Sankt Michaelisdonn

Saint Michaelisdonn is a municipality in the district of Dithmarschen in Schleswig-Holstein.

• 4.1 Museums
• 4.2 Cultural Monuments

• 5.1 traffic
• 5.2 Leisure

Geography

The transition from march to Geest, the landscape is relatively varied. The tourism advertising aimed primarily at cyclists and walkers.

History

1878 was the place to build the Marschbahn a railway connection. 1880, the station became the hub station by the branch line was first to Marne and later expanded into the Friedrichskoog. As 1920, the Kiel Canal was widened, originated from the march track section to St. Michaelisdonn a branch line to Brunsbüttel North and the Marschbahn was newly connected via the Geest and high Hochdonn bridge to the train station.

The place was in 1970 to the municipality and municipal reform and lies exactly at the transition between March and Geest. It is named after the 1611 -built church, which is located on a dune ( Thu ).

Policy

Of the 18 seats in the municipal council has the CDU eight, voters Community AFW six ​​SPD four seats.

Coat of arms

Blazon: " Azure, bareheaded, bearded man (St. Michael ) with blond hair in golden peasant clothes, poking a supine, rotbewehrten golden dragon, a lance with golden stem and a silver scythe blade tip than in the neck and above is accompanied by four right to cross- identified golden windmill wings. "

Culture and sights

Landmark is the Holländermühle Edda, standing on the Muhlenberg. From 33 m above sea level unusual for Dithmarsch conditions Spieker high mountain you can see the entire environment.

Museums

Noteworthy is the Masonic Museum, it is the third largest in Europe.

Cultural Monuments

• See List of Cultural Monuments in Saint Michaelisdonn

Economy and infrastructure

Traffic

Since 1878, consists in Saint Michaelisdonn a station on the railway march. The Holstein march railway company had in 1880 from there a branch line on the Marne in Friedrichskoog built, the rest is still after the Marne.

Leisure

From Saint Michaelisdonn from performs a 8 km long disused railway line to Marne, which can be negotiated with a bicycle trolley today.

2 km south- east from the town center is a golf course. Next to it is the airport of Dithmarsch Air Sports Association, the airfield Saint Michaelisdonn. Colloquially, it is (following the nearby district ) called " Hopen ".