GERMANY

GERMANY / DEUTSCHLAND.

Hörnum Lighthouse.
Second stamp in a set of 2, issued on 12.07.2007.
Face value: 55 Euro cents.
Design: Johannes Graf (b. 1960).
Printed by Bagel Security-Print GmbH & Co. KG, Düsseldorf.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 8,320,000 copies.
Size: 35 x 35 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 3514.
- Michel No. 2613.
- Scott No. 2448.
- StampWorld No. 2453.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3487.
- Unificato No. 2445.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2438.

Hörnum (Söl’ring Frisian: Hörnem; Danish: Hørnum) is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein State. It is located on the southern headland of the island of Sylt. According to the census of December 31, 2020, its population was 917 people. The 33.5 meter high lighthouse, built in 1907, was also used as a school between 1918 and 1930. In both the first and second world wars Hörnum was considered a strategic location: in 1914 the first military barracks were built , and in the mid-1930s the Luftwaffe established a naval air station in the town, causing the population to increase markedly. In the 1970s, the development of tourism began and the military use of the island was terminated.

GERMANY

GERMANY / DEUTSCHLAND.

Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park.
Stamp issued on 03.06.2004.
Face value: 55 Euro cents.
Design: Barbara Dimanski.
Printed by Giesecke & Devrient.
Printing: Offset lithography.
Print: 28,500,000 copies.
Size: 35 x 35 mm.

Catalogs
- AFA No. 3331.
- Michel No. 2407.
- Scott No. 2286.
- StampWorld No. 2269.
- Stanley Gibbons No. 3277.
- Unificato No. 2239.
- Yvert et Tellier No. 2232.

The Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park (German: Nationalpark Schleswig-Holsteinisches Wattenmeer) is in the Schleswig-Holstein area of the German Wadden Sea. It was founded by the Parliament of Schleswig-Holstein on October 1, 1985 and expanded significantly in 1999. In the North Frisian area, it includes the mudflats around the geest based and marsh islands and the Halligen. With an area of 4,410 km² it covers an area from the North Sea coast of Schleswig-Holstein by the Danish border in the north to the Elbe estuary in the south. The land element consists mainly of salt marshes. Since 1990, the national park, including the North Frisian Halligen, has been designated as a UNESCO recognised biosphere. Together with other German and Dutch Wadden Sea areas it became a UNESCO World Heritage Site on 26 June 2009 because of its relatively undisturbed intertidal ecosystem and its unique biodiversity.