The Halligs of Northern Germany: birds, floods, wind and walking

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List of Halligs

Currently, there are 10 halligs in Germany. The following list does not include formerly existing Halligs that have either vanished or merged with current halligs or the mainland:

  • Langeneß – 956 ha, 16 Warften, about 110 inhabitants. Narrow gauge railway connection to Oland (over causeway).
  • Hooge – 574 ha, 10 Warften, about 120 inhabitants.
  • Gröde – 277 ha, 2 Warften, 11 inhabitants.
  • Nordstrandischmoor; 175 ha, 4 Warften, 18 inhabitants. One-room schoolhouse. Narrow gauge railway connection to mainland.
  • Oland – 96 ha, 1 Warft, about 30 inhabitants. Narrow gauge railway connection to mainland and Langeneß.
  • Süderoog – 60 ha, 1 Warft, 2 inhabitants.
  • Südfall – 50 ha, 1 Warft, bird sanctuary.
  • Hamburger Hallig – 50 ha, 2 Warften, uninhabited, inn occupied in summer, joined to the mainland by a 4 km-long causeway and a polder.
  • Norderoog – 9 ha, no Warften, bird sanctuary tended year-round.
  • Habel – 3.6 ha, 1 Warft, uninhabited, bird sanctuary occupied in summer.

On the Danish side, three halliger are to be noted, current or past: