Bordelum combines the Stollberg with landscape and history, offering different ways to explore: forests, heathland and sweeping views sit alongside traces of early settlement and ironworking. St. Nikolai Church in Bordelum adds its own distinctive note, with architectural features from various centuries. When planning a stay, you can choose between nature, cultural-history sites and sacred architecture.
Landscape around the Stollberg
The Stollberg area includes extensive woodland, the Stollberg Nature Experience Area and the Bordelumer and Langenhorner Heath Nature Reserve. The nature reserve has a nature trail through the heath. Marshland lies on the western side of the municipality. In the nature experience area, play and information stations explore how the landscape was formed, as well as its cultural and settlement history. A reconstructed Iron Age village offers insights into life and ironworking around 400 AD.
Trails and themed stops
A 28-kilometre circular route around the Stollberg starts at the Stollberg near Bordelum and is rated easy. The visitor route begins on the 44-metre-high Stollberg. From the route, sweeping views extend across the polders to the islands and Halligen. At Halligblick and on the Stollberg slope, information points explain coastal changes and early settlement. The Bordelum visitor route includes a bog iron ore site as an experience stop, as well as a reconstructed bloomery furnace. The erratic boulder trail explains where the large fieldstones came from. From the Stollberg, you can explore central North Frisia on foot or by bicycle. The Sterdebüll Geestharden House also showcases traditional regional architecture.
St. Nikolai and its architectural history
St. Nikolai in Bordelum stands outside the village in an open field. The altar apse and Romanesque windows date from the 12th century. Renaissance elements can be found in the nave, while the chancel has a Late Gothic vault. The church has a freestanding bell tower. The present-day bell house dates from 1793; the bell inside it was cast in 1718. The baptismal font is also noteworthy: it has a late Gothic Frisian form and probably comes from Rörbeck.
The Holy Spring
The Holy Spring lies beneath shady trees and is a pleasant place to linger. It is an archaeological monument within the Stollberg Nature Experience Area and was part of a place of worship used by the Frisians before Christianity. The Stollberg area thus brings together nature experiences, interpretations of the landscape and traces of earlier use. The reconstructed Iron Age village area adds insights into life and ironworking around 400 AD.
Highlights for your stay
St. Nikolai places architectural history at the forefront, while the Holy Spring has archaeological and early historical significance. The 28-kilometre circular route is a clearly defined option for a hike; check current trail conditions before setting out.
Discover more destinations: Sollwitt, Osterhever, Pellworm, Wittbek, Sprakebüll, Poppenbüll, Enge-Sande, Struckum
For the regional travel overview: North Frisia.
