Nieblum (Fering: Njiblem, Danish: Niblum) is a municipality on the island of Föhr, in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Geography Nieblum is located on the southern shore of Föhr, approximately halfways between the eastern and western edges of the island. Next to the village of Nieblum proper, the municipality includes the once independent hamlet of Goting which is situated just west of Nieblum. In Goting there is a cliffside of several meters height.
History Many of the old Frisian houses used to belong to sea captains who had made a fortune as whalers on Dutch ships. It was a hard and dangerous work which claimed a lot of lives. The tombstones in the graveyard of St. John's church, the so-called "Frisian Cathedral", in the village testify this. The church was built in the 13th century and it is the largest of the three churches on Föhr.
Politics Since the communal elections of 2018, the Nieblumer Wählergemeinschaft holds all nine seats in the municipality council.Föhr-Land: Wählergemeinschaften vorn. In: Der Insel-Bote 7 May 2018, retrieved 9 May 2018.
Culture and sights
Nieblum's main attraction is the church of St. John with its historically preserved graveyard. Moreover, the view of Nieblum with its thatched houses and many trees is pleasant to the eye.
Since the 1950s, the Ernst Schlee school of Hamburg-Klein-Flottbek had been operating a summer boarding school in Nieblum. After conversion into a public trading school, the institution was transferred to the Othmarschen high school.
1979, Nieblum was awarded as (West-)Germany's most beautiful village.Die Zeit, Artikel Nieblum will sich nicht verändern 2 February 1979. Südlich von Nieblum befindet sich der Leuchtturm Nieblum
In the village of Goting, which was incorporated into Nieblum in 1970, various bronze age burial mounds are worth a visit. In Goting the streets have frisian names. The burial mound Thinghugh in Thingwai street might have been an old germanic place of judgment (thing) in the early Middle Ages.
Economy Climate change has made it possible to grow wine on Föhr since 2009. Wine is grown on an area of 6 hectares (2022).Johanna Schwanitz: Wie der Wein an die Nordsee kam, in: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, Ausgabe D1, 24. Oktober 2022, p. 7. A winery can be visited between Goting and Nieblum.Claudia Banck: Sylt, Föhr, Amrum, p. 123. Ostfildern 2025
Notable people Jens Jacob Eschels (1757-1842), navigator. He became known by his autobiography. Carl-Christian Arfsten (1889-1969), politician (CDU) and Schleswig-Holstein MP
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