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survived in the grounds of created Geistkämpfer, the Emil Nolde (1867–1956)
this historic Viking settlement. sculpture outside the church,
The museum is housed in a which symbolizes the triumph Born Emil Hansen, this great artist later
modern building, which of mind over matter. Pieces of adopted the name of the town in which
looks like an upturned boat. the sculpture, which had been he was born. After studying art in
Exhibits include the depiction cut up by the National Socialists, Copenhagen, Munich and Paris, Nolde
of Viking life, models of boats, were found and reassembled devoted himself to painting, and was
jewellery and everyday items. after the war. also successful in the graphic arts. From
1906–7 he belonged to the Expressionist
The most interesting of
E Schloß Gottorf/ Kiel’s many museums is the group Die Brücke. He is known
particularly for his use of vivid colours
Schleswig-Holsteinisches Schleswig-Holsteinisches and highly expressive features, embuing
Landesmuseum/ Freilichtmuseum, an open- his subjects with great emotion.
Archäologi sches Landesmuseum air museum in Molfsee, 6 km Rejected and forbidden to paint by the
Tel (04621) 81 30. Open Apr–Oct: (4 miles) from the centre of National Socialists as an exponent of
10am–6pm daily; Nov–Mar: Kiel, where German rural “degen erate art”, Nolde settled and continued to paint in Seebüll,
10am–4pm Tue–Fri, 10am–5pm architecture from the 16th– where a house was built for him to his own designs.
Sat & Sun).
19th centuries is on show.
E Wikinger-Museum Haithabu Pottery, basket-making and
The inner courtyard of Schloß Gottorf in Schleswig Tel (04621) 81 32 22. Open Apr–Oct: baking are demonstrated, and Plön on the Großer Plöner See
9am–5pm daily; Nov–Mar: 10am–4pm the products are sold here. (large Plön lake). Nearby is
6 Schleswig the Moorleichen, prehistoric Tue–Sun. Preetz, an old shoemakers’
corpses preserved in peat. It E Schleswig-Holsteinisches town, which has a towerless
Road map C1. * 27,000. £ Freilichtmuseum
n Plessenstraße 7 (04621-85 00 56). is also worth seeing the two- 7 Kiel Hamburger Landstraße 97. Tel (0431) Gothic church that belonged
_ Schleswig-Holstein Musik Festival storey chapel (1590). 65 96 60. Open Apr–Oct: 9am–6pm to a former Benedictine
throughout the region (Jul/Aug); The Dom (cathedral) was Road map C1. * 245,000. £ daily; Nov–Mar: 11am–4pm Sun. & monastery. Older still is the
Wikinger-Tage (Aug every other year). built in stages between the n Andreas-Gayk-Straße 31 (0431-67 Romanesque church in Bosau,
∑ schleswig.de 12th and 15th centuries. Its 91 00). Town hall: Open 9am–6pm a small town in a picturesque
largest treasure is the Bordes- Mon–Fri, 9am–1pm Sat. & 8 8 Holsteinische location on the Großer Plöner
The main seat of the Vikings, holmer Altar, a triptych altar _ Kieler Woche (end Jun). Schweiz (Holstein’s See. It was the first bishopric in
Schleswig became a bishop’s carved by Hans Brüggemann in this area, and home to Vizelin –
see as early as 947, and from 1514–21. A masterpiece of Located at the end of the Kieler Switzerland) the apostle of the Slavs. The Dom in Ratzeburg
1544 to 1713 it was the residence Gothic carving, it is 12 m (39 ft) Förde inlet, Kiel marks the Road map D1. £ n Bahnhofstraße It is also worth visiting Eutin,
of the dukes of Schleswig- high and comprises 392 figures; beginning of the Nord-Ostsee- 3, Malente (0800 20 20 080). _ Jazz- a small town full of picturesque 9 Ratzeburg
Holstein-Gottorf, once related the only one to look straight Kanal (Kiel Canal), in service Festival in Plön (May); open-air opera buildings, which is sometimes Road map D2. * 12,500. £
to the rulers of Denmark and at the visitor is the sculptor since 1895, with two giant during Sommerspiele in Eutin. referred to as the “Weimar of the n Unter den Linden 1 (04541-80 00
Russia. They resided in Schloß himself, bearded and hat askew locks. Ferries depart from Kiel north”. The original Schloß, a 886). _ Drachenbootfest (Jun).
Gottorf, a castle, which now (in the house of Abraham for Scandinavia, and in the The moraine hills, which reach a brick structure with four wings,
houses the Schleswig- and Melchisede). summer the “Kieler Woche” height of 164 m (538 ft), and was built in the Middle Ages as Ratzeburg, situated on an island
Holsteinisches Landes- Visitors can also walk around turns the town into a mecca 140 lakes are the reasons why the residence of the Lübeck in the Großer Ratzebur ger See,
museum (regional museum) as the historic fishermen’s district for yachtsmen from around this area is known as Holstein’s bishops, but it was substant ially is linked with the mainland by
well as northern Germany’s of Holm, and visit the Wikinger- the world. Switzerland. The best means of altered in 1716–27. Worth three causeways. The town was
most famous archaeological Museum Haithabu, about A walk along the Schweden- transport here is the bicycle, seeing inside are the palace named after Ratibor, the duke of
museum, the Archäologi sches 4 km (2 miles) from the town Kai (embankment) and allowing visitors to appreciate chapel, the Blauer Salon (blue the Elbe River area. Henry the
Landesmuseum, exhibiting centre. The fortifications have surroundings will take visitors the beauty of nature and the salon) with Rococo stucco work, Lion established a missionary
to the vast Rathaus (town hall), wealth of the fauna – as well as paintings by Johann bishopric here in 1154, and
dating from the beginning of ornithologists have counted Heinrich Wilhelm Tischbein, later it became the residence
Romanesque Baptismal Fonts
the 20th century, and the 200 species of birds. which were inspired by the Iliad of the Lauenburg dukes.
There are few places in the world where visitors can see as many Nikolaikirche (church of St The main centre of and the Odyssey, epic poems The Dom (cathedral) is one
Romanesque baptismal fonts as in Angeln. Generally fashioned Nicholas) which was rebuilt this holiday area is written by Homer. of the earliest examples of
from granite, they have been preserved in enchanting 12th-century after the devastation of World brick architecture, a style
churches, which can be visited by following a 63-km (39-mile) route War II, with its baptismal font that was imported from
along the roads linking Flensburg and Schleswig, Munkbrarup, and Gothic altar. Ernst Barlach Lombardy. The southern
Sörup, Norder brarup, Süderbrarup and finally Ulsnis. vestibule of the Romanesque
basilica is particularly
impressive – with herringbone-
pattern brickwork and lines
of black tiles as interior
decoration. The Romanesque
stalls, a 13th-century crucifix
in a rainbow arch, the ducal
gallery above the nave and
Font in the church Font in the church Font in the the Baroque altar in the
in Borbry in Munkbrarup church in Sörup A house in Kiel’s Schleswig- southern transept are some
Holsteinisches Freilichtmuseum The 17th-century Schloß in Plön, in Holstein’s Switzerland of its treasures.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp502–503 and pp531–2

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