Nordfriesland (district)

Nordfriesland is the northernmost district of Germany. It is part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein.

District
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Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
Capital	Husum
Area
• Total	2,047 km2 (790 sq mi)
Population  (2002)
• Total	165,800
• Density	81.00/km2 (209.78/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+1 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+2 (CEST)
Vehicle registration	NF
Website	nordfriesland.de

The entire coastal region is part of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park. In the south is the Eiderstedt peninsula, where the River Eider joins the sea. The North Frisian Islands are also part of the Nordfriesland district. There are five large islands (Sylt, Föhr, Amrum, Pellworm and Nordstrand) and ten smaller islets known as Halligen.

Towns and municipalities

Independent towns and municipalities
Friedrichstadt Husum Tönning Reußenköge

Ämter
1. Eiderstedt Garding1, 2 Garding, Kirchspiel Grothusenkoog Katharinenheerd Kotzenbüll Norderfriedrichskoog Oldenswort Osterhever Poppenbüll Sankt Peter-Ording Tating Tetenbüll Tümlauer-Koog Vollerwiek Welt Westerhever 2. Föhr-Amrum Alkersum Borgsum Dunsum Midlum Nebel Nieblum Norddorf Oevenum Oldsum Süderende Utersum Witsum Wittdün Wrixum Wyk auf Föhr1, 2 3. Landschaft Sylt Hörnum Kampen List Sylt1 Wenningstedt-Braderup	4. Mittleres Nordfriesland Ahrenshöft Almdorf Bargum Bohmstedt Bordelum Bredstedt1, 2 Breklum Drelsdorf Goldebek Goldelund Högel Joldelund Kolkerheide Langenhorn Lütjenholm Ockholm Sönnebüll Struckum Vollstedt 5. Nordsee-Treene Arlewatt Drage Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog Fresendelf Hattstedt Hattstedtermarsch Horstedt Hude Koldenbüttel Mildstedt1 Nordstrand Oldersbek Olderup Ostenfeld Ramstedt Rantrum Schwabstedt Seeth Simonsberg Süderhöft Südermarsch Uelvesbüll Winnert Wisch Wittbek Witzwort Wobbenbüll	6. Pellworm Gröde Hooge Langeneß Pellworm1 7. Südtondern Achtrup Aventoft Bosbüll Braderup Bramstedtlund Dagebüll Ellhöft Emmelsbüll-Horsbüll Enge-Sande Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog Galmsbüll Holm Humptrup Karlum Klanxbüll Klixbüll Ladelund Leck Lexgaard Neukirchen Niebüll1, 2 Risum-Lindholm Rodenäs Sprakebüll Stadum Stedesand Süderlügum Tinningstedt Uphusum Westre 8. Viöl Ahrenviöl Ahrenviölfeld Behrendorf Bondelum Haselund Immenstedt Löwenstedt Norstedt Oster-Ohrstedt Schwesing Sollwitt Viöl1 Wester-Ohrstedt
1seat of the Amt; 2town

Nordfriesland (district) Media

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  Marshland in Eiderstedt, typical of the North Frisian coast

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  Horsecart coming from a Hallig island in the mudflat at low tide

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  North Frisia within the modern Nordfriesland district.