Langli

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Langli is a small marsh island close in the Ho-Bucht near Esbjerg at the Danish North Sea Coast.

It is 0.8 km² long and can be reached from Ho over a 3 km long “Ebbevej” (Watershed). Langli (original “Langeleje” = long camp) was up to the storm tide of 1634 part of a peninsula. Afterwards sea-laterally a second peninsula (today Skallingen) began to develop itself, which from now on protected Langli.

Already in 16th century, the island was used agriculturally, but not before 1840 did two families establish themselves there firmly. They diked the island and successfully operated agriculture. In 1911 there were 38 inhabitants and even one school. The destruction by two storm tides and the refusal of the state to support the reconstruction of the dikes led to it that all inhabitants left the island in 1915. A later owner built himself a mansion on Langli. In 1982 the Danish state took the island over. Today, a scientific station is placed in the mansion .

The island Langli is accessible to the public, by foot, in the period of 16 July to 15 September. A multiplicity of different kinds of bird breed on Langlli, e.g. seagulls, black-fronted terns etc.