Hindenburgdamm

The Hindenburgdamm or Hindenburg Dam[1] is an 11 km (7 mile) long causeway joining the North Frisian island of Sylt to mainland Schleswig-Holstein.

This change in tides, it is believed, is part of what has led to the loss of a certain amount of land at Sylt's southern end.

The west coast railway already ran from Altona by way of Husum and Niebüll to Tønder (then also in Germany and called Tondern).

The connection was at the tide's mercy, and in winter, the ice in the Wadden Sea formed an impenetrable barrier.

Westerland's growing popularity as a seaside resort led in 1910 to serious official planning for the rail causeway.

Because of this unacceptable situation, construction on the long planned causeway was finally begun by Philipp Holzmann in 1925.

The auto-train car shuttle train terminal in Niebüll is connected to the Autobahnen in Schleswig-Holstein by Federal Highways (Bundesstraßen) B5 and B199.

In 2006, rumours came up that the single-tracked stretches of the line (between Niebüll and Klanxbüll and between Morsum and Westerland) were to be extended to double-track.