THE 



MONTHLY MAGAZINE. 



No. 134.] 



OCTOBER J, 1805. [3, of Vol. 20. 



ORIGINAL COMMUNICATIONS. 



For the Mofifhly Ma^axine. 



A COMMERCIAL ACCOUNT of the PORT 

 o/tONN1NGEN, by MR. NEMNICH, of 

 HAMBURGH. 



T\TIEMANN, in h's Minusl of the 

 X\' Geography of Slcfwick H llkin, 

 recites what has bet-n ccmmemor.iied by 

 his predec fTors, rdaiivc to ronningen, 

 *vhich he continues riown to the year 

 1755. Some lat'.r accounts are to be 

 found ill the fame ;iu;l;oi's Provincial 

 Notices. 



A few years ago, a mrratlon of tiavels 

 through vailous pit» rf that dutthy was 

 publifhed in tiie Danifli language; I be- 

 lieve the aithoi's n-ime w,\s Wede!, but 

 I do not remember (hat it contains any 

 ma erlal adilitiin towiiat had been faid by 

 Niemann, n r has any account < f Tonn'n- 

 gen, fince the blockade cf the Elbe, fallen 

 in try way, or in that of any ot my friends 

 there, except a Piiblure o." Tonningcn in 

 the Jowfjal of the Elegant H^orld, f.r the 

 J 2th of January, 1805. But a mere pic- 

 ture does n t ardwer the piirpofe I have 

 in view. The foUowi.ii^ particulars weie 

 colltffed during a refidence there in April 

 laii, 1 So 5. 



A lift of chirts and plans of Tonningen 

 and the Eider, I fliall give, if thoughc dc- 

 lirable. 



The proper name of this pl?ce ift Ger- 

 man, is ni,w Tonning. In niorL rcn^.jte 

 periods, it was called Tonuingen ; and fo 

 it is (till named by foreig.T iiatiojis ; but 

 in Germany and De:)mai k this denoiuina. 

 tion is confxlcred miproper. 



The name of Tonningen is generally 

 fuppcffd to be derived from Tc?i)te ; but 

 f T this tt>m>,n no tne can affign a luf- 

 ficient reafuii ; probably, hovever, (his 

 word allude- to the tonne, i.r buoys, with 

 which the place is amply provided. 



Tonningrn, the ctpitalof the province 

 of Elderliedt, is fiiiiattd on tl'.e right 

 bank of the river Eider, fix Germ;in miles 

 Iroin it» ivouih. It canrot be fa.d to Qand 

 on <t hill, as Niemann afTerts : fome of the 

 houl'eii indeed are built upon the dyke, 

 but the reft occupy a flat niarftiy plain. 

 Ii IS two German miles bom HuluiB, en« 



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ard a half from Fiidrichsftadl, and one 

 from Gardirg. 



It I onefles neither any beautiful fpots 

 nor even a prcmcnade. The fmall c<(lle- 

 fquare is raiely vili ed by the princi|al in- 

 haiiirants, the naked banks of the river 

 offer no inlerefling profpttts, nor can the 

 eye find any o' j'-il cf ainulemeiit ;o | aufe 

 oil, ex:e|)t the vai i. us and ever-changing 

 reentry of ihj fliipping. 



The amioTphere is humid, cold, and 

 very .neon '.ant } frefti lea breezes, how- 

 ever, prevent many difordcrs, but the 

 nights are raw, and a plealant I'ummer 

 evening a raiity. 



Ci Ids, and other diforders arifing from 

 th.m, are very prevalent ; bu;, except 

 thefc, there are few inltances of ltrar.£,ers 

 who continue to refide here any knoth 

 of time, being ill. It is otheiwi:'e ia 

 the furroundir.g ccu'-.lry, wjuch is lu'ijeft 

 to the fatal maifli-ficknefs, at it is called, 

 or the interniitient fever. To lU.ri c;m- 

 plaints peifons aie liable who ccme fiom 

 the high lands to woik at harvelt in the 

 marfiies, Thcfe hungry ftrangers gene- 

 rally feafl voracioufiy on the fubdantial 

 and heavy food of tije lovv lands, and to 

 this caiile the above-mentioned difrrdeis 

 are attributed. They are however very 

 rare. 



Since the hlockir'e of the Elbe thefc folid 

 kinds of food are varied w.th m^ny lighter 

 fpeciescf provifions. To fu}>pl • tne [ue- 

 fent incr^-aicd luxury of the place, they are 

 brought thither from all parts. The beef 

 is incomparably better than bcfoie the 

 blockade ; till then it ufed to be fent to 

 H<imhurgh, and the country was deprived 

 of it. 



The water for drinking is very bad, 

 nor are there any fprmgs in iheli: inaifiiy 

 •tratU. Rain-water, how;-vir, is collcfied 

 in cilterns by almoft all the inhabitants 

 from the roofs of iheirhcules. 



On the ijth of February, 1803, when 

 the lalt cenl'us was taken, the population 

 amounted to 1924, but fince the bijcicade 

 of the Elbe the naniber has increafed to at 

 iealt 4.000. 



What Tonningen was prcrlcJus to the 

 C c blockade 



