Risum-Lindholm

Risum -Lindholm ( North Frisian: Risem - Loonham ) is a municipality in the district of North Friesland on the west coast of Schleswig -Holstein.

• 3.1 Municipal Council
• 3.2 Mayor
• 3.3 Coat of Arms

• 7.1 Sons and daughters of the town

Geography

Risum -Lindholm is about five kilometers southeast of Niebüll and six kilometers west of leakage at the edge between Geest and Marsh.

Districts

The municipality was created in 1969 from the formerly independent communities Risum and Lindholm. Since the municipality includes several kilometers in length, the districts Maasbüll, Risum, Lindholm, Klockries, Wegacker and Kremper house is (besides Broweg, Läiged and Legerade that are not directly connected to the elongated village street ) has changed only for better orientation in place a high importance attached. Thus, the actual community name is in the local parlance, rarely used, but rather the name of the respective districts.

History

Risum is mentioned together with Lindholm Waldemar - Erdbuch as part of Bökingharde. The two places and Niebüll and Deezbüll located on a glacial Sander island, which was named after the there in the Middle Ages existing high moor Risummoor. After the sea penetrated after the first big Mandränke 1362 up to the island, the vulnerable parts were bedeicht. This area was later called Risummoorer Kornkoog. 1580 The medieval dike was reinforced.

In the 15th century caused by a causeway to the Great Stedesand carbon Dammer - enclosed land, which is divided into Lindholm - carbon Dammer - polder and Risum- carbon Dammer - polder, 1544 Small carbon Dammer - polder. Meanwhile dike broke in the second Mandränke, which 402 people lost their lives. It was only in the recovery of Maasbüller Herrenkoogs 1641 the gap was closed again.

Policy

Municipal council

In the local elections on May 26, 2013, the CDU won six, the SPD four, two of the SSE and the Free Wählergemeinschaft FWG five seats. The turnout was 56.7 percent.

Mayor

At the inaugural meeting of the newly elected representation on June 12, 2013 Hauke ​​Christiansen ( CDU) was re-elected as mayor.

Coat of arms

Blazon: " In the blue chief with four staggered silver linden leaves, including a growing red frieze gable, topped with three superimposed silver windows, as well as the main shield abutting golden roof. "

Traffic

Risum -Lindholm is located directly on the Marschbahn Westerland - Hamburg. This leading through the district Lindholm railway line has since the 1980s, however, not have its own train station with passenger train stopping it after the branching off track here had been shut down to Flensburg. Merely as an operating station ( block location with barriers items ) the station is still in operation. Nevertheless, in 2005 he was bilingual signs ( " Risum -Lindholm / Risem - Lonham "). A request stop is located, however, in the district Maasbüll on the railway line between Niebüll and Dagebüll. This is about every hour operated in both directions of the North German railway company.

Through the village also extends federal highway 5 from Husum to Niebüll.

Attractions

The Andersen House, a uthlandfriesisches house from 1723 in the district Klockries, is the seat of Ostermooriger Fries association and popular venue for markets, concerts and private parties.

Both the St. Sebast Church in Risum and the Lindholmer Michaelis Church owe their present form to the 18th century, but its origins date back to the 13th century. Both have free-standing bell stacking and partially medieval interior.

Friesian

Unlike most other places in North Frisia North Frisian language, the local dialect Ostermoor Inger in Risum -Lindholm still a significant number of speakers and a corresponding meaning in the family and in public. In the three local schools, the Danish Risum Skole / Risem Schölj, the Risumer primary school and in the Nis Johannsen Albrecht - school Lindholm, the language is taught. All street names of new residential areas are Frisian. The community has already been twice honored with the award " Language-friendly community."

Personalities

Sons and daughters of the town

• Momme Andresen (1857-1951), chemist, pioneer of photography, co-founder of Agfa
• Sönke Nissen (1870-1923), railway engineer and German industrialist
• John Oldsen (1894-1958), Frisian minority politicians (SSW ), Member of Parliament (Schleswig -Holstein)
• Berthold Bahnsen (1913-1971), Frisian minority politicians (SSW ), Member of Parliament (Schleswig -Holstein)