Tönning Explained

Tönning
Tønning / Taning
Type:Stadt
Image Coa:DEU Toenning COA.svg
Coordinates:54.3172°N 8.9428°W
Image Plan:Toenning in NF.PNG
State:Schleswig-Holstein
District:Nordfriesland
Elevation:0
Area:44.41
Postal Code:25832
Area Code:04861
Licence:NF
Gemeindeschlüssel:01 0 54 138
Website:www.toenning.de
Mayor:Dorothe Klömmer

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

Notable people

Honorary citizen

Sons and daughters of the city

Connected to Tönning