Wyk on Föhr

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Wyk on Föhr
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Coordinates: 54 ° 42 '  N , 8 ° 34'  E

Basic data
State : Schleswig-Holstein
Circle : North Friesland
Office : Foehr-Amrum
Height : 4 m above sea level NHN
Area : 8 km 2
Residents: 4222 (Dec. 31, 2019)
Population density : 528 inhabitants per km 2
Postal code : 25938
Area code : 04681
License plate : NF
Community key : 01 0 54 164
LOCODE : DE WYK
Office administration address: Hafenstrasse 23
25938 Wyk auf Föhr
Website : www.wyk.de
Mayor : Hans-Ulrich Hess ( CDU )
Location of the city of Wyk auf Föhr in the North Friesland district
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Wyk auf Föhr (short: Wyk , Frisian : Wik or a Wik , Low German : De Wyk , also De Wiek , Danish : Vyk , probably originating from wiek = bay ) is a town on the island of Föhr in the district of North Friesland in Schleswig-Holstein . The urban area of ​​the North Sea spa consists of the inner city area and the districts of Boldixum (Frisian Bualigsem ) and Südstrand.

geography

The middle bridge with the main shopping street Sandwall

Geographical location

Wyk is located in the extreme southeast of the North Frisian island of Föhr . Wyk has 4,500 main residents, but the main season is around 20,000 people. The city has a central function for the islands of Föhr and Amrum (freight and ferry port, shopping center, pedestrian zone, medical specialists, hospital, high school, city library, post office, etc.) and is the seat of the office of Föhr-Amrum and the social center for the islands of Föhr and Amrum . Another 4200 inhabitants live in the other eleven communities on the island of Föhr.

Neighboring communities

Wyk borders on the two communities Wrixum and Nieblum .

history

Strandallee around 1895

The place Wyk emerged after 1600. Above all, the residents of the neighboring Halligen, as well as the island Alt-Nordstrand to the south, received new land in a bay (cf. Wik ) near the village of Boldixum after the Burchardi flood had destroyed large parts of the settlement area there assigned. If the place was initially sheltered by the Harde Osterland-Föhr , in 1704 it received first port justice , two years later the rights to a patch with newly defined borders.

Due to the decline in whaling, which had brought Föhr prosperity, Wyk had to struggle with economic problems around 1800. Between 1788 and 1820 the population decreased from 772 to 582; about a quarter of the buildings were in ruins.

In 1819 Wyk became the first seaside resort in the Duchy of Schleswig . With the advancing development as such, the street Wasserreihe on the eastern bank was quickly transformed into an avenue and renamed Sandwall . For this purpose, the Danish King Frederick VI. the place 1000 young elms . Due to Dutch elm disease , however, these had to be felled again later. The resort itself was in April 1824 by Wilhelmine of Denmark , the youngest daughter of the reigning king, Wilhelmina-resort called. The king himself had already visited the island incognito in the same year.

In the first year 61 guests came, in 1820 there were already 102, but it was not until 1840 that the limit of 200 was exceeded. From 1842 to 1847, the Danish King Christian VIII chose Wyk as his summer residence, which brought the place numerous new holiday guests. In 1844 he was followed by the Danish poet Hans Christian Andersen , who said of the bath: I bathed every day, and I have to say that it is the most unforgettable water I have been in. Andersen also expressed criticism regarding the arduous journey. He described the Dagebüll ferry port as the most pitiful hole on earth . But tourists also came to the island from Hamburg. The journey there was, however, initially long and arduous. Land travelers had to reckon with four days of travel time - by ship via Heligoland it only took two. Conversely, the latter route also meant the risk of being overwhelmed by seasickness. In connection with the visits of the king in 1843/44, the king's garden was laid out as a public park west of the inland port.

In 1910 Wyk received town charter , in 1924 the village of Boldixum was incorporated with an area of ​​698  hectares . Wyk was originally only 35 hectares.

During the pogroms in November 1938, there were attacks on Jewish families, and the children of the Jewish children's home had to leave the island through a line of Föhr students who verbally abused and spat at them. Shortly before the end of the war in 1945, the Aviation Engineering School (IfL) moved into Wyk quarters for the summer semester. It continued to work after the surrender and was not closed until August 17, 1945.

Wyk has been known as the North Sea Spa since 1950 .

politics

City council

Since the local elections in 2018, the city ​​council has consisted of 19 councilors.

