Journal History
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.
Holnis has been settled for a long time. Farmers and fishers lived here around 5,000 years ago.
Finds from the Stone Age
Stone Age weapons, tools and pottery shards have been found in the area. They show how early people used the peninsula.
A different shore
Sea level was then around 2.5 metres lower than today. The noors were open sea bays. Standing by the noor today, you look at a landscape that has changed a great deal since.
Sources: schleswig-holstein.nabu.de
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