Tetenbüll () is a municipality in the district of
Nordfriesland
Nordfriesland (; ; Low German: Noordfreesland), also known as North Frisia, is the northernmost Districts of Germany, district of Germany, part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. It includes almost all of traditional North Frisia (with the e ...
, in
Schleswig-Holstein
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,
Germany
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.
Geography and transport
Tetenbüll lies about 8 km northwest of
Tönning and 12 km northeast of
St. Peter-Ording on the
Eiderstedt peninsula. The
Bundesstraße 5
The Bundesstraße 5 (abbr. B5) is a German federal highway running in a northwesterly to southeasterly direction from the Danish border near Niebüll to Frankfurt (Oder). It provides a direct route for motorists traveling between Berlin and H ...
and the
Husum–Bad St. Peter-Ording railway both run south of here. The areas Kaltenhörn, Warmhörn, and Wasserkoog all lie within the jurisdiction of Tetenbüll. In addition to this, parts of the
Norderheverkoog also belong to Tetenbüll.
Church
The first church in Tetenbüll, a chapel, was built in 1113. The present church of St. Anna was built around 1400, after the embankment of the Tetenbüller Kirchenkoog. The wood-beamed ceiling is adorned with a painting from the 18th century showing the way of Christ. On the north gallery, built in 1612, there are pictures of 30 scenes from the Old Testament.
[Hans-Walter Wulf: ''Kirchen in Eiderstedt.'' Lühr & Dircks, St. Peter-Ording 1981, S. 60f.]
See also
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Eiderstedt Peninsula
References
Nordfriesland
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