The peninsula Eiderstedt
Welcome on the peninsula of Eiderstedt
The peninsula Eiderstedt has been connected by dikes from 97 polders around the three old settlements Eiderstedt, Everschop and Utholm during the centuries; it was then called 'Dreilande' (three land).
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The main villages are St. Peter-Ording, Tönning and Garding. The spa resort St. Peter-Ording has 16km of sandy beach at the west coast and the biggest forest, 300ha, directly at the sea. Garding as well as Tönning look back on 400 years of town history.
Garding is the geographical centre and its chunky church tower sticks out far over the land (8m higher than the remaining marsh).
Tönning, climatic spa resort as Garding, is known as a romantic fishing village. The seat of the national park office for the Nationapark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer (mudflats) is located here. South of Tönning is the leisure time landscape 'Katinger Watt'.
Through that for the first time an independent political county Eiderstedt arose. Different areas with their own forms emerged, which can still be recognised today.
Landmarks are for instance the many Eiderstedt churches , nearly all founded in the 12th-century. There are exactly 18 churches so that every village has at least one church.
The climate is well-balanced, during winter sometimes mild, during the summer a little bit cooler. Fast change is typical for the North Sea. Rain doesn't last long, wind makes sure of that.