Stormflodsmærke på Ærøskøbing havn - Ærøskøbing, Denmark - High Level Marks on Waymarking.com

På Havnekontorets bygning mellem Ærøskøbing havn og Gilleballetofte i havnebyen Ærøskøbing er der markeret - med linje og tekst - vandstanden for stormflodskatastrofen den 13. november 1872.

I ugerne op til stormfloden havde storme med vestlige og sydvestlige vindretninger presset store vandmængder gennem bælterne og ind i Østersøen, hvis østlige dele oplevede oversvømmelser. Den 10. november stilnede stormen af, og vandet begyndte nu at strømme tilbage fra den østlige Østersø, men bælterne kunne ikke tage presset, og højvande opstod i Det sydfynske Øhav.

Den 12. november blæste det op igen, men nu fra nordøst, og kombinationen af ekstremt højvande – op til 4 m over normalen – og storm medførte enorme ødelæggelser på øerne syd for Sjælland. Her mistede knap 100 mennesker livet, og de materielle ødelæggelser var omfattende.

English: At the Harbor Office's building between Ærøskøbing harbor and Gilleballetofte in the harbor town of Ærøskøbing, the water level for the storm surge disaster on 13 November 1872 is marked - with a line and text.

In the weeks leading up to the storm surge, storms with westerly and southwesterly wind directions had pushed large volumes of water through the belts and into the Baltic Sea, whose eastern parts experienced floods. On November 10, the storm subsided, and the water now began to flow back from the eastern Baltic Sea, but the belts could not take the pressure, and high tides arose in the South Funen Archipelago.

On 12 November, it blew up again, but now from the northeast, and the combination of extremely high tide - up to 4 m above normal - and storm caused enormous destruction on the islands south of Zealand. Almost 100 people lost their lives here, and the material damage was extensive.

Natural or man made event?: Natural What type of marker?: Metal text and line on wall When did this occur?: 1872 Website related to the event..: [Web Link]

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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.

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