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 ...

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. 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: 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 municipality, the island ...

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

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