ Harry Kunz: Die Köge Nordfriesland , Bredstedt, 1999
3. ^ Housing directory Schleswig-Holstein 1987. (pdf) State Statistical Office Schleswig-Holstein, accessed on February 3, 2019 . 
4. ↑ Result of the local election Ockholm 2018. on the website Amt Mittleres Nordfriesland (PDF), accessed on September 21, 2018