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Risum-Lindholm ( frr, Risem-Loonham) is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in
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.
Schleswig-Holstein
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, Germany
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Geography
Location
Risum-Lindholm lies about five kilometres southeast ofNiebüll
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 six kilometres west of Leck on a boundary between a low, sandy area of geest 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 a ...
es.
Villages
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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