Hooge (; da, Hoge,
North Frisian: ''Huuge'') is a municipality in the district of
Nordfriesland
Nordfriesland (; da, Nordfrisland; frr, Nordfraschlönj ), also known as North Frisia, is the northernmost district of Germany, part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. It includes almost all of traditional North Frisia (with the exception o ...
, in
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sch ...
,
Germany
Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwe ...
.
The municipality is located on the island of Hooge – a small island off the coast of Germany. It is the second largest of the ten
halligen
The ''Halligen'' (German, singular ''Hallig'', ) or the ''halliger'' (Danish, singular ''hallig'') are small islands without protective dikes. They are variously pluralized in English as the Halligen, Halligs, Hallig islands, or Halligen islands. ...
in the
Wadden Sea
The Wadden Sea ( nl, Waddenzee ; german: Wattenmeer; nds, Wattensee or ; da, Vadehavet; fy, Waadsee, longname=yes; frr, di Heef) is an intertidal zone in the southeastern part of the North Sea. It lies between the coast of northwestern conti ...
, after
Langeneß
( da, Langenæs, North Frisian ''Nees'') is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It consists of the halligen (islands) Langeneß and Oland. Before the flood of 1634 the two islands were directly atta ...
. It is frequently called the Queen of the Halligen. The houses on the island are built on ten
''Warften'' ('artificial dwelling mounds').
The
municipality
A municipality is usually a single administrative division having corporate status and powers of self-government or jurisdiction as granted by national and regional laws to which it is subordinate.
The term ''municipality'' may also mean the go ...
(''Gemeinde'') Hooge also includes the uninhabited hallig
Norderoog
Norderoog (Halligen Frisian: Noorderuug, Danish language, Danish: Nørreog) is one of the ten German halligen islands of the North Frisian Islands in the Wadden Sea, which is part of the North Sea off the coast of Germany. A part of Hooge, Germany, ...
.
Settlements and geography
Hooge has 9 populated Warften:
* Backenswarft
* Kirchwarft
* Ockelützwarft
* Hanswarft
* Ockenswarft
* Lorenzwarft/Mitteltritt (double-terpen)
* Volkertswarft
* Ipkenswarft
* Westerwarft
The Pohnswarft still can be found close to the shore of Hooge. The Pohnswarft is an unpopulated ''Warft'' which has been abandoned due to its unfavourable location. There is only a water gauge on it.
The small island of
Hainshallig
Hainshallig (also spelled ''Hayenshallig'') was a small Hallig in the North Frisian Wadden Sea, located east of the Hallig of Hooge, that was flooded and sank in 1860. At the time, Hainshallig was leased to a Hooge resident as part of a leasehol ...
, located off the east coast of Hooge, may have once been connected to the island by a
levee
A levee (), dike (American English), dyke (English in the Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth English), embankment, floodbank, or stop bank is a structure that is usually soil, earthen and that often runs parallel (geometry), parallel to ...
and belonged to a Hooge resident, but became flooded and sank in 1860.
Photo gallery
File:Backenswarft, Hallig Hooge, Germany.jpg, Backenswarft
File:Hallig Hooge, Germany, view from the Backenswarft.jpg, View from the Backenswarft on Hooge.
File:Kirchwarft (Hallig Hooge)-msu-2021-9297-9509.jpg, Kirchwarft
File:Hooge church.jpg, Hooge church
File:Hooge church pulpit.jpg, Pulpit in the church of Hooge
File:Hooge Rainbow.jpg, Rainbow over Hallig Hooge
References
External links
Hooge
Nordfriesland
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