Süderstapel
Süderstapel (Danish: Sønder Stabel ) is a municipality in the district of Schleswig -Flensburg, in Schleswig- Holstein. It is bordered by two circles Dithmar and North Frisia.
Geography and transport
Süderstapel is located at the southernmost edge of the Stapelholmer Geest ridge, which with the Twieberg in Norderstapel has its highest point. Süderstapel located on the Eider, so here goes the ridge of up to 15 meters above the adjacent Eider shore. The municipal area, the Old concern flows into the Eider, the direct link is separated by the stone gate. Parts of the catchment area of the Old concern below sea level, so that their water has to be drawn here to the Eider, while the river Eider to Age Concern is artificially dammed. On Eiderdeich itself is a Wehle of in 1794.
Süderstapel is located about 18 km southeast of Husum on the main road 202 from Rendsburg to the North Sea coast. The Railroads Schleswig- Friedrichstadt ( 1905) and Rendsburg- Husum led through the village but were set in 1934 and 1974 respectively.
History
At Southshore tape layer municipal area several prehistoric tombs, including a grave mound found on the Wollenberg, so that the region must have been inhabited already during this time. Süderstapel was probably founded in 1200 as the St. Catherine's Church dates from this period. However, the first written record dates from the mid 15th century. Süderstapel was at that time of trial, and after the Dithmarsch had destroyed the Tielenburg, since 1500 the seat of the Stapelholmer bailiff. Once until the 16th century, the Dithmarsch had represented the greatest threat to the site from the southern shore Eider, 1885 a large fire destroyed parts of the town center.
Policy
Of the eleven seats in the municipal council voters Community AFS has since the local elections in 2013 four seats, the voter community WGS and the CDU three seats and one seat SPD
Coat of arms
Blazon: " Azure, an erect, short, up and down final with a knob in the middle, thickening golden rod, which covers three silver shaft threads with his lower half. "
Economy
The municipal area is predominantly agricultural, but there are also some commercial and business establishments. Tourism is an important source of income for the community. There are two marinas with 120 berths and a beach on the Eider.
Culture and Tourism
In the list of cultural monuments in Süderstapel are registered in the list of monuments of Schleswig- Holstein cultural monuments.
The St. Catherine's Church is one of the oldest surviving churches in today Stapelholm. The choir with the semi-circular apse was probably built in two phases. The start of construction is dated around 1300. Later the chapel was added to the nave and the tower. It was destroyed several times in the 15th century by attacking the Dithmarsch. The last major change took place after a lightning strike in 1876.
The most famous sight in Süderstapel is the Ohlsenhaus, a trade hall house with for the area rarely magnificent half-timbered to the street. The farmer bell before the same plot is relatively young with a creation date of 1874, as previously perceived the bell of St. Catherine's Church in this regard tasks. Since 2006, the Deele of the listed building especially from May to September under the motto Authors Books encounters meeting place and venue of an ambitious literature series Literature in Ohlsenhaus.
Other attractions include the fjord stud Wegmann and the restaurant Eider loop in the Vogteistraße. 1821 to the pharmacist and district doctor house of 1810 the country writing, the administrative offices of the provincial governor, terraced. The privilege of 1844 for the pharmacy operation returns to the Danish king. In summer, many visitors come to the beach on the Eider.
Sons and daughters of the town
- Johann Adrian Bolten (1742-1807), Lutheran theologian, historian, writer and Bible translator
- Adolf von Tiedemann (1865-1915), officer, publicist and colonialist
- Hinrich Medau (1890-1974), gym teacher, founder of the Medau school at Schloss Hohenfels in Coburg