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1 Helgoland VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

For lovers of spices in Germany, it may have seemed a Practical Information
bad deal when in 1890 Germany received Helgoland Road map B1. * 1,900.
from Britain in return for Zanzibar, but the island is n Lung Wai 28 (04725-20 67 99).
∑ helgoland.de
nevertheless worth a visit. Farthest out in the open sea
(50 km/31 miles from the mainland), the island always Transport
g Hamburg and Büsum.
had great strategic importance, and after 1945, Britain
used it as a bombing target before it was returned to
Germany in 1952. Today its fresh air and spectacular
red cliffs attract thousands of tourists. A sandy beach on the North Frisian island of Sylt
2 Glückstadt 4 Sylt to Denmark. The Nordertor
1 Port Road map C2. * 12,000. £ n Road map B1. * 50,000. £ in (northern gate), dating from
On the flat part of the Große Nübelstraße 31 (04124-93 75 Westerland. n Westerland, Stephan- 1595, is an emblem of the
island is Unterland, a 85). ∑ glueckstadt-tourismus.de straße 6 (04651-820 20). ∑ sylt.de city. The shipping museum is
small town with 1,300 fascinating while the Marien-
inhabitants and a port. The Danish king, Christian IV, The island of Sylt, the largest of kirche has a Renaissance altar,
Fishermen store their founded this little town in 1617 the North Frisian islands, has sculptures and the painting
nets in the colourful and although less impressive long attracted wealthy German The Last Supper (1598). Nearby
little houses, referred than Hamburg, the town is visitors. The 50-km (31-mile) is the Heilig-Geist-Kirche
to as Hummerbuden worth a visit for its layout – roads long island offers a rich variety (church of the Holy Ghost),
(lobster huts).
radiate out from the hexagonal of landscapes: white, sandy which has belonged to the
3 Lange Anna market square, once surrounded beaches; shifting sand dunes town’s Danish community since
Tall Anna, measuring about by fortifications. On the square near List, towering up to 25 m 1588. Other interesting churches
40 m (131ft) high, is the stands the reconstructed (82ft) high; steep shorelines; are Nikolaikirche which boasts a
best known red sandstone 17th-century town hall as well as the Rotes Kliff (red cliff) near magnificent Renaissance organ,
cliff. Nearby is the the Baroque Stadtkirche (town Kampen; and the Watt, the and Johanniskirche with a
Lummenfelsen, which is church). In 1648, parts of the endless expanse of mudflats in vaulted ceiling dating from
the smallest nature
reserve in Germany. duchy of Holstein were the national park, Schleswig- around 1500. Its painted scenes
transferred to Glückstadt. Most Holsteinisches Wattenmeer. show people disguised as
of the palaces built to house the Westerland is Sylt’s main animals, which was a covert
dukes survived, for example the town, and its promenade, way of criticizing the church
Palais Werner with its amazing Friedrichstraße, is “the” place and the system of indulgences.
ballroom. The regional museum to be seen. There is also an
is now in Brockdorf-Palais, interesting casino in a former Environs
another palace from 1632. Secessionist spa building. Schloß Glücksburg, 9 km
(6 miles) northeast of Flensburg,
E Detlefsen-Museum a square castle with massive
Am Fleth 43. Tel (04124) 93 76 30. 5 Flensburg corner towers on a granite base,
Open 2–5pm Wed & Sun, (to was built from 1582–7. Visit its
6pm Jun–Aug), 2–6pm Thu–Sat, Road map C1. * 84,500. £ captivating castle chapel, the
2–5pm Sun. n Rathausstraße 1 (0461-909 09 20).
_ Rum-Regatta in Flensburger Förde Roter Saal (red hall) with its
3 Meldorf (May/Jun). low vaulting, and the valuable
collection of 18th-century
The most northerly town in tapestries from Brussels. The
Road map C1. * 7,500. £
n Nordermarkt 10 (04832-97 800). Germany, Flensburg was an artist Emil Nolde lived and
∑ meldorf-nordsee.de important trading centre in the worked in Seebüll, west of
16th century with 200 ships, Flensburg, from the age of
Meldorf has successfully although at times it belonged 20 until his death in 1956.
preserved the Dithmarscher
Dom, its cathedral, a
Tips for Tourists 13th-century basilica with an
exterior rebuilt in the 19th
Starting point: the port of century. The vaulting in the
2 Oberland 0 metres 100 Helgoland. transept is decorated with
In the upper part of the island 0 yards 100 Length: 1.7 km (1.1 miles). Gothic frescoes, depicting the
stands the Nikolai kirche, Stopping places: there are legends of saints Catherine,
dating from 1959. Close numerous restaurants, bars Christopher and Nicholas. There
by, and worth a visit, are Key and cafés all over the island. is a richly decorated dividing
16th-century tombs. Suggested route wall (1603) and a grand triptych
of the Crucifixion (around 1520). The port and waterfront of Flensburg
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp502–503 and pp531–2

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