Koldenbüttel
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Koldenbüttel is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland
, in Schleswig-Holstein
, Germany
.
at the confluence of the Eider
and the Treene
in the Marsh
. Koldenbüttel applies as Eiderstedt
's most eastern village.
Until the Treene's damming up in 1570 the village was suspended by Storm surge
s from North Sea
-water flowing in the Eider and the Treene. Now there is a road at the dike
's top leading from Koldenbüttel to Friedrichstadt
The Bundesstraße
202 runs through the town; it connects the village with Friedrichstadt.
At the Railway Tönning-Husum, which was opened in 1854, there was a small train station called "Büttel". After finishing the "Marschbahn" this breakpoint was closed down because of a central train station in Friedrichstadt.
Koldenbüttel goes back to an earlier settlement called "Büttel", which was left and colonized again 1,000 to 1,200 years ago. The name means: "Cold (in the sense of cooled, extinct) settlement."
The St. Leonhardt's church was built around the year 1200 by Frisian
immigrants, which were settling at Eiderstedt around 1100. At the same place had been a sacred fountain in Pre-Christian times. The village has been documented first in the year 1352. The wooden, standalone bell steeple is the oldest of its type in Schleswig-Holstein; it has been proved that the wood used was produced in 1461. The rectory
was built in 1658.
word for cottage/small house), which are often built at "Warften"
in different, to municipality ground belonging "Kögen"
. Of the once 35 Haubargen (special farmhouses, built on 4 to 10 wooden stands in the ground) only one is left: The Riesbüllhof. The Schütthof burnt down in December 2008.
Next to the church stands the former deacon's house. This was rebuilt in 1969, but it still has the gable from the original house, which was built in 1614. The rectory is located in the old citizen house, which was built in 1658, since 1754.
There has been a Koldenbüttler summer with concerts and art exhibitions since 1997.
, Husum or Heide
.
Nordfriesland
Nordfriesland, English "Northern Friesland" or "North Frisia", is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It includes almost all of traditional North Frisia along with adjacent areas to the east and south and is bounded by the districts of Schleswig-Flensburg and Dithmarschen, the North Sea and...
, in Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...
, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
.
Geography und infrastructure
Koldenbüttel lies in the Eider Treene-Losiny about 8 miles south of Husum and just west of FriedrichstadtFriedrichstadt
Friedrichstadt is a town in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the river Eider approx. 12 km south of Husum. It was founded in 1621 by Dutch settlers...
at the confluence of the Eider
Eider River
The Eider is the longest river of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The river starts near Bordesholm and reaches the southwestern outskirts of Kiel on the shores of the Baltic Sea, but flows to the west, ending in the North Sea...
and the Treene
Treene River
The Treene is a river, long, in the north of Schleswig-Holstein. It is a right-bank tributary of the Eider River. It starts in northern Angeln, southeast of Flensburg, and flows mainly south-south-west before joining the Eider near Friedrichstadt....
in the Marsh
Marsh
In geography, a marsh, or morass, is a type of wetland that is subject to frequent or continuous flood. Typically the water is shallow and features grasses, rushes, reeds, typhas, sedges, other herbaceous plants, and moss....
. Koldenbüttel applies as Eiderstedt
Eiderstedt
Eiderstedt is a peninsula in the district of Nordfriesland in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein.-Overview:It is approximately 30 km in length and 15 km in width and has been created through diking from three islands: Eiderstedt around Tönning, Utholm around Tating, and...
's most eastern village.
Until the Treene's damming up in 1570 the village was suspended by Storm surge
Storm surge
A storm surge is an offshore rise of water associated with a low pressure weather system, typically tropical cyclones and strong extratropical cyclones. Storm surges are caused primarily by high winds pushing on the ocean's surface. The wind causes the water to pile up higher than the ordinary sea...
s from North Sea
North Sea
In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...
-water flowing in the Eider and the Treene. Now there is a road at the dike
Levee
A levee, levée, dike , embankment, floodbank or stopbank is an elongated naturally occurring ridge or artificially constructed fill or wall, which regulates water levels...
's top leading from Koldenbüttel to Friedrichstadt
The Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße
Bundesstraße , abbreviated B, is the denotation for German and Austrian national highways.-Germany:...
202 runs through the town; it connects the village with Friedrichstadt.
At the Railway Tönning-Husum, which was opened in 1854, there was a small train station called "Büttel". After finishing the "Marschbahn" this breakpoint was closed down because of a central train station in Friedrichstadt.
History
Koldenbüttel goes back to an earlier settlement called "Büttel", which was left and colonized again 1,000 to 1,200 years ago. The name means: "Cold (in the sense of cooled, extinct) settlement."
The St. Leonhardt's church was built around the year 1200 by Frisian
Frisians
The Frisians are a Germanic ethnic group native to the coastal parts of the Netherlands and Germany. They are concentrated in the Dutch provinces of Friesland and Groningen and, in Germany, East Frisia and North Frisia, that was a part of Denmark until 1864. They inhabit an area known as Frisia...
immigrants, which were settling at Eiderstedt around 1100. At the same place had been a sacred fountain in Pre-Christian times. The village has been documented first in the year 1352. The wooden, standalone bell steeple is the oldest of its type in Schleswig-Holstein; it has been proved that the wood used was produced in 1461. The rectory
Rectory
A rectory is the residence, or former residence, of a rector, most often a Christian cleric, but in some cases an academic rector or other person with that title...
was built in 1658.
Cityscape and culture
The church village Koldenbüttel is surrounded by many farmsteads and Katen (the Low GermanLow German
Low German or Low Saxon is an Ingvaeonic West Germanic language spoken mainly in northern Germany and the eastern part of the Netherlands...
word for cottage/small house), which are often built at "Warften"
Artificial dwelling hill
An artificial dwelling hill is a mound, created to provide safe ground during high tide and river floods....
in different, to municipality ground belonging "Kögen"
Polder
A polder is a low-lying tract of land enclosed by embankments known as dikes, that forms an artificial hydrological entity, meaning it has no connection with outside water other than through manually-operated devices...
. Of the once 35 Haubargen (special farmhouses, built on 4 to 10 wooden stands in the ground) only one is left: The Riesbüllhof. The Schütthof burnt down in December 2008.
Next to the church stands the former deacon's house. This was rebuilt in 1969, but it still has the gable from the original house, which was built in 1614. The rectory is located in the old citizen house, which was built in 1658, since 1754.
There has been a Koldenbüttler summer with concerts and art exhibitions since 1997.
Economics
In Koldenbüttel there are large residentials. A lot of the citizens work in the nearby towns FriedrichstadtFriedrichstadt
Friedrichstadt is a town in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the river Eider approx. 12 km south of Husum. It was founded in 1621 by Dutch settlers...
, Husum or Heide
Heide
Heide is a town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital of the Kreis Dithmarschen. Population: 21,000.The German word Heide means "heath". In the 15th century four adjoining villages decided to build a church in the "middle of the heath". This remained the town's name to date...
.
Personalities
- Anna Ovena HoyerAnna Ovena HoyerAnna Ovena Hoyer was a writer and poet, originally German; active in Sweden from 1632...
(1584−1655), German Baroque poet - Wilhelm Peters (1815−1883), naturalist and zoologist
- Christian Heinrich Friedrich PetersChristian Heinrich Friedrich PetersChristian Heinrich Friedrich Peters was a German-American astronomer, and one of the first to discover asteroids....
(1813−1890), German-American astronomer