Hooge, Germany

Coordinates: 54°34′12″N 08°32′53″E / 54.57000°N 8.54806°E / 54.57000; 8.54806
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Hooge
Huuge (nf) / Hoge (dan)
Coat of arms of Hooge Huuge (nf) / Hoge (dan)
Location of Hooge
Huuge (nf) / Hoge (dan) within Nordfriesland district
Hooge Huuge (nf) / Hoge (dan) is located in Germany
Hooge Huuge (nf) / Hoge (dan)
Hooge
Huuge (nf) / Hoge (dan)
Hooge Huuge (nf) / Hoge (dan) is located in Schleswig-Holstein
Hooge Huuge (nf) / Hoge (dan)
Hooge
Huuge (nf) / Hoge (dan)
Coordinates: 54°34′12″N 08°32′53″E / 54.57000°N 8.54806°E / 54.57000; 8.54806
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictNordfriesland
Municipal assoc.Pellworm
Government
 • MayorKatja Just
Area
 • Total5.78 km2 (2.23 sq mi)
Elevation
5 m (16 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total91
 • Density16/km2 (41/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
25859
Dialling codes04849
Vehicle registrationNF
Websitewww.hooge.de

Hooge (German pronunciation:

Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
.

The municipality is located on the island of Hooge – a small island off the coast of Germany. It is the second largest of the ten

Warften
('artificial dwelling mounds').

The municipality (Gemeinde) Hooge also includes the uninhabited hallig Norderoog.

Settlements and geography

Hooge has 9 populated Warften:

  • Backenswarft
  • Kirchwarft
  • Ockelützwarft
  • Hanswarft
  • Ockenswarft
  • Lorenzwarft/Mitteltritt (double-terpen)
  • Volkertswarft
  • Ipkenswarft
  • Westerwarft

The Pohnswarft still can be found close to the shore of Hooge. The Pohnswarft is an unpopulated Warft which has been abandoned due to its unfavourable location. There is only a water gauge on it.

The small island of Hainshallig, located off the east coast of Hooge, may have once been connected to the island by a levee and belonged to a Hooge resident, but became flooded and sank in 1860.

Farmers protest incident 2024

In January 2024, Federal Minister of Economics Robert Habeck (A90/Greens) visited Hooge. On the return ferry journey, protesting farmers were waiting, who escalated the situation so much that the ferry left again for safety reasons.

The "spontanious protest of ordinary farmers" was mainly orchestrated by right-wing activists. The local hobby artist Tanja Berkhahn was on the ferry to Hooge and told her partner that Habeck is doing a day trip to Hooge. Berkhahn runed at the 2023 district election for right-wing AfD (election district 21 Friedrichstadt / Schwabstedt) and is spreading QAnon theorys.[2] Her partner, the agriculture freelancer Holger T. mobilized in right-wing Telegram groups as well as in local farmer groups for a protest action. He is considered to be the main organizer of the violating protest by weekly Die Zeit.[3][4]

Photo gallery

  • Backenswarft
    Backenswarft
  • View from the Backenswarft on Hooge.
    View from the Backenswarft on Hooge.
  • Kirchwarft
    Kirchwarft
  • Hooge church
    Hooge church
  • Pulpit in the church of Hooge
    Pulpit in the church of Hooge
  • Rainbow over Hallig Hooge
    Rainbow over Hallig Hooge

References

  1. Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein
    .
  2. ^ Amtsblatt Kries Nordfriesland, Asugabe 9 / 2023: Bekanntmachung über die zugelassenen Wahlvorschläge für die Kreiswahl am 14. Mai 2023 im Kreis Nordfriesland
  3. ISSN 1865-2263
    . Retrieved 2024-01-11.
  4. . Retrieved 2024-01-11.

External links

Media related to Hallig Hooge at Wikimedia Commons