European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse Germany s North sea coast Dit Marsche stories and photos by Linda White travel editor o f of thousand years ago quite a lol was Al the Bottom of the Northsea islands popped up Here and there sandstorms hooded the lowlands. Then about in year 1000. Men began building dikes land i Lama Ion c on i hues to it us Day. 111, re Alt i a bile chunk of Northern Germany where a i is and i mermen live Side by Side and where visitors 1 a warm Welcome the people have a Knack for making lev r guest Lei lil Home As evinced by the fact that most a my ovations ate in private Homes rather than hotels aed a y Are booked solid in the summer. G me school time however the villages empty leaving Elbow porn Lor those Lucky enough to be Able to travel off season. When the a Jim nah big Wicker chairs that keep the wind Oil Are slowed away for the Winter it is time to put your feet to fhe fireplace and Haven round of the local Schnaps it is called in Irien in or and tastes of the land am the sea. Like its Schnaps diff Marscher combines the Bestol both is fresh seafood and farm fresh vegetables fre or Dep sea fishing marshes and wooded Roi no h ii. Modern Beach Lenorls Rind quaint villages. Tor ail ii purposes. Doithi Parschen is an Island Fri fhe Florsh St a Atri rut off from neighbouring land by the 1 i Ier and in North sea Baltic sen canal the by. So inthe . i of Ireni m Iron and 0 percent ghost a ii / " to i inked in the ice Aije about 50 Koge " s a miss an a i s i Arr agcy line the run an Long the Marsh Reeds the land is striped purple a Fisherman has shrimp for Sale at Husum Harbor. Page 14 the stars and stripes hens s it veins Al Waler and . Or m in e older a a. And teen and Gold in Aii Lumn Fach Koog specializes in a diff enl crop with Nea / Laid Oul Fields of cabbage red and Green. Flax begonias and pasturage. Dish Marscher people say the Region has the largest area of begonias a cabbage in the world in Spring the blooms turn the landscape yellow the Only Hills o reak he View on the Kog Cate the Mari Iii de Mounds whore houses Perch surrounded by i few Trees a.-, a Windbreak and the dikes. The people Are const Mil building new dikes shoring up resistance to in sea sheep Era e on the sea dikes cropping the grass Zuhour the ools and the ground Light wit their hooves Coas on the other hand Are kept Only on old Dike where the can l do any harm. The farm houses Are Noat. Squat red Brick huddled under o Carsal thatched tools Al Harvest Lime almost Tserly farm has a Lilile stand or Carl Oil front where produce is for a e All on the Honor system. Up m the gut a. The Lana scope becomes wooded and the houses in the Northeast of the Region become yellow Buck Ircul pools Are lucked away in the forests. Here one can find ancient Graves and archaeological Giles and another newer Monument to Dithmar Schen s past the Marker to the Battle of feb. 17, 1500. At Dusenb Duei Warl devils Hil j. Saturday -5
