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Dagebüll () ( Mooring North Frisian: ''Doogebel''; da, Dagebøl) is a municipality located at the west coast of

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in the

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 ...

district, Germany. Today's Dagebüll was created in 1978 as a merger of the municipalities of Fahretoft, Juliane-Marien-Koog and Waygaard. Dagebüll used to be a Hallig, the oldest houses were built on artificial dwelling hills which in parts can still be seen today. In 1704 the area was secured by sea dikes.

Districts

Dagebüll Kirche

The district of Kirche (Church; North Frisian: ''Doogebel Schörk'') is situated in the centre of the Dagebüll

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, constituting the core of the former Hallig. Many old farmsteads can still be found on dwelling hills. When the church was built in 1731, it did not yet have a bell tower. Only when funds had been raised in 1905/1906, it was decided to build a tower.

Dagebüll Hafen

The district of Dagebüll Hafen (Dagebüll Harbor; North Frisian: ''Doogebel Huuwen'') is located about 3 kilometres to the west of Dagebüll Kirche, directly at the shoreline. A substantial part of visitors to the islands of Föhr and

Amrum Amrum (; ''Öömrang'' North Frisian: ''Oomram'') is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German North Sea coast, south of Sylt and west of Föhr. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein and ha ...

will leave the mainland via Dagebüll Hafen. The place provides many tourist facilities and a large parking lot and garage for customers of the ferry lines. South of the ferry terminal, there is the Dagebüll Lighthouse, which is not used any more. Not far from the lighthouse, the facilities of the Water and Shipping Administration are situated, where the Hallig railway line Dagebüll– Oland– Langeneß starts on a 900 millimetres

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causeway.

Fahretoft

Fahretoft is located between Dagebüll and Waygaard. The municipality's sports club, TSV Fahretoft/Waygaard, founded in 1965, has its seat there. One of the polders in the area, the ''Bottschlotter Koog'', was already created between 1633 and 1638, it was named after a local

tidal creek A tidal creek or tidal channel is a narrow inlet or estuary that is affected by the ebb and flow of ocean tides. Thus, it has variable salinity and electrical conductivity over the tidal cycle, and flushes salts from inland soils. Tidal cree ...

. This polder hosts 28 inhabitants, all of whom mainly live on agriculture.

History

The Dagebüll area used to be a tiny Hallig island, in 1626 it measured about 450

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s. In the 16th and 17th century, several futile attempts were made to secure the area with dikes. It was impossible though to shut off all tidal creeks at once. At the

Burchardi flood The Burchardi flood (also known as the second Grote Mandrenke) was a storm tide that struck the North Sea coast of North Frisia and Dithmarschen (in modern-day Germany) on the night between 11 and 12 October 1634. Overrunning dikes, it shatter ...

of 1634, Dagebüll suffered from a great loss of land. In 1700, the inhabitants were granted a profitable

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, which allowed for the construction of a regular dike in 1702/1703. The new Dagebüll polder amounted to 502 hectares and relatively to the old Hallig, it was considerably shifted to the east. In 1704 a dam was built to connect the Dagebüll polder to the Old Christian Albrechts Polder. By the creation of the Kleisee Polder in 1727, Dagebüll eventually became part of the mainland.

Traffic

Shipping

The ferry terminal provides services to the islands of Föhr and

, also minor freight ships,

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cutters and other vessels frequent the port.

Railway

Dagebüll features two small stations of the Norddeutsche Eisenbahngesellschaft Niebüll (NEG) railway on the route to Niebüll: Dagebüll Mole (on the ferry pier) and Dagebüll Kirche. Moreover, there is an auxiliary station inside Dagebüll Hafen proper. This one is only used when the pier is flooded due to exceptionally high tides and storms. Since 1929, a small causeway rail connects Dagebüll to the Halligen of Oland and Langeneß across the North Frisian

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 ...

. The railway is only used for goods transport and

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though, not for passenger service. In the beginning, the locomotives used to have sails and thus were driven by the wind, later diesel engines were introduced.

Roads

Dagebüll can be reached by car from the south via

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and Bredstedt and from the east via Niebüll on state roads.

Politics

As of 2003, the SPD and the WDFW association held four seats each in the municipality council, the CDU held three.

Parish

The Dagebüll parish consists of the two districts of Dagebüll and Fahretoft. There are two churches, St. Lawrence in Fahretoft, built in 1703 and St. Dionysus in Dagebüll.

Education

The Hans Momsen School at Fahretoft is an elementary school with about 50 pupils from Fahretoft, Waygaard and Dagebüll proper. There are only four, sometimes five teachers. Subjects taught include

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, local history,

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North Frisian language North Frisian (''nordfriisk'') is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10,000 people in North Frisia. The language is part of the larger group of the West Germanic Frisian languages. The language comprises 10 dialects which are th ...

, music, arts and religion. The school features a gymnasium and an outdoor sports field on which TSV Fahretoft/Waygaard's

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team has its home matches. The Hans Momsen School was built in 1963, the old schoolhouse was located on the Dagebüll church hill, next to the pastorate.

Sports club

TSV Fahretoft/Waygaard e.V. is the local sports association, it was founded in 1965. Sports offered include football,

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gymnastics Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...

and

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. The annual highlights are the Sports Badge Awards and a local hiking rallye, both of which took place in summer.

Notable people

* Hans Mollenhauer Millies (1883–1957),

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ist and

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. * Christian Jensen (1839–1900),

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. Founded a missioning society with activities in the United States,

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, China and

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. * Hans Momsen (1735–1811), farmer, mathematician and

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. * Dr Frederik Paulsen Sr (born Friedrich Paulsen, 31 July 1909 in Dagebüll – 1997 in Alkersum) was a medical doctor and the founder of Ferring Pharmaceuticals.

References

External links

Official website

Church website

Dagebüll Tourism website

Tips for holidays in and around Dagebüll

Wyker Dampfschiffs-Reederei Föhr-Amrum GmbH – The Wyk Steamship Line
which serves the islands of Föhr and

Webcam of Dagebüll harbour

Norddeutsche Eisenbahngesellschaft Niebüll
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