Stormflodssøjle - Ribe, Danmark
N 55° 19.805 E 008° 45.694
32U E 484873 N 6131549
Stormflodssøjle ved Ribe Å...High Level Marks, Ribe Stream
Waymark Code: WM12T7K
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 07/11/2020
Views: 5
På Skibbroen står en stormflodssøjle. Når man kigger på den og ser hvor højt havvandet på nogle tidspunkter har stået i Ribes gader, forstår man hvorfor ripenserne frygter Vesterhavet. Med jævne mellemrum er "Blanke Hans" skyllet ind over marsken og har ødelagt huse og veje og drevet folk og dyr op på højtliggende steder for at rede livet.
Den øverste ring på stormflodssøjlen viser at vandet stod godt 6 meter over normal vandstand i 1634 under "Den Anden Store Menneskedrukning". Dengang druknede mindst 8000 mennesker og mange tusinde husdyr.
On Skibbroen stands a column. When you look at it and see how high the sea water has been in the streets of Ribe, you understand why the citizens fear the North Sea.
The upper ring shows that the water was just over 6 meters above normal water level in 1634 during the "Great Drowning of Man". At that time, at least 8,000 people and many thousands of livestock drowned.
Source: Danhostel-Ribe
Natural or man made event?: Natural
What type of marker?: Historic
When did this occur?: 1634, 1825, 1904, 1911,
Website related to the event..: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.