Wiedingharde
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Wiedingharde was an amt
Amt (subnational entity)
Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only found in Germany, but formerly also common in northern European countries. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to a U.S...

(collective municipality) in the district of Nordfriesland
Nordfriesland
Nordfriesland, English "Northern Friesland" or "North Frisia", is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It includes almost all of traditional North Frisia along with adjacent areas to the east and south and is bounded by the districts of Schleswig-Flensburg and Dithmarschen, the North Sea and...

, in Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein
Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the sixteen states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Schleswig...

, Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

. It was situated on the North Sea
North Sea
In the southwest, beyond the Straits of Dover, the North Sea becomes the English Channel connecting to the Atlantic Ocean. In the east, it connects to the Baltic Sea via the Skagerrak and Kattegat, narrow straits that separate Denmark from Norway and Sweden respectively...

 coast and on the border with Denmark
Denmark
Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

. Its seat was in Neukirchen (Naisjösbel). In January 2008, it was merged with the Ämter Karrharde
Karrharde
Karrharde was an amt in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was situated on the border with Denmark, approx. 35 km north of Husum, and 25 km west of Flensburg. Its seat was in Leck, itself not part of the amt...

, Süderlügum
Süderlügum (Amt)
Süderlügum was an Amt in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Its seat was in Süderlügum...

 and Bökingharde
Bökingharde
Bökingharde was an amt in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was situated on the North Sea coast, approx. 35 km northwest of Husum. Its seat was in Risum-Lindholm...

, and the municipalities Niebüll
Niebüll
Niebüll is a town in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated near the North Sea coast and the border with Denmark, approx. 35 km northwest of Husum.-International relations:...

 and Leck
Leck
Leck |Mooring North Frisian]]: Leek) is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated approx. 30 km north of Husum, and 30 km west of Flensburg.It is also home to the former Leck Air Base....

 to form the Amt Südtondern
Südtondern
Südtondern is an Amt in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.-History:Its seat is in Niebüll...

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The amt of Wiedingharde consisted of these municipalities (population in parentheses):
  • Aventoft
    Aventoft
    Aventoft is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....

     (508)
  • Emmelsbüll-Horsbüll
    Emmelsbüll-Horsbüll
    Emmelsbüll-Horsbüll is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....

     (1056)
  • Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog
    Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog
    Friedrich-Wilhelm-Lübke-Koog is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.The municipality is located in and named after the polder , which was finished in 1954 and named in honour of Schleswig-Holstein's Minister-President Friedrich-Wilhelm Lübke , who had...

     (165)
  • Klanxbüll
    Klanxbüll
    Klanxbüll is a municipality on the mainland in the northwest corner of Schleswig-Holstein, in Kreis Nordfriesland. The municipality belongs to the Amt Südtondern.-History:...

     (941)
  • Neukirchen
    Neukirchen, Nordfriesland
    Neukirchen is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....

     (1315)
  • Rodenäs
    Rodenäs
    Rodenäs is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany....

    (452)
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