Warwerort

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Warwerort
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Warwerort (Germany)
Warwerort
Coordinates: 54° 9′ N, 8° 54′ E
Time zone: CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
Country: Germany
State: Schleswig-Holstein
District: Dithmarschen
Mayor: Karl-Heinz von Postel (FW)
Basic Statistics
Area: 4.58 km² (2 sq.mi.)
Population: 280 (30 Sep. 2005)
 - Density: 61 /km² (158 /sq.mi.)
Elevation: 0 m  (0 ft)
Further Information
Postal code: 25761
Area code: 04834
Licence plate code: HEI
Website: www.amt-buesum.de
Location of Warwerort in Dithmarschen

Location of Warwerort in Dithmarschen

Warwerort is a municipality belonging to the Amt Kirchspielslandgemeinde ("collective municipality") Büsum in the district Dithmarschen in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Warwerort is located along the north coast of the Meldorf Bight east of Büsum and Büsumer Deichhausen. The name is a combination of the old village of Werven/Warven and Ort (place). Werven originally was located south of Warverort and depicted on maps of the island Büsum as early as 1559. It sank completely during devastating storm tides in 1717 and 1718.

The Wehl behind the dike in Warwerort serves as another flood reminder. It formed where the sea washed out the soil after a dike break and left a brackish lake on the landside of the dike. Warwerort's harbor became dysfunctional when the dike around the Speicherkoog (build between 1969 and 1978) to the southeast blocked its access to the North Sea.

The Wehl on the landside of the dike at Warwerort.
The Wehl on the landside of the dike at Warwerort.