Utersum

Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	North Friesland
Office :	Foehr-Amrum
Height :	3 m above sea level NHN
Area :	5.26 km 2
Residents:	398 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	76 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	25938
Area code :	04683
License plate :	NF
Community key :	01 0 54 143
Office administration address:	Hafenstrasse 23 ; 25938 Wyk auf Föhr
Website :	www.utersum.de
Mayor :	Göntje Schwab (FWU)
Location of the municipality Utersum in the district of North Friesland

Utersum ( Danish : Yttersum , Frisian : Ödersem ) is a municipality in the district of North Friesland in Schleswig-Holstein . Hedehusum (56 inhabitants) is part of the municipality and was an independent municipality until 1969.

Geography and traffic

The place is located in the extreme southwest of the island of Föhr within sight of Amrum and Sylt between dunes and pine forests and is the smallest seaside resort on Föhr. In Utersum there is a rehabilitation clinic of the German Pension Insurance Federation , which specializes in lung diseases and areas of oncology and gynecology .

Plants such as samphire and beach aster can be seen in the not diked Godel lowlands . They live on salt marshes whose salinity comes from frequent flooding with sea water. Here are also the breeding grounds of some seabird species such as the avocet .

history

A stone box grave near the guest's house proves a settlement as early as the Stone Age . The three surviving mounds called Triibergem, evidence of a settlement in the Bronze Age . The megalithic tomb Sunberig is located near the village .

As part of Westerland Föhr , Utersum belonged to the royal enclaves and belonged directly to the Kingdom of Denmark , while Osterland Föhr and Wyk belonged to the Duchy of Schleswig . Only after Denmark lost Schleswig to Prussia , Utersum also came to Schleswig-Holstein in 1864.

Utersum, Hedehusum and Goting were the only municipalities in the second zone to vote in favor of a move to Denmark in the 1920 referendum ; because they were not directly on the later border, they stayed with Germany.

In 1969 Hedehusum was incorporated into Utersum.

politics

Community representation

The Voting Association Free Voters Utersum (FWU) has held eight seats in the municipal council since the 2018 local elections , one seat remained vacant.

mayor

Joachim Lorenzen (FWU) was elected as the new mayor for the 2013–2018 election period. He replaces Jürgen Schmidt, who has been in charge since 2003. In 2016 he was replaced by Göntje Schwab.

tourism

In 2006 there were 11,969 registered guests with a total of 163,259 overnight stays.

Attractions

The list of cultural monuments in Utersum includes the cultural monuments entered in the list of monuments of Schleswig-Holstein.

Personalities

The entertainer Hans Rosenthal (1925–1987) was an honorary citizen of the Utersum community.
Hans-Hasso von Veltheim (1885–1956) spent the last years of his life in Utersum.

Picture gallery

Listed residential and farm building
Utersum beach at low tide with a view of the northern tip of Amrum
Bridge in front of Utersum

literature

Karl Heinz Lorenzen: 650 years of Utersum. An island village yesterday and today. Husum Printing and Publishing Company, Husum 2010

Web links

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

Individual evidence

↑ North Statistics Office - Population of the municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein 4th quarter 2019 (XLSX file) (update based on the 2011 census) ( help on this ).
↑ Schleswig-Holstein topography. Vol. 10: Timmaspe - Ziethen . 1st edition Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-926055-92-7 , p. 89 ( dnb.de [accessed on August 9, 2020]).
↑ Jakob Tholund : History of the island of Föhr. In: Margot and Nico Hansen: Föhr: History and shape of an island. Hansen & Hansen, Münsterdorf 1971, p. 79.
^ Föhr-Land: communities of voters in front. In: Der Insel-Bote from May 7, 2018, accessed on May 9, 2018
↑ Portrait of the village

[Metadaten_Einwohnerzahl_DE-SH-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] Schleswig-Holstein topography. Vol. 10: Timmaspe - Ziethen . 1st edition Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-926055-92-7 , p. 89 ( dnb.de [accessed on August 9, 2020]).

[3] Jakob Tholund : History of the island of Föhr. In: Margot and Nico Hansen: Föhr: History and shape of an island. Hansen & Hansen, Münsterdorf 1971, p. 79.

[4] Föhr-Land: communities of voters in front. In: Der Insel-Bote from May 7, 2018, accessed on May 9, 2018

[5] Portrait of the village