Lundenberg Hundred (; , older: ''Lundæbyarg Herred'') was a mediaeval

hundred 100 or one hundred (Roman numerals, Roman numeral: C) is the natural number following 99 (number), 99 and preceding 101 (number), 101. In mathematics 100 is the square of 10 (number), 10 (in scientific notation it is written as 102). The standar ...

located in the southern part of

North Frisia North Frisia (; ; ; ; ) is the northernmost portion of Frisia, located in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, between the rivers Eider River, Eider and Vidå, Wiedau. It also includes the North Frisian Islands and Heligoland. The region is traditionally ...

in the Danish region of

Southern Schleswig Southern Schleswig ( or ', ; ) is the southern half of the former Duchy of Schleswig in Germany on the Jutland Peninsula. The geographical area today covers the large area between the Eider river in the south and the Flensburg Fjord in the no ...

, part of the Frisian

Uthlande Uthlande, Utlande (Low German or Old Danish: ''The outer lands'', in Danish also: ''Friselagen'') is a term for the islands, halligen and marshes off the mainland of North Frisia in the Southwest Jutland, modern Nordfriesland district, Germany. ...

. Lundenberg Hundred was one of the so-called Five Hundreds or Strand Hundreds on the island, the others being Edoms Hundred,

Beltring Hundred Beltring Hundred (; , older: ''Byltryng Herred'') was a mediaeval Hundred (county subdivision), hundred located in the southern part of North Frisia in the Denmark, Danish region of Southern Schleswig, part of the Frisian Uthlande. It encompassed ...

, Southern Goes Hundred, and Pellworm Hundred. It encompassed the southeastern part of the former island of

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, between what are now the peninsulae of Nordstrand and

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 ...

. The hundred was split in two as a result of the

Grote Mandrenke Saint Marcellus's flood or (Low Saxon: ; , 'Great Drowning of Men') was an intense extratropical cyclone, coinciding with a new moon, which swept across the British Isles, the Netherlands, northern Germany, and Denmark (including Schleswig/Sout ...

in 1362. The towns of Ham and Lith, located north of the Heverstrom

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, became part of Edoms Hundred. These towns were flooded and sank into the sea along with most of the island of Strand itself during the

Burchardi flood The Burchardi flood (also known as the second Grote Mandrenke) was a storm tide that struck the North Sea coast of North Frisia, Dithmarschen (in modern-day Germany) and southwest Jutland (in modern-day Denmark) on the night between 11 and 12 ...

of 1634. The southern part of the hundred did not entirely sink in the storm, but was nevertheless heavily damaged by waves, which completely destroyed the towns of Lundenberg and Padelack. Today, remnants of the old hundred are now part of the island-turned-peninsula of Nordstrand, as well as the site of the town of Simonsberg, Germany, located southwest of

Husum Husum (, ) is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The town was the birthplace of the novelist Theodor Storm, who coined the epithet "the grey town by the sea". It is also the home of the annual i ...

References

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