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coat of arms	Germany map
	Coordinates: 54 ° 24 '  N , 8 ° 59'  E
Basic data
State :	Schleswig-Holstein
Circle :	North Friesland
Office :	North Sea Treene
Height :	2 m above sea level NHN
Area :	28.14 km 2
Residents:	1029 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density :	37 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code :	25889
Area code :	04864
License plate :	NF
Community key :	01 0 54 161
Office administration address:	Schulweg 19 25866 Mildstedt
Website :	www.witzwort.de
Mayor :	Johann Sievers
Location of the municipality of Witzwort in the district of North Frisia

Witzwort ( Danish : Vitsvort ) is a municipality in the district of North Friesland in Schleswig-Holstein .

Geography and traffic

Map of the place

Aerial view, looking north

The place is in the east of the peninsula Eiderstedt , between Husum and Tönning . The Husum – Bad St. Peter-Ording railway and federal highway 5 run to the east . To the southeast of it lies the Witzworter district Reimersbude directly on the Eider . The Witzwort stop is located on the railway line a few kilometers from the town center . The place can also be reached by bus line 1077.

history

The community of Witzwort was first mentioned in 1352. Joke word means something like " Wurt des Wido".

Since July 2000, Witzwort has been a resort recognized by the state of Schleswig-Holstein.

politics

Community representation

• Of the eleven seats in the municipal council , the WGW electoral community had six seats since the 2008 local elections, the CDU four and the SPD one.
• In the local elections on May 26, 2013, the Witzwort Community of voters (WGW) received 47.1 percent and thus five seats. The CDU got 35.3 percent and four seats. The newly formed voter community Witzwort: open and fair (WOF) won 17.3 percent and two seats. The turnout was 61.3 percent.

mayor

Jan (Johann) Sievers was elected mayor for the 2018–2023 election period. He replaced Willi Berendt , who had previously been in office since 1978 without interruption .

coat of arms

Blazon : "In gold above a narrow blue-silver corrugated shield foot, a flat green mountain, in front of it a silver hooded coffin with a red roof, underneath a silver ox head."

Economy and Infrastructure

economy

The Osterhusumer Meierei, which is the largest fresh milk producing company in Schleswig-Holstein, is located in the municipality. The dairy was founded in 1894 and was destroyed by fire on September 7, 2007. It was reopened in May 2008 and, according to the company, is one of the most modern dairy farms in Europe today.

Schools and kindergartens

There is a primary school with an attached gym in Witzwort. The building was renovated in 2005–2009. The new Protestant kindergarten, which was completed at the end of 2010, is right next to the school.

Churches

The brick- built St. Mary's Church is in Witzwort . It was built in the 15th century and supplemented in 1631 by a wooden bell tower and an attached choir . The wooden pulpit was installed in the church under Pastor Laurentius Adzen in 1583. A piece next to the church is the associated pastorate , in which the pastor of the Witzwort / Uelvesbüll parish lives. St. Marien has been illuminated at night from three sides in winter since 2004.

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  Marienkirche

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  altar

societies

Local sports life is shaped, among other things, by the gymnastics and sports club Witzwort from 1926 (TSV Witzwort) with around 400 members.

In the field of aid organizations there is a local association of the German Red Cross , to which an active readiness belongs. The DRK readiness is affiliated to the North Friesland disaster control through the 2nd North Friesland medical group, through which three vehicles are made available to the readiness. The main task of readiness is the medical care of the local festivals and events; for example the ring riding tournament of the riding club Witzwort from 1946 .

A tennis club was founded in 1993, and a tennis facility was completed in August 1994.

There is a local culture ring together with the neighboring community of Uelvesbüll . This has existed in this form since 1964 and, among other things, organizes the Witzworter village festival that takes place every 5 years .

Attractions

→ Main article : List of cultural monuments in Witzwort

Red hooded coffin

The Rote Haubarg is about three kilometers north of Witzwort. It is a white plastered hooded coffin with a thatched roof , which was probably built in 1647. The origin of the name is unclear. Either it was not built until the 18th century and took its name from its predecessor, which was covered with red tiles and destroyed by fire around 100 years later, or the hooded coffin used to be red plastered or unplastered. The Rote Haubarg now houses the agricultural part of the Eiderstedter Heimatmuseum and is used as a restaurant.

leisure offers

In Witzwort there is a large number of leisure activities such as the "Eiderstedterplatz", which includes a riding arena, a toboggan hill (in winter), a tennis court. There is also another playground and sports field next to the school.

Sons and daughters of the church

• Nicolaus Theodor Boysen (1797–1885), pastor, 1848–1851 member of the Schleswig-Holstein state assembly.
• Ingeborg Andresen (1878–1955), poet
• Claus Peter Boyens (1880–1951), politician
• Silke Hars (* 1952), politician (CDU)

literature

• Hans Knutz, community Witzwort, Hans Ulrich Meyer (Hrsg.): Chronicle of Witzwort. Husumer Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 1983
• Hans-Walter Wulf: Churches in Eiderstedt. Lühr & Dircks, St. Peter-Ording 1981, ISBN 3-921416-13-2
• Chronicle of Witzwort , extended edition, published by the Witzwort community, Husum Druck- und Verlagsgesellschaft, Husum 2015

Web links

Commons : joke word  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Witzwort community

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. ↑ Wolfgang Laur : Historisches Ortsnamelexikon von Schleswig-Holstein , 2nd edition, Neumünster 1992, p. 706.
3. ^ Result Witzwort local election 2013
4. ↑ Minutes of the 1st GV Witzwort on June 26, 2018. (pdf) Accessed June 21, 2020 . 
5. ↑ Helmuth Möller: Street is named after Honorary Mayor Willi Berendt. Husumer Nachrichten, June 21, 2020, accessed on June 22, 2020 . 
6. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms
7. ^ History of the Osterhusumer dairy. Retrieved May 27, 2019 . 
8. ^ Associations in Witzwort. Retrieved October 31, 2018 . 
9. ^ Museum in the Roten Haubarg