Overview

• Officials said the city will buy two island Höfe that lack successors to stabilize local operations.
• Four apartments and one shop are slated to be completed by early 2026 to support year-round service.
• €22 million is earmarked for restoring the roughly 23-meter lighthouse, with work scheduled to begin in 2026.
• Funding responsibilities will be shared by Hamburg’s finance authority and environment authority, according to the plan.
• The initiative seeks to make hospitality viable on the remote national-park island, which has about 20 residents and recently struggled to find restaurant tenants.