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St. Peter's Flood (Dutch: ''Sint-Pietersvloed'', German: ''Petriflut'') refers to two separate storm tides that struck the coasts of Netherlands and Northern Germany in 1651. During the first storm tide, on 22 February, the East Frisian island of Juist was split in two. During the second disaster, on 4–5 March, the city of Amsterdam was flooded. In the past, the two storm tides were thought to have been a single event. The two disasters were confused with each other because two different calendars were in use at the time. The Julian calendar was still in use in Northern Germany and some parts of the Netherlands, while the Gregorian calendar had already been adopted in Holland, Zeeland and other parts of the Netherlands. The year 1651 was something of an ''annus horribilis'' for flooding, with many disastrous floods in Europe. In the Netherlands, for instance, another storm tide that struck during the night of 25–26 February broke through a number of dikes and flooded large parts of the eastern Netherlands. == The storm tide on 22 February 1651 == The storm tide on 22 February struck the North Sea coast in Northern Germany, including the German Bight. Thousands were drowned; according to some accounts the disaster claimed 15,000 lives. The storm tide broke through the dunes of the islands Juist and Langeoog and split Juist in half. Only in 1932 would the two halves of Juist be reunited.〔(Nordsee-net – Nordseeinsel Juist ) (German)〕 The western half of the island of Buise disappeared, leaving only the eastern half, now known as Norderney. According to some sources, however, the western half of Buise did not disappear until 1690. The foundations of Juist's church were undermined by the floodwaters, causing the church to collapse in 1662.〔''Baedeker Allianz Reiseführer: Deutsche Nordseeküste''. Karl Baedeker Verlag, Ostfildern 2007, ISBN 3-8297-1150-6 (German)〕 The coastal towns of Dornumersiel, Accumersiel, and Altensiel were devastated by the storm tide. The floodwaters reached the church mound (''terp'') of Fulkum; many corpses were buried on the mound.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Holtgaster Geschichtsbuch − 1600 bis 1700 ) (German)〕 The flood even reached the Altes Land, south of the city of Hamburg, leaving the lake of Gutsbrack.〔(Gutsbrack – Stadt Hamburgl ) (German)〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「St. Peter's Flood」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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