Guesthouse in Sylt, which became an artist's refuge during the 1920s and 1930s.

Kliffende was a guesthouse, its proprietor Clara Tiedemann, on the edge of the red cliffs on the island of Sylt off the west coast of Schleswig Holstein. It was built in 1923, and became a visiting place for important figures in the world of the arts from then until the beginning of World War II. Chief among them was Thomas Mann (whose The Magic Mountain was written in the Sylt area), who frequented the house, sometimes with his son Klaus. Others who stayed there or visited included Ernst Rowohlt, Emil Nolde, René Sintenis, and the conductors Erich Kleiber and Bruno Walter.

Anthony van Hoboken describes a visit to Kliffende in August 1928 (OJ 11/54, [24] and Schenker's reply OJ 89/2, [7]).

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Correspondence

• OJ 11/54, [24] Typed letter from Hoboken to Schenker, dated August 27, 1928

  Hoboken recounts his and his wife's travels through Germany, including encounters with Thomas Mann and others. He expects to return to Vienna in mid-October.

• OJ 89/2, [7] Handwritten letter from Schenker to Hoboken, dated September 5, 1928

  The Schenkers have just returned to Vienna. — The "fantastic nature" of the Hobokens' travels by auto. — The exceptional heat in Galtür. —Salzburg as magnificent but too small to hold Mozart.

• OJ 89/3, [3] Typewritten letter (carbon copy) from Hoboken to Schenker, dated July 7, 1929

  Hoboken recounts recent travels. — Is now at Kliffende, where he is about to build a house. — Reports meetings with Hubermann and Harburger; encloses a letter and articles from the latter. — Refers to a Vrieslander problem.