Eiderstedt (Amt)
Eiderstedt | |
|---|---|
 Coat of arms | |
Location of Eiderstedt within Nordfriesland district  | |
  Eiderstedt  Eiderstedt | |
| Coordinates: 54°20′N 08°47′E / 54.333°N 8.783°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Nordfriesland |
| Subdivisions | 16 municipalities |
| Government | |
| • Amtsvorsteher | Hans Wolff |
| Area | |
| • Total | 248.97 km2 (96.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
| • Total | 11,490 |
| • Density | 46/km2 (120/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | NF |
| Website | www.amt-eiderstedt.de |
Eiderstedt (German: Eiderstedt; Danish: Ejdersted; North Frisian: Ääderstää) is an Amt ("collective municipality") in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The Amt covers the peninsula of Eiderstedt, 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):
- Garding (2,664) [town]
- Garding, Kirchspiel (344)
- Grothusenkoog (20)
- Katharinenheerd (173)
- Kotzenbüll (236)
- Norderfriedrichskoog (44)
- Oldenswort (1,282)
- Osterhever (246)
- Poppenbüll (179)
- Sankt Peter-Ording (4,177)
- Tating (990)
- Tetenbüll (610)
- Tümlauer-Koog (100)
- Vollerwiek (224)
- Welt (214)
- Westerhever (129)
Coat of arms
The coat of arms displays a golden ship on a blue background with 3 sails in which are drawn, in red, a leopard, a cow and a fish.[2]
