Nordfriesland (Germany)
Sylt / EDXW → St. Peter Ording / EDXO.
Leaving Sylt we turned southeast and crossed the Nordfriesisches Wattenmeer / North Frisian Wadden Sea. Half way through we reached the Hallig Gröde with Gröde Village, one of the smallest settlements in all of Germany with only 8 residents.
This town on the confluence of Treene and Eider River is called Friedrichstadt. Known as a “city of tolerance” it was once home to the Remonstrants, a persecuted branch of Dutch Calvinism, who were invited by the local duke to turn Friedrichstadt into a regional trade hub.
The last place we visit today is St. Peter Ording, a natural health resort known for its sulfuric waters. The dunes to the left weren’t always this placid - due to their wandering nature they destroyed two of former St. Peter’s medieval churches before being “tamed” in the early 19th century by planting beach grass on top of them.