Tönning

Tönning is a town in the district of Nordfriesland in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.HistoryTönning was destroyed in the Burchardi flood in 1634. During the Great Northern War, (1700–1721), Tönning was besieged twice.GeographyIt lies on the Eider river near its mouth at the North Sea. Tönning has a population of approximately 5,000.PersonalitiesHonorary citizen Friedrich Wilhelm Selck, councilor of commerce, honorary citizen since 1899 Friedrich von Esmarch, German physician and the founder of the civilian Samaritan system in Germany, honorary citizen since 1897. To him reminds a statue in the castle park.Sons and daughters of the city Jürgen Ovens (1623-1678), painter, portraitist Johann Friedrich Alberti (1642-1710), composer, organist Kurt Thomas (1904-1973), composer, music pedagogue and chorusConnected to Tönning Hinrich Braren (1751-1826), captain, pilot and navigation instructor, died in Tönning. He wrote the first German-language textbook of shipping.