Don Feidner

Last Update:  29 August 2015

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Hallig Hooge

At the bottom of  the map on the left, south of the Islands of Amrum and Föhr and just north of Pellworm, you see a small island that is not really an island at all.

When a storm comes, only the buildings are above water and the rest is flooded with water. In Germany, such places are known as a “Hallig” - Nordmarsch-Langeneß is also a hallig, but it is not suited for tourists.

On the way to the Hallig, we passed the island of Amrum, which has an extremely wide beach of up to 1 km wide.

Disembarking on the Hallig

My wife saved a soft seat for me.

The first stop was at the main group of houses known as a Warft on the Hallig. There are 10 Warfts on the Hallig Hooge.

Hanswarft has a small store, a cinema and a couple of tourist attractions. We visited a Heimat Museum

The Königspesel - A Colonial Museum

The walls were covered with these artistic tiles.  On each tile is a different theme that is related to community life on the Hallig.

On this desk was a very old bible.

Homes on Hanswarft

Grazing Fields behind the Hanswarft

Angela became excited when she saw the sheep out in the field.

After seeing the sheep we had to hurry to get back to the wagons so that we can go to the church Warft (Kirchwarft) .

Altar - Note Matthew, Mark, Luke and John holding up the baptism bowl at the bottom left corner of the photo.

Note the Bell Tower on the lawn behind my wife.

Continue on to A Day in Denmark

My wife, Angela, and I left from the far south end of the island in Hörnum on the Adler (Eagle) tourist boat.   The weight behind the boat was incredibly large. 
Click the wake to see the power of this fast boat!

A sandbar, about 2 km offshore, was filled with sea lions.

Approaching the Hallick, we could see the farms that are built on hills on the land that is sometimes underwater.

The wagon driver was waiting for us with his horses when we arrived.

The wagons left to get another load of tourists.

Bedroom in the Museum

Playground behind the Hanswarft

Of course, she is excited about anything if it has wool! Why? Because spinning wool with a spinning wheel is her favorite hobby..

Interesting in this church is the colorful pulpit on the right.

The floor under the pews was made of sand.

Shrimp Boat from Husum - on the Way Back to Sylt

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