Tönning ( German;

Low German Low German is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language variety, language spoken mainly in Northern Germany and the northeastern Netherlands. The dialect of Plautdietsch is also spoken in the Russian Mennonite diaspora worldwide. "Low" ...

''Tünn'', ''Tönn'' or ''Tönnen''; Danish: ''Tønning''; North Frisian: ''Taning'') is a town 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 the German state of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...

History

Tönning was destroyed in the Burchardi flood in 1634. During the

Great Northern War In the Great Northern War (1700–1721) a coalition led by the Tsardom of Russia successfully contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern Europe, Northern, Central Europe, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the ant ...

, (1700–1721), Tönning was besieged twice.

Geography

It is located on the northern bank of the Eider river, approximately eight kilometers away from its mouth at the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Se ...

. Tönning has a population of some 5,000 people.

Transport

Tönning is connected by a regional train with Sankt Peter-Ording to the West, and Husum to the North-East. Tönning is also served by several bus routes.

Notable people

Honorary citizen

* Friedrich Wilhelm Selck (1821–1911), councilor of commerce, honorary citizen since 1899 * Friedrich von Esmarch (1823–1908), German physician and the founder of the civilian Samaritan system in Germany, honorary citizen since 1897; there is a memorial statue dedicated to him in the castle park.

Sons and daughters of the city

* Jürgen Ovens (1623–1678), painter, portraitist * Johann Friedrich Alberti (1642–1710), composer, organist * Fanny Suenssen (1832–1918), Danish novelist and short story writer * Teckla Juel (1834–1904), Danish writer and composer. * Kurt Thomas (1904–1973), composer, music educator and chorus leader

Connected to Tönning

* Hinrich Braren (1751–1826), captain, pilot and navigation instructor, died in Tönning. He wrote the first German-language textbook of shipping.

References

Towns in Schleswig-Holstein Nordfriesland Populated coastal places in Germany (North Sea) {{Nordfriesland-geo-stub