Risum-Lindholm ( frr, Risem-Loonham) is a municipality in the district of

Nordfriesland Nordfriesland (; da, Nordfrisland; frr, Nordfraschlönj ), also known as North Frisia, is the northernmost district of Germany, part of the state of Schleswig-Holstein. It includes almost all of traditional North Frisia (with the exception o ...

, in

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Geography

Location

Risum-Lindholm lies about five kilometres southeast of

Niebüll Niebüll (Mooring (North Frisian dialect), 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&n ...

and six kilometres west of Leck on a boundary between a low, sandy area of

geest Geest is a type of landform, slightly raised above the surrounding countryside, that occurs on the plains of Northern Germany, the Northern Netherlands and Denmark. It is a landscape of sandy and gravelly soils formed as a glacial outwash plai ...

and the

marsh A marsh is a wetland that is dominated by herbaceous rather than woody plant species.Keddy, P.A. 2010. Wetland Ecology: Principles and Conservation (2nd edition). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. 497 p Marshes can often be found at ...

es.

Villages

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The municipality was formed in 1969 from the formerly independent municipalities of Risum and Lindholm. Because it extends over several kilometres, the villages of Maasbüll (North Frisian: ''Moosbel'', Danish: ''Masbøl''), Risum (NF: ''Risem''), Lindholm (NF: ''Lunham''), Klockries (NF: ''Klookriis'', Dan: ''Klokris''), Wegacker (NF: ''Wäieeker'') and Kremperhaus (Dan. ''Krempehus'') (beside Broweg (NF: ''Bruwäi''), Läiged, Legerade (NF: ''Läigeroos'') and Herrenkoog (NF: ''Hiirnekuch'', Dan: ''Herrekog''Videnskabernes Selskab: ''Kaart over den sydlige del af Slesvig'', Kopenhagen 1864), which do not lie on the long village street) are of great importance for describing a location. In local usage, the actual municipal name is rarely used, but rather the name of the respective village.

Notable people

Momme Andresen Momme Andresen (; 17 October 1857 - 12 January 1951) was a Danish-German industrial research chemist. His main area of work was to formulate better developers and fixers for black-and-white photographs. Biography Andresen attended a Volksschul ...

(1857-1951), born in Risum, industrial chemist who made practical developments in photography including the invention of

Rodinal Rodinal is the trade name of a black and white developing agent produced originally by the German company Agfa based on the chemical 4-aminophenol 4-Aminophenol (or ''para''-aminophenol or ''p''-aminophenol) is an organic compound with the form ...

References

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