Toftum (Foehr)
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Toftum
municipality Oldsum
Coordinates: 54 ° 43 ′ 46 ″ N , 8 ° 27 ′ 44 ″ E
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| Height : | 4 m | |
| Area : | 4.67 km² | |
| Residents : | 150 | |
| Population density : | 32 inhabitants / km² | |
| Incorporation : | March 1, 1970 | |
| Postal code : | 25938 | |
| Area code : | 04683 | |
Location of Toftum in Schleswig-Holstein |
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Friedrich von Warnstedt's Map of Föhr (1823)
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Toftum (Frisian: Taftem, Danish Toftum ) is a district of the Oldsum municipality on the North Sea island of Föhr .
geography
Toftum is in the eastern extension of Klintum on the border of Geest and Marsch . The place has around 150 inhabitants.
One of the buildings is the listed Lorenzenhof, which dates from the 17th century.
history
The name Toftum refers to toft , "Hofplatz", and - um , "Heim". Almost all Föhrer villages have the suffix - um .
Already on Friedrich von Warnstedt's map from 1823, Oldsum, Klintum and Toftum appear as a contiguous row village with no recognizable settlement boundaries between the places.
In 1970 Toftum formed the new Oldsum community together with Oldsum-Klintum.
The community had an area of 4.67 km².
On the cut-off date of the census on May 25, 1987, the district of Toftum had 143 inhabitants in 57 households.
Economy and Transport
Main industries are tourism and agriculture. The national road 214, "Rundföhrstraße" runs south past Toftum; the place is connected via a county road.
Personalities
- Oluf Braren (1787–1839), North Frisian painter, died in Toftum
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Toftum at foehr.info , accessed on October 15, 2015
- ↑ Uwe Bonsen: Geography of Föhr. In: Margot and Nico Hansen: Föhr: History and shape of an island. Hansen & Hansen, Münsterdorf 1971, p. 28.
- ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Official municipality directory 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 ]).
- ↑ State Statistical Office Schleswig-Holstein: Historical municipality register Schleswig-Holstein 1867-1970, Kiel 1972 , p. 98
- ↑ State Statistical Office Schleswig-Holstein: Housing Directory Schleswig-Holstein 1987, Kiel 1992 , p. 50