Norderoog

Norderoog (Danish Nørreog, friesian Noorderuug ) is a holm in the Wadden Sea, off the west coast of Schleswig -Holstein with a size of 0.09 km ². Apart from the temporary stay of bird Wait is uninhabited. Administratively, it is part of the district of North Friesland belonging municipality Hooge holm. It forms one of the two districts of the municipality Hooge holm and contributes as (mostly uninhabited ) dwelling-place of the municipality 's official dwelling place number 6

History

Was first documented in 1597 as Norderoog " Norder Ough ". In 1630, was located on the holm a solid material, which was inhabited by a beach Vogt and 1634 destroyed by the Burchardiflut. Later, a family moved again, whose house in the February 1825 flood was a predator of the sea. From this point on Norderoog was uninhabited. The only holm today has Norderoog no more terp. The former terp is washed away. Since 1909, the holm property of Jordsand Association, whose goal is the creation of bird sanctuaries on the North Sea coast.

Fauna and Flora

Norderoog serves many some rare sea birds as breeding and resting place. Of greatest importance, the sandwich tern colony is (Sterna sandvicensis ). In spring and early summer breed here annually up to 4,000 breeding pairs, 2007, 2800 breeding pairs registered. However, particularly land base in early summer have a negative effect on the business of breeding and can cause large statistical fluctuations.

In addition, breed on Norderoog also river and Arctic terns. For a long time came the Oystercatcher Norderoog in the highest breeding pair density of the whole German Bight ago, his stock has decreased over the past years. The importance Norderoogs for bird life arises not only as a breeding, but also as a resting place for migrating birds. At times, hold on to the holm and the upstream Norderoogsand over 50,000 seabirds.

Breeding pair formation

Source: seabirds, Journal of the Association Jordsand. Vol 27 (2006 ), No. 1, pp. 14ff.

There is a typical salt marsh vegetation on Norderoog. Large parts of the holm are covered with beach Aster and holm lilac. In the sedimentation zone at Halli Grand Queller and cordgrass dominate as pioneer plants. In the highest areas in the east of the holm of typical dune beach rye dominates the picture.

Protection

Norderoog belongs since 1985 to the protection zone 1 of the National Park Schleswig -Holstein Wadden Sea. Officially, since 1939 is the holm under protection. However, the holm is already since 1909 Vogelfreistätte, when the club Jordsand they acquired for 12,000 gold marks from compatriot J. Feddersen for bird conservation. Prior Feddersen achieved by collecting bird eggs and hay making an income. Norderoog is thus the only German privately owned island. From May 1909, some longer breaks, but consistently from 1932 to 1950, Jens Sorensen lived wall as a bird waiting on Norderoog. According to him, the bird protection station is named on the northeastern shore of the holm.

At this station is a building that is protected by its stake building from storm surges. The hut was built by Jens Wall in 1909 was 1995/96 is replaced by the New Jens wall hut. In addition to this, a second cabin was built in 1964, which was destroyed in January 1976 by ​​a storm surge and replaced by a container construction in the following year. The container was demolished in late 2004. In its place, the, completed in 2005, Bird 's Cottage was built in log cabin technique in which also the room is accessible for visitors info.

The protection is provided by community service of the club Jordsand and by voluntary bird observatory. The station is regularly staffed from early March to late October. Since the 1950s, is performed on Norderoog shore protection. In the summer of 1977, a stone edge was created to halt the steady loss of land on the western tip. In 2000 it was supplemented by a Steinbuhne.

Workcamps on Norderoog

Norderoog is also known for the international youth work camps that have been conducted since the 1970s by the club Jordsand. Up to 20 young people aged between 16 and 25 years carry out various work to maintain the holm, mainly due to maintenance of fascines to land preservation. In addition, Grüppen must be dug to ensure a better flow of water from the Lahnungsfeldern. Through these applications, it is now able to stabilize the holm area to a size of about 10 hectares.

Film

On 7 December 2008, the NDR broadcast the documentary The mother bird. Video diary 2008 - recorded by Anna B. from, which was shot by a young woman. She spent part of a voluntary ecological year with the club Jordsand three weeks as a bird waiting on Norderoog.