Oldenswort


Oldenswort is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, next to the river Eider.

Personalities

The earliest atheist known by name in modern Europe, Matthias Knutzen, was born here sometime in early 1646. The founder of German sociology, Ferdinand Tönnies, was born here. A memorial of him has been unveiled 1990.