Eiderstedt (Amt)

Eiderstedt
Coat of arms
Eiderstedt
Location of Eiderstedt within Nordfriesland district
Coordinates: 54°20′N 08°47′E / 54.333°N 8.783°ECoordinates: 54°20′N 08°47′E / 54.333°N 8.783°E
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Nordfriesland
Government
• Amtsvorsteher	Hans Wolff
Area
• Total	248.97 km^2 (96.13 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
• Total	11,004
• Density	44/km^2 (110/sq mi)
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
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):

1. Garding (2,664) [town]
2. Garding, Kirchspiel (344)
3. Grothusenkoog (20)
4. Katharinenheerd (173)
5. Kotzenbüll (236)
6. Norderfriedrichskoog (44)
7. Oldenswort (1,282)
8. Osterhever (246)
9. Poppenbüll (179)
10. Sankt Peter-Ording (4,177)
11. Tating (990)
12. Tetenbüll (610)
13. Tümlauer-Koog (100)
14. Vollerwiek (224)
15. Welt (214)
16. 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]

References

1. "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2013] (XLS-Datei) (Fortschreibung auf Basis des Zensus 2011)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German). 25 July 2013.
2. (German) Blazon description and infos on schleswig-holstein.de

External links

• (German) Amt Eiderstedt official site
• (German) Eiderstedt.net Eiderstedt peninsula website
• (German) Eiderstedt peninsula website