Pellworm
Pelvorm / Polweerm
Municipality
Aerial view of Pellworm
Aerial view of Pellworm
Coat of arms of PellwormPelvorm / Polweerm
Coat of arms
Location of Pellworm
Pelvorm / Polweerm within Nordfriesland district
PellwormPelvorm / Polweerm is located in Germany
PellwormPelvorm / Polweerm
Pellworm
Pelvorm / Polweerm
PellwormPelvorm / Polweerm is located in Schleswig-Holstein
PellwormPelvorm / Polweerm
Pellworm
Pelvorm / Polweerm
Coordinates: 54°31′0″N 8°38′13″E / 54.51667°N 8.63694°E / 54.51667; 8.63694
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictNordfriesland
Municipal assoc.Pellworm
Government
 • MayorJürgen Feddersen (CDU)
Area
 • Total37.44 km2 (14.46 sq mi)
Elevation
2 m (7 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
 • Total1,243
 • Density33/km2 (86/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
25846–25849
Dialling codes04844
Vehicle registrationNF
Websitewww.pellworm.net

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

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. A landmark is the Old Church (German: Alte Kirche) with its Arp Schnitger organ from about 1710.

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 (which is in turn connected with the mainland by a road causeway).

The island hosts one of the largest hybrid renewable energy plants in Europe.[2] 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.[3]

Together with several smaller islands, Pellworm forms the Amt of Pellworm.

References

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Pellworm.
  1. ↑ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
  2. ↑ "Hybrid photovoltaic systems". Denis Lenardic. Archived from the original on 2010-11-28.
  3. ↑ Doetsch, Christian; Pohlig, Astrid (January 2020). "The use of flow batteries in storing electricity for national grids. Future Energy: Improved, Sustainable and Clean Options for Our Planet". Future Energy. Elsevier. pp. 263–277. doi:10.1016/B978-0-08-102886-5.00013-X.
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