Pellworm

Pellworm Pelvorm / Polweerm
Municipality
Aerial view
Coat of arms
Location of Pellworm Pelvorm / Polweerm within Nordfriesland district
Interactive map of Pellworm Pelvorm / Polweerm
Pellworm Pelvorm / Polweerm Location within Germany Pellworm Pelvorm / Polweerm Location within Schleswig-Holstein
Coordinates: 54°31′0″N 8°38′13″E
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Nordfriesland
Municipal assoc.	Pellworm
Government
• Mayor	Jürgen Feddersen (CDU)
Area
• Total	37.44 km2 (14.46 sq mi)
Elevation	2 m (6.6 ft)
Population  (2025-12-31)
• Total	1,156
• Density	30.88/km2 (79.97/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	25846–25849
Dialling codes	04844
Vehicle registration	NF
Website	www.pellworm.net

Pellworm (German pronunciation: [pɛlˈvɔʁm] ^ⓘ; Danish: Pelvorm; North Frisian Polweerm) is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

Geography

The municipality is located on the island of Pellworm – one of the North Frisian Islands on the North Sea coast of Germany. Its area is 37 km², and its population is roughly 1,200. Together with several smaller islands, Pellworm forms the Amt of Pellworm. In medieval times Pellworm was a part of the larger island of Strand which was torn into pieces in the disastrous Burchardi flood in 1634. Other remnants of Strand are Nordstrand and the Halligen. All these belonged to the historical region of Uthlande.

Pellworm is accessible by a ferry departing from the neighbouring peninsula of Nordstrand several times a day (which is in turn connected with the mainland by a road causeway).

Sights

A landmark is the Old Church (German: Alte Kirche) with its Arp Schnitger organ from about 1710. Next to this church is the ruin of its 13th-century steeple. The 58 m-tall (190 ft) tower collapsed partially in 1611. The 30 m-tall (98 ft) ruin has been conserved, so that it is safe for further decay. Locals often call the tower Finger Gottes, God's Finger. The tower is depicted in the coat of arms of Pellworm.

The Neue Kirche (New Church) was built in 1620 and renovated in 1867 and 1998. The altar dates from 1520 and the pulpit was created around 1600.

Nordermühle is a windmill dating from 1777 which was in operation until 1967.

In Tammensiel, the biggest settlement of Pellworm, the Museum of Navigation and the National Park House can be visited.

Several sightworthy Frisian houses with thatched roofs and pointed gables are preserved on the island.

Energy

The island hosts one of the largest hybrid renewable energy plants in Europe. It combines 2.7 MW solar panels; 5.7 MW wind energy and 0.5 MW of biogas digestion plant with to provide over 700 MWh/year of electricity. Since the island's average electricity production capacity exceeds its average demand multiple times, yet there is a time mismatch between the two, this site was chosen for EU's largest stationary energy storage facility ca. 2015. In 2022 the island hosts a 560 kW/560 kWh lithium-ion battery, a 200 kW/1600 kWh vanadium flow battery, and a thermal storage unit. Gildemeister, now Cellcube part of Enerox, supplied the vanadium battery.

Gallery

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  Old Church (Alte Kirche) with the Finger Gottes
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  New Church (1620)
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  Frisian house near the New Church
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  Altarpiece from 1520 in this church
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  Wind-mill Nordermühle
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  The lighthouse on Pellworm
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  Museum of Navigation
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  Main Street, Tammensiel