  • CDU 6 seats
  • Green 5 seats
  • Local community (KG) 4 seats
  • SPD 3 seats

mayor

Hans-Ulrich Hess (CDU) has been elected mayor for the 2018–2023 election period. Hess was the full-time mayor of the city of Meschede from 1999 to 2015 . Paul Raffelhüschen (CDU) had previously held office.

coat of arms

  • coat of arms

  • Hoist flag

The coat of arms and flag were approved on June 29, 1956.

Blazon : "Above blue waves in red a golden, wrecked three-master of the 17th century without sails and with broken masts, raised by a golden, six-pointed star."

The content of the coat of arms is based on their traditional seal. It was adopted in connection with the elevation of the place to the spot in 1706 and shows a wrecked ship from the 17th century. Together with the text of a banner: "Incertum quo fata ferunt" , d. H. “It is uncertain where fate will lead”, this emblematic motif is intended to indicate the dangers of seafaring. Their importance was extraordinary for the place in earlier centuries. Most of the island's male population went to sea and lived mainly from whaling. Important seafarers, especially at the time of sailing, came from Föhr and, despite the accident and often at the risk of their lives, led their ships into the safe harbor. This constant danger, with which the population of Föhr lived, is the subject of the pictorial message of the historical seal as well as the modern municipal coat of arms. The star, which is not yet represented in the old seal, is on the one hand a safe point of orientation for nautical navigation, on the other hand as a "good star" hope for the future for a prosperous development of the city and its citizens. In 1819 the oldest German North Sea resort was founded in Wyk after Norderney (1797). Since then tourism has become the most important economic base.

The coat of arms was designed by the Brunsbüttel heraldist Willy "Horsa" Lippert .

flag

The flag of the city shows the ship and star of the coat of arms in the leech of a red field, which is bordered at the top and bottom by two narrow stripes in blue and yellow.

Town twinning

The town of Wyk auf Föhr is a twin town of Mittenwald in Upper Bavaria .

The city has signed a sponsorship agreement with the Polish municipality of Stepenitz / Pomerania.

Attractions

St. Nicolai on Föhr

In the urban area Wyk in the area Olhörn is the lighthouse Olhörn . Frisian customs and the history of Wyk are presented in the Dr. Carl-Haeberlin-Friesenmuseum , whose two entrance portals are each formed by two whale jaw bones.

The Church of St. Nicolai is a Romanesque church building from the 13th century and is located in the district of Boldixum. It has a colorful and rich interior. There are numerous speaking tombstones in the cemetery .

In 1974 the Catholic St. Mary's Church was built on Rebbelstieg .

Economy and Infrastructure

tourism

Typical Föhr bathing cart on the lake promenade

The Sandwall promenade not only offers a view of the North Sea, but also the view of the Halligen, which Christian VIII loved . It is considered to be one of the most beautiful German lake promenades.

Not least because of the resident clinics and recreational facilities, Wyk is a popular health resort all year round, regardless of the season.

In 2002 Wyk auf Föhr was one of the ten most important centers of tourism in Schleswig-Holstein : 46,368 guests, 325 (0.70 percent) of them from abroad, booked 492,041 overnight stays. The city had 4,733 guest beds.

In 2011, the number of overnight stays was around 540,000, but has fallen slightly.

traffic

The harbor at the old pier
The ferry terminal in Wyk

Wyk is the only port on the island of Föhr with the ferry port and the inland port (crab and mussel fishing as well as supplying the island) and the pleasure boat harbor.

From the ferry port Wyk there are regular connections with car ferries to the mainland port Dagebüll several times a day and with a timetable independent of the tides . In the opposite direction, ferries go to Wittdün on the neighboring island of Amrum . The ferry line is operated by Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei (W. D. R.) based in Wyk auf Föhr.

In addition, excursions to the Halligen Langeneß and Hooge as well as boat connections to Hörnum on Sylt during the summer season are offered (one departure per day).

Wyk can also be reached by plane via the Wyk airfield located in the city .

There are bus connections from Wyk to all communities on the island of Föhr.

education

The bell tower on the corner of Große Straße and Mittelstraße

Kindergartens

  • Protestant kindergarten St. Nicolai and nature kindergarten
  • AWO kindergarten
  • Kindergarten "Die Inselkinder"
  • Vyk Børnehave, Danish kindergarten

schools

Other educational institutions

Healthcare

Wyk is the location of a small hospital ( Insel-Klinik Föhr-Amrum of the Klinikum Nordfriesland ).

Wyk also has the island's only rescue station. It is manned by an ambulance and an ambulance on duty 24 hours a day, as well as an ambulance on day duty.

