Hooge, Germany

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Hooge
Hallig Hooge 2005.jpg
Coat of arms of Hooge
Hooge is located in Germany
Hooge
Coordinates 54°34′12″N 8°32′53″E / 54.57000°N 8.54806°E / 54.57000; 8.54806Coordinates: 54°34′12″N 8°32′53″E / 54.57000°N 8.54806°E / 54.57000; 8.54806
Administration
Country Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Nordfriesland
Municipal assoc. Pellworm
Mayor Matthias Piepgras
Basic statistics
Area 5.78 km2 (2.23 sq mi)
Elevation 5 m  (16 ft)
Population 84 (31 December 2011)1
 - Density 15 /km2 (38 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate NF
Postal code 25859
Area code 04849
Website www.hooge.de

Hooge (Danish: Hoge, Frisian: Huuge) is a small island off the coast of Germany. It is the second largest of the ten halligen in the Wadden Sea, after Langeneß. It is frequently called the Queen of the Halligen. The houses on the island are built on ten Warften.

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

Contents

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.

Photo gallery

  • Backenswarft

  • View from the Backenswarft on Hooge.

  • Kirchwarft

  • Hooge church

  • Pulpit in the church of Hooge

  • Rainbow over Hallig Hooge

References

  1. ^ "Statistikamt Nord: Bevölkerung in Schleswig-Holstein am 31. Dezember 2011 nach Kreisen, Ämtern, amtsfreien Gemeinden und Städten". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German). 19 July 2012. 

External links

Media related to Hallig Hooge at Wikimedia Commons
West Frisian Islands
Heligoland
East Frisian Islands
Heligoland Bight
North Frisian Islands
(Germany)
Former islands
Danish Wadden Sea Islands
Towns and municipalities in Nordfriesland
Coat of arms


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