Burchardi flood
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The Burchardi Flood, (also known as the second Grote Mandrenke) was a Storm tide that struck the North Sea coast of Nordfriesland (Germany and Denmark) on the night between the 11 and 12 October 1634. Overrunning dikes it shattered the coastline and many thousands of lives (8,000 to 15,000 people drowned) while causing catastrophic material damage. Much of the island of Strand washed away, forming the islands Nordstrand, Pellworm and several Halligen.
[edit] External links
- Changing coastline of Nordfriesland (Page in German). Shows maps of the coastline as changed during the last 1000 years
- Cor Snabel's "Flood of the Nordstrand Island, 1634" A rich resource including the eyewitness account of the hydraulic engineer Jan Leeghwater.
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