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Nordstrandischmoor
Nordstrandischmoor ( da, Nordstrand Mor or Nordstrandmose, North Frisian: ''Lätj Möör''; also known locally as ''Lüttmoor'') is a ''Hallig'' (undyked islet) off the North Frisian coast in Germany and lies within the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park. Geography Administratively, Nordstrandischmoor belongs to the municipality of Nordstrand and is one of its parishes. The ''Hallig'' has an area of 1.9 km2. In the spring of 2008, 27 people lived on Nordstrandischmoor. Its link with the mainland is the Lüttmoorsiel-Nordstrandischmoor island railway a construction railway with a rail gauge of 600 mm, which runs to the mainland at Beltringharder Koog in the municipality of Reußenköge. At high tide, ships can also dock. At low tide the ''Hallig'' may also be reached on foot over the mudflats. On the island, there are four warfs, artificial dwelling mounds on which are located a primary school (with 3 students, the smallest school in Germany - as at 2010) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lüttmoorsiel-Nordstrandischmoor Island Railway
The Lüttmoorsiel-Nordstrandischmoor island railway (german: Halligbahn Lüttmoorsiel–Nordstrandischmoor), also called the Loren Railway (''Lorenbahn''), is a German, Narrow gauge railway, narrow gauge island railway through the North Frisian Wadden Sea from Beltringharder Koog on the mainland to the ''Hallig'' of Nordstrandischmoor. Legal status The line is a piece of non-public railway infrastructure owned by the state of Schleswig-Holstein and operated by the State Department for Coastal Defence, National Parks and Marine Conservation (''Landesbetrieb für Küstenschutz, Nationalpark und Meeresschutz'') or LKN-SH – formerly the Office for Rural Regions (''Amt für ländliche Räume''). History The narrow gauge railway was built in 1933/1934 from Cecilienkoog over a pile-supported embankment to Nordstrandischmoor in order to transport construction material for the sea defences of the ''hallig''. Its length was . On 1 March 1956 the line was destroyed by Drift ice, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
