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11 unusual facts about Westerland


Benny de Weille

Benny de Weille (March 6, 1915, Lübeck - December 17, 1977, Westerland) was a German swing jazz clarinetist and bandleader.

DB Class 215

This class were specifically used for the AutoZug (car ferry trains) between Niebüll and Westerland operated by DB AutoZug.

DB Class V 200

Following the electrification of many main lines the V 200 was used increasingly for commuter trains and freight trains, but the Hamburg-Westerland, Hamburg-Lübeck-Copenhagen and Munich-Lindau lines still saw the V 200 hauling express trains.

Dirk Meinhertz Hahn

Captain Dirk Meinhertz Hahn (born Westerland, Sylt) was probably best known as the captain of the ship Zebra that he captained to South Australia where the town of Hahndorf was named after him.

Fliegerführer Atlantik

Küstenfliegergruppe 106, 406, 506, 606 and 906 were also made available, based at Amsterdam, (Netherlands), Brest, Westerland, Lannion, (France), Aalborg, (Denmark).

Hamburg Airlines

Hamburg Airlines was founded in April 1988 and commenced operations with a Dornier Do 228 with services between its home base of Hamburg and Rotterdam and Westerland.

Heinz Reinefarth

After the war Reinefarth became the mayor of the town of Westerland and member of the Schleswig-Holstein Landtag.

Jochen Bleicken

Jochen Bleicken (3 September 1926 in Westerland, Sylt – 24 February 2005 in Hamburg) was a German professor of ancient history.

Nordholz Naval Airbase

A year later the subhunting component of MFG 2 moved from Westerland on Sylt to Nordholz.

Westerland

Westerland, Germany, a town on the island Sylt, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Wola massacre

After a West German court released him citing a lack of evidence, Reinefarth enjoyed a successful post-war career as a lawyer becoming the mayor of Westerland, and a member of the Landtag parliament of Schleswig-Holstein.


All Saints' Day Flood of 1436

Eidum on the island of Sylt was destroyed, its inhabitants left and founded the village of Westerland as a result.