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Schleswig-Holstein
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Husum
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2047
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165,800
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2002
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(literally "Northern
Frisia ") is a district in
Schleswig-Holstein ,
Germany . It is bounded by (from the east and clockwise) the districts of
Schleswig-Flensburg and
Dithmarschen , the
North Sea and the
Danish county of
South Jutland .
There has always been a strong influence of the sea in the region. In
Medieval times
Storm Tide s made life in Nordfriesland quite dangerous. Only in modern times the loss of land and lives could be stopped by building solid
Dike s. Many villages that once were, are now at the bottom of the sea. The best-known example is the small seaport of
Rungholt , which was
Destroyed by a storm tide in
1362 . The island of
Strand vanished in
Another Disastrous Storm in
1634 : subsequent to this storm tide there were many small islets instead of Strand.
Until in the north,
Husum in the centre, and
Eiderstedt in the south. In
1970 the three districts were merged.
The entire coast is part of the
Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park . Nordfriesland includes the coastal section between Dithmarschen and Denmark. In the south there is the
Eiderstedt peninsula, where the
River Eider meets the sea.
The
North Frisian Islands are part of the district and located inside the national park as well. There are five large islands (
Sylt ,
Föhr ,
Amrum ,
Pellworm and
Nordstrand ) and ten small islets known as
Halligen .
The coat of arms displays three , a
Herring and a
Bull 's
Head .
