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Notes from the end of the map
Stories, background and day-trip ideas from the Holnis peninsula on the Flensburg Förde.
How an island became a peninsula
Holnis was an island until a causeway joined it to the mainland in 1929, and its noors still tell the story.
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A cliff in motion
Almost 20 metres high and never finished: the Holnis-Kliff shows how wind and waves shape a coast.
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Brick red on the Förde
There were once around 70 brickworks along the Flensburg Förde, and three of them stood on Holnis.
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5,000 years of Holnis
Farmers and fishers were already settling on Holnis around 5,000 years ago, on a coast that looked different then.
Keep readingFontane and the end of the map
Theodor Fontane mentions Holnis in his novel “Unwiederbringlich”, and a path bears his name today.
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A day between castle and town
Glücksburg and Flensburg are close by. A trip for days when the wind is too strong.
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Reading the wind on the east beach
Windsurfing, kiting, paddling. On the fine sandy beach of Holnis, the wind decides what works today.
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What you can do with children on Holnis
The peninsula itself is the playground: water, wind, a wide beach. Lessons, minigolf and riding are close by.
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