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Archaeological site · Schleswig-Holstein · Updated on 1 November 2026.

Archaeological site Rungholt in Schleswig-Holstein

Rungholt is an archaeological site in Schleswig-Holstein. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.

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The story

Audio tour · Rungholt

2:10

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You're standing in the Wadden Sea of North Frisia, and somewhere beneath these mudflats and this water lies Rungholt. Take a look across the flat expanse. More than six hundred years ago there were houses here, dykes and a harbour. Now it's mostly mud and sea.

Read and hear the whole story in the Outdoor Pitstop app: check in at this place and it is yours (with Pro; new users are Pro for the first 4 weeks).

Photos

3 photos from Wikimedia Commons. In the app you add your own photo when you are there.

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Photo: Marco Leiter · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0View the photo on Wikimedia Commons

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When you stand at Rungholt, the Outdoor Pitstop app tells the story of the place in about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch.

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