Oland (Frisian island)
Oland ( Oland Danish, Frisian Ualöön ) is a holm in the North Frisian Wadden Sea in the North Sea. Oland belongs to the municipality and district Langeneß and thus to manage Community Official Pellworm. Until the Second World War Oland was a separate municipality.
Geography
Oland is 2.9 km long and 500-980 meters wide. The area is 2.01 km ². About 20 people live in 17 houses on a single mound, the Olandwarft. Oland has a school, a church, a guest house, a community center with library and lighthouse Oland - that beacon is the only known thatched beacon. In the center of the holm is a historical Fething ( livestock watering ).
History
The territory of the holm belongs to the North Frisian Uthlanden. Oland was already out in Valdemar Erdbuch as an island. Administratively, it belonged to the old north beach. In 1362 it was a holm, the parish remained. Oland was still connected to 1634 with the Langeneß than the Burchardiflut destroyed the connection. The Christmas flood 1717 and the February 1825 flood went devastating. In 1717, the water was two feet higher than 1634th All the houses were more or less damaged and the mill was destroyed. 1825 went down by 36 apartments 33. 1850 there were only two mounds: mound and pipe. Pipe has since been abandoned.
Oland was connected by a causeway to the mainland for the first time early in 1860, which was destroyed in every winter by storm surges. Only the built 1925-1927 Loren dam to Dagebüll has provided to date inventory and Loren with a track leading on to Langeneß. On the way there are passing places to spare oncoming Loren resetting.
1941 the until then independent municipality Oland was merged with the two communities in Northern Marsch ( former holm Nordmarsch ) and Langeneß ( former holms Langeneß and Butwehl ) to the new community Langeneß.
Due to the dam construction were in the east of holm ( the side facing the mainland ) country increases were achieved, which offset the up to secure the west side of the holm by storm surges constantly held land loss again.
Traffic
Oland is approached from the irregular Rungholt of Schlüttsiel in summer. Day tourists can explore the holm so. Another possibility is from the mudflats of Dagebüll.
The Loren dam is being redeveloped since 2006 by the Office of Rural Studies ( LKN ) and strongly broadened.
Church
Today's holm Church of Oland is a hall church dating back to 1824, the heavy floods in 1825 and 1962 defied among others. The church room is very small. The baptismal font dates from the Romanesque period. The figure which adorns the crucifix has a similar age. The cross itself was renewed later. The altar is small and comes from more recent times.
Nature
On the coast Olands, especially in the northern and western part, there are large salt marshes, which are a popular breeding ground for gulls and waders. A potential threat to these birds represent foxes, which could come over the dam after Oland. An ironic prohibition sign on the mainland side of the dam indicates.
Gallery
Construction site of the LKN to expand the dam Loren
Rungholt
Prohibition sign for foxes at the dam after Oland