Langeneß

Langeneß [ laŋənɛs ] (Danish Langenæs, friesian Nees ) is a holm in the North Frisian islands off the Schleswig -Holstein North Sea coast and a municipality in the district of North Friesland. The community includes not only the Langeneß Langeneß also the holm Oland and has over this a rail link over the holm train Dagebüll - Oland - Langeneß to the mainland.

History

Before Burchardiflut from 1634 Langeneß formed together with the holm Oland and other land masses, the holm Alt- Langeneß ..

1802 was the present Langeneß back three individual holms: Langeneß ( East), Butwehl (southeast) and Nordmarsch (west ), which together grew to 1869 by dams, fascines, and natural fouling. The original name of the island was grown together Nordmarsch - Langeneß.

Butwehl may be mentioned in Valdemar Erdbuch island Hwäler.

Langeneß became smaller over the centuries. Before the flood of 1825 still 70 houses and 187 inhabitants were counted. 1850 stood at 14 Terps 50 houses, 1905/ 06 30 houses. 1873 was the holm 1179 hectares. According to the survey of 1882, there were only 1025 ha Today Langeneß with a length of about 10 km, a width of up to 1400 m and a total size of 956 hectares is the largest of the holms.

1941, the formerly independent communities Nordmarsch ( former holm Nordmarsch ) Langeneß ( former holms Langeneß and Butwehl ) and Oland were merged into one municipality Langeneß. The Municipal House is on Oland, whose only mound is the most populous of the community. The administration, however, is on Pellworm because the community Langeneß belongs to the Official Pellworm and has no separate administration.

The community Langeneß has 118 inhabitants, of whom around 100 to Langeneß that live on 16 mounds in 58 households, which are shown in the following table from east to west. The data refer to the last census of 25 May 1987, as population and households are not updated on residential space level.

The largest mound on the Langeneß is the Ketelswarf, where there is also the tourist office is located.

Policy

Municipal council

In the local elections on May 26, 2013 occurred at two voter communities. The voters Community list A ( WGLA ) received four seats. On the Wählergemeinschaft list B ( WGLB ) accounted for three seats. From 2008 to 2013 had the WGLA all seven seats in the municipal council.

Mayoress

For the election period 2013-2018 Heike Hinrichsen ( WGLA ) was elected mayor. It followed Hans- Friedrich ( called Fiede ) Nissen ( WGLA ), which until then held the office for five years.

Transport, business and tourism

The holm is further connected to a moor train through the Wadden Sea with the holm Oland and from there to the mainland at Dagebüll. The " Loren Station " is located in the northeast of the holm near the Bandixwarft. At the other end of Langeneß in the southwest in the Rixwarft there is the only dock with regular ferry services. The ferry Hilligenlei of Wyk Steamship Company Fohr Amrum runs from here to Wittdün on the island Amrum (only in the summer months ) and the holm Hooge to the ferry port Schlüttsiel on the mainland. Translating with the car and the use of cars on the island is possible. However, there are at Langeneß practically only one road between the ferry terminal and the train station Loren with short branches to the individual mounds. A gas station does not exist.

Langeneß is supplied since 1954 via a cable from the mainland with electricity. The water supply is now secured via a connecting line to the shore.

In addition to agriculture (mostly as a sideline ) and / or employment in coastal protection ( at the National Agency for Coastal Defence, National Park and Conservation Schleswig -Holstein), tourism is an important source of income for residents dar. While the accommodation on the islets mostly takes place in guesthouses and holiday apartments also possible to sleep in a four -star hotel here on the Mayenswarf.

On the west stands on the old Peterswarft the lighthouse built in 1902 Nordmarsch with a height of 11.50 meters.

The municipality has two zip codes Langeneß one hand, the 25863 for Langeneß and on the other hand, the 25869 for the holm Oland. Langeneß making it the smallest municipality in terms of population in Germany with multiple zip codes.

Representation in museums, art and literature

Climate House Bremerhaven 8 ° East states in his section of the exhibition "journey" as the last station before on the 8th degree longitude Langeneß. As an "ambassador " and " face of Langeneß " portrays a former district nurse on the Peterhaitzwarf. In fact, however Langeneß is closer to 9 longitude.

The director Christoph Schlingensief turned the 1986 film egomania - island without hope, among other things on Langeneß.

In the early 1990s moved to the Hamburg Film director Tevfik Baser his German -Turkish love story farewell strangers who came to the cinemas in 1993, on the holm on.

Mostly on Langeneß play Sönke Hansen Mystery by Kari Koester - Delete, the change in the holm life belongs to the background story at the end of the 19th century by bank protection and tourism.