Kronsgaard
Kronsgaard is a small municipality in the Schleswig-Flensburg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It sits by Geltinger Bucht, a Baltic Sea inlet in the Angeln region. The village covers about 5.92 square kilometers and has around 256 residents. It features about 3 kilometers of coastline and a popular natural beach at Pottloch.
The municipality includes several districts: Breede, Boysenfeld, Domstag, Düttebüll, Golsmaas, Klorr, Langfeld and Pottloch. It is bordered by Pommerby to the north and Hasselberg to the south; the eastern edge touches the Baltic Sea. Its coat of arms shows a golden crown above a silver cross, a reference to the Kronsgaard death key used to inform neighbors of a death.
Kronsgaard has a long history. It was first mentioned in 1535, with a name meaning “farm of the crown.” A 16th‑century map called it Crongart. The original farm buildings were later used for the nearby Ohrfeld estate in Gelting. In 1922, the Antrax salvage steamer sank off Kronsgaard, and 12 marines died; a memorial near Mürwik Harbour remembers them.
One notable site is the Kronsgaard megalithic tomb (the Smaahus), a Neolithic grave from 3500–2800 BC linked to the Funnel Beaker Culture. It lies near the Dorfstrasse/Jägerbucht crossroads and is described in historical references as a north–south dolmen with a surrounding mound and a chamber of five stones.
Düttebüll, now part of Kronsgaard, was first mentioned in 1409. Its manor, built in 1554 by Henneke von Rumohr, stayed in the family for seven generations and was remodeled in 1785. It is privately owned by the von Hobe family since 1902 and is not open to visitors. A Schleswig-Holstein Uprising Memorial Stone at the An Der Inseln and Jägerbucht junction commemorates the 50th anniversary of the uprising in 1898.
Economically, Kronsgaard relies on farming and tourism, especially in Golsmaas and Pottloch. The DEW holiday village in Golsmaas, built in 1965, contains more than 60 holiday homes. Pottloch beach is about 3 kilometers long and is guarded during the summer season; the area hosts an annual summer festival.
Christoph Ludwig Vollertsen, born in Düttebüll in 1754, was a Protestant-Lutheran clergyman who lived there.
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 06:33 (CET).