While working on the German island of Föhr in North Frisia, he joined both the Social Democratic Party and the cigarmakers' union.
His father was born in Bredstedt, North Frisia (now part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein) and had established himself as a leading businessman in Trondheim.
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Knudtzon was born in Bredstedt, North Frisia (now part of the Schleswig-Holstein state in Germany), the son of Nicolai Knudtzen (1698–1785), merchant, and his wife, Magdalena (1726–1803), née Clausen.
This seascape waltz composition resulted from Strauss' visit to the North Frisian island of Föhr, when he and his second wife Angelika stayed in the town of Wyk during one of the holidays.
Wiedingharde Frisian (Wiringhiirder freesk) is a dialect of the North Frisian language spoken in the German amt of Wiedingharde south of the border to Denmark in North Frisia (historic south of the river Widau).
Ferdinand Tönnies was born into a wealthy farmer's family in North Frisia, Schleswig (today Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein), then under Danish rule.
Each year since 1986 the Nordfriesland district awards the Hans-Momsen-Preis for outstanding cultural merits in North Frisia.