Eiderstedt (; ;
North Frisian: ''Ääderstää'') is an ''
Amt'' ("collective municipality") in the district of
Nordfriesland
Nordfriesland (; ; Low German: Noordfreesland), also known as North Frisia, is the northernmost Districts of Germany, district of Germany, part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. It includes almost all of traditional North Frisia (with the e ...
, in
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...
,
Germany
Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...
. The ''Amt'' covers the peninsula of
Eiderstedt
Eiderstedt (, ; ; North Frisian: ''Ääderstää'') is a peninsula in the district of Nordfriesland in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein.
Overview
It is approximately 30 km in length and 15 km in width and has been cre ...
, excepted for the town of
Tönning.
History
On January 1, 2008, the independent municipality of
Sankt Peter-Ording became part of the Amt.
Subdivision
The Amt Eiderstedt consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets):
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Garding
Garding () is a town in the district of Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It has a population of 2,700 (as of 2007). It is located in the Eiderstedt peninsula, and part of the ''Amt (subnational entity), Amt'' Eiderstedt (Amt), Eidersted ...
(2,664)
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Garding, Kirchspiel (344)
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Grothusenkoog (20)
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Katharinenheerd (173)
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Kotzenbüll (236)
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Norderfriedrichskoog (44)
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Oldenswort
Oldenswort () is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, next to the river Eider.
Personalities
The earliest atheist known by name in modern Europe, Matthias Knutzen, was born here sometime in early 1646. ...
(1,282)
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Osterhever (246)
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Poppenbüll (179)
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Sankt Peter-Ording (4,177)
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Tating (990)
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Tetenbüll
Tetenbüll () is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.
Geography and transport
Tetenbüll lies about 8 km northwest of Tönning and 12 km northeast of St. Peter-Ording on the Eiderstedt peni ...
(610)
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Tümlauer-Koog (100)
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Vollerwiek (224)
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Welt (214)
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Westerhever (129)
Coat of arms
The coat of arms displays a
gold
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en
ship
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on a
blue
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background with 3 sails in which are drawn, in red, a leopard, a cow and a fish.
Blazon description and infos on schleswig-holstein.de
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References
External links
Amt Eiderstedt official site
Eiderstedt.net Eiderstedt peninsula website
Eiderstedt peninsula website
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Ämter in Schleswig-Holstein