Sønderho Havn Støtteforening

The Sønderho Tapestry, 4

The history of Sønderho Harbour through 400 years illustrated by Bernd Hobohm

Idea and texts by Anders Bjerrum, Niels Frederiksen, Per Hofman Hansen and Thyge Jensen

Chapter 4: 1900 to the present Day. A new Era in Sønderho

  1. From sailing ship to modern steam powered ships
  2. The red seamarks stands as a monument from the sailing time
  3. Artists occupy Sønderho – with easel and palette
  4. Gentlemen and ladies went bathing separately
  5. A „Københoning” paints the bricks above the windows
  6. The Danish ministers Viggo Kampmann and Julius Bomholt
  7. Bus service to and from Sønderho
  8. Sailors gossips at “Børsen”
  9. Sønderho used to be a popular destination for boats from Ribe
  10. Storm surges were the evil of Sønderho
  11. The sea horses in Fanø’s municipality code of arms as kits at a kite’s festival
  12. The harbour is cleaned up by a cutter dredger pumping the sand into a pipe
  13. The Dutch tile anno 2011


Here you will find a detailed explanation on and the marking of the five themes >


Also notice a graphic expression of cyclical fluctuation and the demographic structur of Sønderho >

English translation by Palle Uhd-Jepsen and Rosemary Mason, 2023