Hooge, Germany

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Coat of arms of Hooge Coat of arms
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Coordinates:
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Nordfriesland
Municipal assoc.	Pellworm
Government
• Mayor	Matthias Piepgras
Area
• Total	5.78 km2 (2.23 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)
• Total	103
• Density	18/km2 (46/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes	25859
Dialling codes	04849
Vehicle registration	NF
Website	www.hooge.de

Hooge (Danish: Hoge, Frisian: Huuge) is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

The municipality is located on the island of Hooge – a small island off the coast of Germany. It is the second largest of the ten halligen in the Wadden Sea, after Langeneß. It is frequently called the Queen of the Halligen. The houses on the island are built on ten Warften.

The municipality (Gemeinde) Hooge also includes the uninhabited hallig Norderoog.

Settlements and geography

Hooge has 9 populated Warften:

• Backenswarft
• Kirchwarft
• Ockelützwarft
• Hanswarft
• Ockenswarft
• Lorenzwarft/Mitteltritt (double-terpen)
• Volkertswarft
• Ipkenswarft
• Westerwarft

The Pohnswarft still can be found close to the shore of Hooge. The Pohnswarft is an unpopulated Warft which has been abandoned due to its unfavourable location. There is only a water gauge on it.

The small island of Hainshallig, located off the east coast of Hooge, may have once been connected to the island by a levee and belonged to a Hooge resident, but became flooded and sank in 1860.

Photo gallery

• Backenswarft, Hallig Hooge, Germany.jpg

  Backenswarft

• Hallig Hooge, Germany, view from the Backenswarft.jpg

  View from the Backenswarft on Hooge.

• Hallig Hooge - Kirchwarft 2009-08.jpg

  Kirchwarft

• Hooge church.jpg

  Hooge church

• Hooge church pulpit.jpg

  Pulpit in the church of Hooge

• Hooge Rainbow.jpg

  Rainbow over Hallig Hooge

External links

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