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Bökingharde Frisian
Bökingharde ( Mooring North Frisian: ''Böökinghiird''; ) was an ''amt'' (collective municipality) in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was situated on the North Sea coast, approx. 35 km northwest of Husum. Its seat was in Risum-Lindholm. In January 2008, it was merged with the ''Ämter'' Karrharde, Süderlügum and Wiedingharde, and the municipalities Niebüll and Leck to form the ''Amt'' Südtondern. The ''Amt'' of Bökingharde consisted of the following municipalities (population in parentheses): * Dagebüll (939) *Galmsbüll (664) *Risum-Lindholm (3627) *Stedesand Stedesand ( North Frisian: ''Stääsönj'') is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second m ... (870) Former Ämter in Schleswig-Holstein {{Nordfriesland-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Amt (subnational Entity)
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to a US township or county or English shire district. Current usage Germany Prevalence The ''Amt'' (plural: ''Ämter'') is unique to the German '' Bundesländer'' (federal states) of Schleswig-Holstein, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg. Other German states had this division in the past. Some states have similar administrative units called ''Samtgemeinde'' (Lower Saxony), ''Verbandsgemeinde'' ( Rhineland-Palatinate) or '' Verwaltungsgemeinschaft'' ( Baden-Württemberg, Bavaria, Saxony, Saxony-Anhalt, Thuringia). Definition An ''Amt'', as well as the other above-mentioned units, is subordinate to a ''Kreis'' (district) and is a collection of municipalities. The amt is lower than district-level government but higher tha ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |