Eiderstedt (Amt)
Amt in Germany
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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.
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 Map of Nordfriesland highlighting Eiderstedt | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Nordfriesland |
| Region seat | Garding |
| Government | |
| • Amtsvorsteher | Christian Marwig |
| Area | |
• Total | 248.97 km2 (96.13 sq mi) |
| Population (2020-12-31) | |
• Total | 11,396 |
| Website | amt-eiderstedt.de |
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)