Nordfriesland (district)

Coordinates: 54°35′N 9°00′E / 54.58°N 9.0°E / 54.58; 9.0
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Nordfriesland
District
Husum
Government
 • District admin.Florian Lorenzen (CDU)
Area
 • Total2,047 km2 (790 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total169,043
 • Density83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationNF
Websitenordfriesland.de
Marshland in Eiderstedt, typical of the North Frisian coast
Hallig island in the mudflat at low tide

Nordfriesland (German pronunciation:

Fering North Frisian and Nordfrislands amt in Danish
.

As of 2008, Nordfriesland was the most visited rural district in Germany.[2]

History

The sea has always had a strong influence in the region. In

storm surge in 1362. The island of Strand vanished in the Burchardi flood
, another disastrous storm in 1634. Subsequent to this storm surge, there were many small islets instead of Strand.

From approximately 1200 until 1864, the area that is now Nordfriesland was a part of the Duchy of Schleswig, which itself was not directly a part of the Danish Kingdom, but a fiefdom of the Danish crown and linked to the kings of Denmark by personal union as a separate entity. Nordfriesland is still a multilingual district: there are people speaking standard German, Low German, North Frisian and Danish including South Jutlandic. The North Frisian language exists in nine slightly different dialects, yet it is mainly used by older citizens in mainland Nordfriesland. A relatively lively community of Frisian speakers exists though on the islands of Föhr and Amrum. After becoming German, three districts were established in the region: Südtondern in the north, Husum in the centre, and Eiderstedt in the south. In 1970 these three districts were merged to form the Nordfriesland district.

Geography

North Frisia within the modern Nordfriesland district.

The entire coastal region is part of the

River Eider
meets the sea.

The

Halligen
.

Coat of arms

 The coat of arms displays three
head
.

Towns and municipalities

Independent towns and municipalities
  1. Friedrichstadt
  2. Husum
  3. Tönning
  4. Reußenköge
Ämter
  1. Garding1, 2
  2. Garding, Kirchspiel
  3. Grothusenkoog
  4. Katharinenheerd
  5. Kotzenbüll
  6. Norderfriedrichskoog
  7. Oldenswort
  8. Osterhever
  9. Poppenbüll
  10. Sankt Peter-Ording
  11. Tating
  12. Tetenbüll
  13. Tümlauer-Koog
  14. Vollerwiek
  15. Welt
  16. Westerhever
  1. Alkersum
  2. Borgsum
  3. Dunsum
  4. Midlum
  5. Nebel
  6. Nieblum
  7. Norddorf
  8. Oevenum
  9. Oldsum
  10. Süderende
  11. Utersum
  12. Witsum
  13. Wittdün
  14. Wrixum
  15. Wyk auf Föhr1, 2
  1. Hörnum
  2. Kampen
  3. List
  4. Sylt1
  5. Wenningstedt-Braderup
  1. Ahrenshöft
  2. Almdorf
  3. Bargum
  4. Bohmstedt
  5. Bordelum
  6. Bredstedt1, 2
  7. Breklum
  8. Drelsdorf
  9. Goldebek
  10. Goldelund
  11. Högel
  12. Joldelund
  13. Kolkerheide
  14. Langenhorn
  15. Lütjenholm
  16. Ockholm
  17. Sönnebüll
  18. Struckum
  19. Vollstedt
  1. Arlewatt
  2. Drage
  3. Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog
  4. Fresendelf
  5. Hattstedt
  6. Hattstedtermarsch
  7. Horstedt
  8. Hude
  9. Koldenbüttel
  10. Mildstedt1
  11. Nordstrand
  12. Oldersbek
  13. Olderup
  14. Ostenfeld
  15. Ramstedt
  16. Rantrum
  17. Schwabstedt
  18. Seeth
  19. Simonsberg
  20. Süderhöft
  21. Südermarsch
  22. Uelvesbüll
  23. Winnert
  24. Wisch
  25. Wittbek
  26. Witzwort
  27. Wobbenbüll
  1. Gröde
  2. Hooge
  3. Langeneß
  4. Pellworm1
  1. Achtrup
  2. Aventoft
  3. Bosbüll
  4. Braderup
  5. Bramstedtlund
  6. Dagebüll
  7. Ellhöft
  8. Emmelsbüll-Horsbüll
  9. Enge-Sande
  10. Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog
  11. Galmsbüll
  12. Holm
  13. Humptrup
  14. Karlum
  15. Klanxbüll
  16. Klixbüll
  17. Ladelund
  18. Leck
  19. Lexgaard
  20. Neukirchen
  21. Niebüll1, 2
  22. Risum-Lindholm
  23. Rodenäs
  24. Sprakebüll
  25. Stadum
  26. Stedesand
  27. Süderlügum
  28. Tinningstedt
  29. Uphusum
  30. Westre
  1. Ahrenviöl
  2. Ahrenviölfeld
  3. Behrendorf
  4. Bondelum
  5. Haselund
  6. Immenstedt
  7. Löwenstedt
  8. Norstedt
  9. Oster-Ohrstedt
  10. Schwesing
  11. Sollwitt
  12. Viöl1
  13. Wester-Ohrstedt
1seat of the Amt; 2town

See also

References

  1. Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein
    .
  2. ^ "Tourismus- und Hotelatlas 2009-2010" (PDF) (in German). Georg & Ottenströer. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09.[permanent dead link]

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