Editing Rungholt (section)

==Legends and later reception==
Sometimes referred to as the "Atlantis of the North Sea", the Rungholt of legend was a large, rich town, with the catastrophe supposedly a divine punishment for the sins of its inhabitants.<ref name="NDR"/>

Impressed by the fate of the town, the relics, and not least the legends' excessive descriptions, the German poet [[Detlev von Liliencron]] wrote the 1882 poem "''Trutz, Blanke Hans''" about the lost town, which begins: ''Heut bin ich über Rungholt gefahren, die Stadt ging unter vor sechshundert Jahren.'' ("Today I traveled over Rungholt; the town sank 600 years ago.").<ref>{{Cite wikisource|wslanguage=de|title=Trutz, Blanke Hans|type=poem|year=1883|last1=von Liliencron|first1=Detlev|authorlink=Detlev von Liliencron|location=Leipzig|language=de|publisher=Wilhelm Friedrich|series=Adjutantenritte und andere Gedichte|oclc=837192716}}</ref>

[[The Sinbadventurers]] (German: Die Hamburger Sindbadauken) is an opera for children composed by {{ill|Benjamin Gordon (conductor)|de|Benjamin Gordon (Dirigent)|lt=Benjamin Gordon}} with a libretto by Francis Hüsers. <ref name=premiere>{{cite web|access-date=2023-09-11|language=de|title=Uraufführung ''Die Hamburger Sindbadauken''|date=5 December 2014 |url=https://issuu.com/staatsoper_hamburg/docs/oper_journal_3-14-15_b9c9088ff9088c}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref> It was commissioned by the [[Hamburg State Opera]] and was first performed on February 8, 2015. In the opera, three children set out to discover the lost gold of Rungholt. In the Interlude before the final act, the main character, Lotte, tries desperately to warn the citizens of Rungholt of their impending destruction by reciting verses from Liliencron’s ballad. 

German singer [[Achim Reichel]] put [[Detlev von Liliencron|Liliencron's]] poem to music on his 1977 album ''{{ill|Regenballade|de}}''.{{cn|date=January 2021}}

German band [[Santiano (band)|Santiano]] released a song called "Rungholt" in their 2015 CD "Von Liebe, Tod und Freiheit". It also includes verses from von Liliencron's poem.{{cn|date=January 2021}}

[[Theodor Storm]] mentions Rungholt in his [[novella]] ''Eine Halligfahrt''.<ref name="NDR"/>

[[Christian Kracht]] mentions Rungholt in his [[novella]] ''Faserland''.<ref name="NDR"/>

The Danish writer Dorothea Petersen  mentions Rungholt in her historical novel ''Havets rytter''.<ref>{{cite web| url = http://mellemgaard.dk/product/havets-rytter-1055/| title = Forlaget Mellemgaard: ''Havets rytter''}}</ref>

[[Ursula Hegi]] mentions Rungholt in her 2020 [[novel]] ''The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Patron Saint of Pregnant Girls |url=https://us.macmillan.com/thepatronsaintofpregnantgirls/ursulahegi/9781250156822 |access-date=August 18, 2020 |website=US Macmillan}}</ref>

Local myth has it that one can still hear the church bells of Rungholt ringing underwater when sailing through the area on a calm night.<ref name="NDR"/>

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File:Funde Rungholt.JPG|Finds from the Wadden Sea, possibly from Rungholt
File:201607nissenhaus 11.jpg|Pieces of wood found in the tidal flats, possibly from Rungholt, at display in the NordseeMuseum Husum
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