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Excellent article.
ATLANTIS OF THE NORTH SEA
..." and hundreds of thousands have drowned."

Art. Storm Tide, by Johannes Gehrs, 1880

Poem. Trutz, Blanke Hans by Detlef von Liliencron1883

Today I drove over Rungholt,
The town went down six hundred years ago.
Trutz, Blanke Hans.”
“From the North Sea, the Murder Sea, separated from the mainland,
The Frisian islands lie at peace.
Trutz, Blanke Hans.”
“A single cry - the city is sunk,
And hundreds of thousands have drowned.
Trutz, Blanke Hans?”

• Rungholt is also often referred to as the Atlantis of the North Sea, as there are still many legends surrounding this town in the Wadden Sea. Rungholt was a town on the island of Strand in the North Frisian Wadden Sea (North Germany) and sank during the Second Marcellus Flood, also known as the Grote Mandränke, on 16 January 1362. https://ltwilliammowett.tumblr.com/post/700478027484839936/atlantis-of-the-north-sea-rungholt