Westerland Foehr

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Westerland Föhr (also Westerlandföhr ; Fering Waasterlun Feer ) was part of the Westerharde in the west of the island of Föhr .

Westerland Föhr, to which the southern part of Nieblum , the villages of Goting , Borgsum , Witsum and the parish St. Laurentii in Süderende belonged, was together with Amrum part of the royal enclaves and the Kingdom of Denmark until 1864 , while the Harde Osterland Föhr with Wyk belonged to the Duchy of Schleswig . Three municipalities on Westerland Föhr, Goting, Utersum and Hedehusum , were the only municipalities in Zone II 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.

The Westerlandföhr Office was established in 1867 and existed until 1970.

On Westerland Föhr, most of the residents speak the Föhr dialect of the North Frisian language , Fering , while this proportion is much lower on Osterland Föhr.

Historical maps

  • The map from 1652 shows the border running through Föhr

  • Danish map from the 19th century shows the border between Osterland and Westerland Föhr

  • Historical map of Föhr with division of the island
    (status: between 1798 and 1862)

  • Map section from approx. 1643 to 1648

  • Harden structure map of the Duchy of Schleswig (before 1864)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 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.
  2. ^ The Föhrer Frisian: Fering

Coordinates: 54 ° 43 ′ 11 "  N , 8 ° 25 ′ 25"  E