In addition, the town of Wyk has several rehabilitation clinics (including for oncology ), a health clinic for mother and child, and rest homes of various public and private providers.

Elderly care

There is also an elderly care facility in the city of Wyk (Johanneshaus Wyk auf Föhr) run by NDS-Norddeutsche Diakoniedienste für Senen gGmbH.

media

Wyk auf Föhr is the seat of the editorial office of the daily newspaper Der Insel-Bote , which belongs to the Schleswig-Holstein newspaper publisher .

Personalities

Honorary citizen

sons and daughters of the town

People who work or have worked on site

  • Johann Strauss (1825–1899), processed his impressions of Wyk and the honeymoon in 1878 with his second wife Angelika, called "Lili", in his waltz North Sea Pictures (op. 390)
  • Sidonie Werner (1860–1932), social politician, founded the home for Jewish children at risk of tuberculosis (1927–1938) in Wyk auf Föhr
  • Carl Gmelin (1863–1941), Medical Councilor, founded the North Sea Sanatorium in Wyk in 1898
  • Carl Haeberlin (1870–1954), founder of the Friesen Museum and Friesen researcher
  • Hellmuth von Mücke (1881–1957), officer in the Imperial Navy, lived in Wyk from 1929–1940
  • Clara Blumenfeld (1889–1978), painter and illustrator, lived in Wyk from 1960 until her death
  • Heidrun Hesse (1951–2007), professor of philosophy, died here
  • Dietmar Kuegler (* 1951), publisher and writer, founded the "Publishing House for American Studies" in Wyk in 1983

gallery

  • Bathing carts in Wyk around 1895

  • The Aquawyk on Wyker Strandpromenade

  • The sand wall in Wyk

  • The sand wall, seaside

  • The North Friesland ferry in front of Wyk

  • The Olhörn lighthouse in the extreme southeast of Föhr

  • Wyker Oststrand, in the background Hallig Langeneß

Web links

Commons : Wyk auf Föhr  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

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. ^ Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm: German Dictionary. Vol. 14, Department I, Part 2, S. Hirzel, Leipzig 1960, Sp. 1562f.
  3. ↑ Schleswig-Holstein topography. Vol. 10: Timmaspe - Ziethen . 1st edition Flying-Kiwi-Verl. Junge, Flensburg 2008, ISBN 978-3-926055-92-7 , p. 387 ( dnb.de [accessed on August 9, 2020]).
  4. ↑ Karin Hansen: Criss-cross through Wyk on Föhr. Wyk 2002, ISBN 393534712-X , pp. 16-19
  5. ↑ Timeline 1700–1799 at rundumfoehr.de , accessed on October 9, 2012
  6. ↑ Jakob Tholund : History of the island of Föhr. In: Margot and Nico Hansen (eds.): Föhr. History and shape of an island. Hansen & Hansen, Münsterdorf 1971, p. 62.
  7. ↑ Karin Hansen: Criss- cross through Wyk auf Föhr , Wyk 2002, ISBN 393534712-X , pp. 74–76
  8. ^ Royal Statistical Bureau: VIII. Community Lexicon for the Kingdom of Prussia, Province of Schleswig-Holstein , Berlin 1888, p. 50
  9. ^ Lecture on "Wyker Kristallnacht" by Heinz Lorenzen ( Memento from September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on November 9, 2008, accessed on February 11, 2013.
  10. ^ Lecture on the "Era of National Socialism on Föhr" by Wilhelm Koops ( Memento of September 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) on November 18, 2012, accessed on February 11, 2013.
  11. ^ Wyk: direct mandates for CDU and Greens. The Insel-Bote dated May 7, 2018, accessed on May 9, 2018
  12. ↑ "Ex-Mayor of Meschede now retired on Wyk"
  13. ↑ a b Schleswig-Holstein's municipal coat of arms
  14. ↑ according to the North Statistics Office: PDF
  15. ↑ Website of the Föhr Amrum office
  16. ^ Administrator: Rettungsdienst.Nordfriesland.de. In: www.rettungsdienst.nordfriesland.de. Retrieved July 13, 2016 .
  17. ↑ Der Inselbote: “The brutal face of the dictatorship” , dated November 26, 2012, accessed on November 27, 2012.
  18. ^ Norbert Linke : Johann Strauss (son) - in personal reports and picture documents . Rowohlt's Monographs, Volume 304. Reinbek, Rowohlt 1982 (6th edition 2003), ISBN 3-499-50304-2 , p. 120.