Tönning

{{Other uses|Tonning (surname)}} {{Redirect|Taning|the county of Daning, old romanization Taning|Daning County}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox German location |name = Tönning<br><small>Tønning / Taning</small> |type = Stadt |image_coa = DEU Toenning COA.svg |coordinates = {{coord|54|19|2|N|8|56|34|E|format=dms|display=inline,title}} |image_plan = Toenning in NF.PNG |state = Schleswig-Holstein |district = Nordfriesland |elevation = 0 |area = 44.43 |postal_code = 25832 |area_code = 04861 |licence = NF |Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 54 138 |website = [http://www.toenning.de/ www.toenning.de] |mayor = Dorothe Klömmer |image_photo = Schifferhaus Tönning.JPG |image_caption = Skippers house }}

'''Tönning''' ({{IPA|de|ˈtœnɪŋ|-|De-Tönning.ogg}}; {{langx|nds|Tünn}}, {{lang|nds|Tönn}} or {{lang|nds|Tönnen}}; {{langx|da|Tønning}}; {{langx|frr|Taning}}) is a town in the district of Nordfriesland in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein.

==History== Tönning was destroyed in the Burchardi flood in 1634. During the Great Northern War, (1700–1721), Tönning was besieged twice.

==Geography== It is located on the northern bank of the Eider river, approximately eight kilometers away from its mouth at the North Sea. Tönning has a population of some 5,000 people.

==Transport== Tönning is connected by a regional train with Sankt Peter-Ording to the West, and Husum to the North-East. Tönning is also served by several bus routes.

==See also== *Eiderstedt peninsula *Eider Barrage

== Notable people == === Honorary citizen === [[File:Johann Friedrich August von Esmarch. Photogravure. Wellcome V0027295cr.jpg|left|thumb|140px|Friedrich von Esmarch]] * Friedrich Wilhelm Selck (1821–1911), councilor of commerce, honorary citizen since 1899 * Friedrich von Esmarch (1823–1908), German physician and the founder of the civilian Samaritan system in Germany, honorary citizen since 1897; there is a memorial statue dedicated to him in the castle park.

=== Sons and daughters of the city === * Jürgen Ovens (1623–1678), painter, portraitist * Johann Friedrich Alberti (1642–1710), composer, organist * Fanny Suenssen (1832–1918), Danish novelist and short story writer * Teckla Juel (1834–1904), Danish writer and composer. * Kurt Thomas (1904–1973), composer, music educator and chorus leader

=== Connected to Tönning === * Hinrich Braren (1751–1826), captain, pilot and navigation instructor, died in Tönning. He wrote the first German-language textbook of shipping.

==References== {{Reflist}}

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