Orth (Fehmarn)

Orth City of Fehmarn Coordinates: 54 ° 26 ′ 51 ″  N , 11 ° 3 ′ 3 ″  E
Residents :	60
Incorporation :	April 1, 1937
Incorporated into:	Petersdorf
Postal code :	23769
Area code :	04372
Location of Orth in Fehmarn
Port of Orth

Orth is a harbor settlement in the southwest of the Baltic Sea island of Fehmarn .

geography

Orth is located on the southwest side of the island of Fehmarn and borders the Orther Bay. To the west of the port entrance is the Krummsteert spit hook , which, like the Sulsdorfer Wiek bordering on Orth, is a nature reserve. The Flügge lighthouse is a popular destination .

Around 60 people live permanently in Orth; in the winter months the number of inhabitants is usually reduced by half.

history

The name Orth means “tip”, “land projection” in Low German. The place was originally a loading area on Sulsdorfer Grund. The history of the place is closely linked to the construction of the port.

After the great storm surge on Fehmarn in November 1872, the dykes were built on the island to protect against the water masses. Parts of the localities Orth and Lemkenhafen were left out. The innkeeper Nölck took the initiative and created a two meter high stone wall on the west side in order to improve the situation of the already existing small shelter for the local fishermen. He hauled the rocks with his horses, often under dangerous conditions, over the frozen Baltic Sea in winter. Today a quarter of the quay wall of the Orth port consists of these "Nölck rocks".

In 1880 and 1881 the Orther port was finally built and on November 9, 1881 the 174 meter long and then 55 meter wide port was opened to traffic. Contrary to all expectations and in competition with the port of Burgstaaken , a brisk freight and passenger traffic developed in the period that followed. The steamer "Fehmarn" took up the connection between Orth and Kiel. The steamers "Pollux" and "Orth" ran regularly between Orth and Heiligenhafen. Oldenburg in Holstein could be reached from Heiligenhafen and the railway line via Lübeck to Hamburg.

When the Fehmarn island railway to Orth was built in 1905 , the sea route lost its importance and was finally discontinued. Essentially, the freight volume via the Orther port was determined by agricultural trade products, as can still be seen today in a storage facility at the port. The annual grain turnover was around 10,000 tons.

Since the beginning of the eighties, the Orther harbor has been used almost exclusively as a sports boat harbor . In 1981 the 100th birthday was celebrated with a pageant through the village of Orth with the clubs and associations of Westfehmarn. The privatization of the port was considered for reasons of cost and on March 3, 1995 the port was leased to Hafen-Orth-GmbH . In 1997 five old bridges were torn down so that the sailors could use two new jetties with fourteen additional berths in the following season. Since then the piers have been regularly renewed and in 2008 the fairway was dredged.

Economy and tourism

The people in Orth mainly live from tourism. In summer the harbor is very popular with yachtsmen, in the marginal months and in summer the area is popular with kiters and surfers.

Today the port offers 150 berths for yachts with a maximum draft of three meters, as well as water and electricity connections at the jetties. An old crane is available and farmers rent out their halls for winter storage. There is also a repair and yacht service.

Web links

Commons : Orth auf Fehmarn  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

1. ↑ http://www.hafen-orth.de/geschichte.html