Tönning

Tönning Tønning / Taning
Skippers house
Coat of arms
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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  (2020-12-31)[1]
• Total	4,952
• Density	110/km2 (290/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
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 is located on the northern bank of the Eider river, approximately eight kilometers away from its mouth at the North Sea. Tönning has a population of some 5,000 people.

Transport[]

Tönning is connected by a regional train with Sankt Peter-Ording to the West, and Husum to the North-East. Tönning is also served by several bus routes.

See also[]

• Eiderstedt peninsula
• Eider Barrage

Personalities[]

Honorary citizen[]

Friedrich von Esmarch

• 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; there is a memorial statue dedicated to him in the castle park.

Sons and daughters of the city[]

• Jürgen Ovens (1623–1678), painter, portraitist
• Johann Friedrich Alberti (1642–1710), composer, organist
• Fanny Suenssen (1832–1918), Danish novelist and short story writer
• Kurt Thomas (1904–1973), composer, music educator and chorus leader

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[]

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