Schleswig & Rendsburg (Germany)
St. Peter Ording / EDXO → Kiel / EDHK.
After exploring Nordfriesland, we set off to cross the entirety of Südschleswig / Southern Schleswig towards Kiel with Tönning being the first town we passed. The town prospered - just like Friedrichstadt - after an influx of Dutch settlers and religious refugees in the early 17th century.
Further east we came across an historical border town: Rendsburg sits at both sides of the Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, which connects the North Sea with the Baltic Sea. Here lies the old border of (Süd-)Schleswig and Holstein, which together form the modern state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Closer to the Baltic Sea the fog dissipated, giving us our first view of the state capital of Kiel (the white spot in the left background) from above the village of Molfsee. Here you can find a large open-air museum, located in the old Gut Schulenhof / Schulenhof Estate with more than 60 historical buildings.
We managed our crossing of Schleswig and arrived in Kiel. You can even see the Kieler Förde, the city’s natural harbour, in the distance. From here, we will continue our exploration of the second part of Germany’s northernmost state - the region known as Holstein.