Tönning

Tönning
Skippers house
Coat of arms
Tönning
Location of Tönning within Nordfriesland district
Coordinates: 54°19′2″N 8°56′34″E / 54.31722°N 8.94278°E / 54.31722; 8.94278Coordinates: 54°19′2″N 8°56′34″E / 54.31722°N 8.94278°E / 54.31722; 8.94278
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Nordfriesland
Government
• Mayor	Dorothe Klömmer
Area
• Total	44.41 km2 (17.15 sq mi)
Elevation	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2015-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,895
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	25832
Dialling codes	04861
Vehicle registration	NF
Website	www.toenning.de

Tönning (German; Low German Tünn, Tönn or Tönnen; Danish: Tønning; North Frisian: Taning) is a town in the district of Nordfriesland in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

History

Tönning was destroyed in the Burchardi flood in 1634. During the Great Northern War, (1700–1721), Tönning was besieged twice.

Geography

It lies on the Eider river near its mouth at the North Sea. Tönning has a population of approximately 5,000.

See also

• Eiderstedt peninsula

Personalities

Honorary citizen

Friedrich von Esmarch in 1862

• Friedrich Wilhelm Selck (1821-1911), councilor of commerce, honorary citizen since 1899
• Friedrich von Esmarch (1823-1908), German physician and the founder of the civilian Samaritan system in Germany, honorary citizen since 1897. To him reminds a statue in the castle park.

Sons and daughters of the city

• Jürgen Ovens (1623-1678), painter, portraitist
• Johann Friedrich Alberti (1642-1710), composer, organist
• Kurt Thomas (1904-1973), composer, music pedagogue and chorus

Connected to Tönning

• Hinrich Braren (1751-1826), captain, pilot and navigation instructor, died in Tönning. He wrote the first German-language textbook of shipping.

References

External links

Media related to Tönning at Wikimedia Commons