European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - October 26, 1985, Darmstadt, Hesse A statue at the Eider dam depicts Man s struggle against the sea. Hot Pool at the Kuxhaus in Husum. The people have always known How to use water to their advantage and when the Danes marched against them the local people came up with a plan to Deleat the far Superior foe. The main Meldorf Hemmingsted Road was Cut deep Between Banks and the people simply Cha Nolod a canal into the Road. A Marker notes that 2,000 riders and 5,000 foot soldiers were drowned. The ones who survived the flood were easily Defeated. Tales and tradition Are part of the Charm of Dithmar Schen. In Spring huge bonfires celebrate the end of Winter in autumn the Village children make lantern processions from mid september to mid october each Village on a different Day the children Light colourful paper lanterns and Parade through the streets. It is the one time in the year that they Are allowed to play with fire and fhe sing and chatter As they wind through the Village streets. Autumn May be the Lovliest time of year in Dithmar Schen when the High Blue skies Are sprinkled with a few Clouds and the Farmers work Day and night to bring in he Hay before the Rains come. The weather is temperamental changing from one hour to the next. A Day that starts with rain can easily end in Sunshine and glorious sunsets Over the sea. The wind is usually brisk the air breathtaking a first then invigorating. Snow is rare the warm Ocean currents keep it away and Only about 18 Days a year does the temperature drop below freezing. Heide is the capital of Din Marscher and it is notable for its huge marketplace which local boosters say to the largest in Germany. Saturday is Market Day the rom of the time the Square is a parking lot radiating from the Center of Tho Region Arr Devens of villager and a few Good Sie Lowns. Each with a ?.fx cml churn ctr. Friedric Skoog is an old fishing re vein top where of amp boats line the Harbur on sunday and Tho fishermen Richer to talk fish and the weather and the Price of Diese in August theft is n Bent per Erie re re we t As in Hirum Husum is a full fled r spa with an easy go no atmosphere two hips permanently Roo and in the Harbor and turned into restaurants with live music keep the Cro a entertained. A few minutes away however is a quieter spot with n Cool Green Beach and one of the 10 Best campgrounds in Europe Carn Pinn in Lee. As judged by the German automobile club Aoa. is set just behind a Dike a Short walk to the sea. In fact with a guide one can walk five Miles out to sea on the mudflats. Walks Are scheduled by the tourist mice three times a week. The Green Beach is planted with luxuriant grass and dotted with exc Korben to one Side is the nudist Boach. To the other the regular Beach there is even ,1 Bench set aside for Wstters who bring heir dogs along. A children s play around is situated Between Hie old and new dikes protected from the wind Meu Orf is Tho Cathedral City and its marketplace is older Hun Tho town in self. It was Ono the Market for nil k . And the Square was Cal dam vix a German cemetery. No Une was burned the e. He. To Vor the term simply was used to denote that this a p be of Quint where fire her and quarrel were not .ilii-,v,.d the Cathedral is said to be the pretest Church h Hamlin org and Dndr Kiark if. Red Brick in nor can 1 Only tin termed farmhouse romantic tie courtyard of the in is a Rose Garden and the Bushes Are museum pieces themselves tie olde. The act eke Hose has been growing Smice 1583 a list of the -10 varieties planted there and their dates is on the building Wall. They Bloom from april or May until August. Wes Elburen hns one of the Lovliest churches m the area and its onion dome has been a Sailor s landmark for centuries. The first Tower was 2.700 feet High when the Church burned it was rebuilt within a year by a South German hence he style dome october 26. 1985 the stars and stripes the dam controls flooding in Dithmar Scheland neighbouring Widerstedt Peninsula. Page 15
