Föhr-Land

Föhr-Land was an ''

Amt Amt is a type of administrative division governing a group of municipalities, today only in Germany, but formerly also common in other countries of Northern Europe. Its size and functions differ by country and the term is roughly equivalent to ...

'' ("collective 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 ...

, in

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG),, is a country in Central Europe. It is the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany lies between the Baltic and North Sea to the north and the Alps to the sou ...

. It covered the island of

Föhr Föhr ( ''Fering'' North Frisian: ''Feer''; da, Før) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Föhr is the second-largest ...

(except the independent town

Wyk auf Föhr ( ''Fering'' North Frisian: ''Wik'', ''a Wik'', or ''Bi a Wik''; da, Vyk på Før) is the only town on Föhr, the second largest of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. Like the entire island it belongs to the dist ...

), in the

North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Norway, Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands and Belgium. An epeiric sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian S ...

, approx. 45 km northwest 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 of ...

. Its seat was in Midlum until August 1, 2006, since then it was in the town hall of Wyk auf Föhr. In January 2007, the ''Amt'' Föhr-Land has been merged with the previously independent town

and the ''Amt'' Amrum, to form the ''Amt''

Föhr-Amrum Föhr-Amrum is an ''Amt'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The ''Amt'' covers the islands Föhr and Amrum. Its seat is in Wyk auf Föhr. Föhr-Amrum was created on 1 January 2007 as a mer ...

. Until January 1, 2007, the ''Amt'' Föhr-Land consisted of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets): *

Alkersum Alkersum ( Fering: ''Aalkersem'', da, Alkersum) is a municipality in the Nordfriesland district, in Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. Geography Alkersum is situated in the center of the island in the geestland of Föhr. History First settle ...

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Borgsum Borgsum ( Fering: ''Borigsem'') is a municipality on the island of Föhr in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. History The name means "Settlement at the castle". Said castle is the ''Lembecksburg'', in fact a medieval ...

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Dunsum Dunsum ( Fering: ''Dunsem'') is a municipality located on the western shore of Föhr in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is composed of the districts of Greater and Lesser Dunsum. Geography and traffic From Dunsum ...

(79) * Midlum (362) *

Nieblum Nieblum ( Fering: ''Njiblem'', Danish: ''Niblum'') is a municipality on the island of Föhr, in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Geography Nieblum is located on the southern shore of Föhr, approximately halfways bet ...

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Oevenum Oevenum ( Fering: ''Ööwenem'', da, Øvenum) is a municipality on the island of Föhr, in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. History In 1796 23 houses in the neighbouring village of Nieblum were destroyed by a fire. ...

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Oldsum Oldsum ( Fering: ''Olersem'') is a municipality on the island of Föhr, in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Geography The municipality of Oldsum consists of the three hamlets of Oldsum, Klintum ( Fering: ''Klantem'' ...

(564) * Süderende (185) *

Utersum Utersum ( Fering North Frisian: ''Ödersem'', da, Yttersum) is a municipality on the island of Föhr, in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The municipality includes the hamlet of Hedehusum. Geography The village is ...

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Witsum Witsum ( da, Vitsum, North Frisian: ''Wiisem'') is a municipality on the island of Föhr, in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Geography Witsum is the smallest village on Föhr. From here one can see the Halligen and ...

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Wrixum Wrixum (; Fering: ''Wraksem'', Danish: ''Vriksum'') is a municipality on the island of Föhr, in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Geography and traffic Wrixum is one of eleven municipalities on Föhr and it is situa ...

(689) Former Ämter in Schleswig-Holstein {{Nordfriesland-geo-stub