Karrharde

Ellumsysselk in medieval times (cropped)

Karrharde ( North Frisian: ''Kårhiird''; ) was an '' amt'' (collective municipality) in the district of Nordfriesland, in

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. It was situated on the border with

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, approx. 35 km north of

Husum Husum (, frr, Hüsem) is the capital of the ''Kreis'' (district) Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The town was the birthplace of the novelist Theodor Storm, who coined the epithet "the grey town by the sea". It is also the home o ...

, and 25 km west of Flensburg. Its seat was in Leck, itself not part of the ''amt''. In January 2008, it was merged with the ''Ämter''

Bökingharde Bökingharde ( Mooring North Frisian: ''Böökinghiird''; ) was an '' amt'' (collective municipality) in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was situated on the North Sea coast, approx. 35 km northwest of Husum. ...

, Süderlügum and

Wiedingharde Wiedingharde ( Wiedingharde North Frisian: ''Wiringhiird'') was an '' amt'' (collective municipality) in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It was situated on the North Sea coast and on the border with Denmark. Its sea ...

, and the municipalities

Niebüll Niebüll ( Mooring North Frisian: ''Naibel''; da, Nibøl) 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. Inte ...

and Leck to form the ''Amt'' Südtondern. The ''amt'' of Karrharde consisted of the following municipalities ( population in parentheses): *

Achtrup Achtrup ( da, Agtrup; North Frisian: ''Åktoorp'') is a municipality in Nordfriesland district, in Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. Besides standard German, Low German and South Jutlandic South Jutlandic or South Jutish (South Jutish: ...

(1548) * Bramstedtlund (237) * Enge-Sande (1150) *

Karlum Karlum is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after R ...

(218) * Klixbüll (932) * Ladelund (1516) * Sprakebüll (221) * Stadum (1070) * Tinningstedt (209) * Westre (400) Former Ämter in Schleswig-Holstein {{Nordfriesland-geo-stub