Nordstrand, Germany

Nordstrand (German pronunciation:; North Frisian: di Ströön) is a peninsula and former island in North Frisia on the North Sea coast of Germany. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Its area is 50 km² and its population is 2,300. Nordstrand has two municipalities, Nordstrand and smaller Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog, which are part of the AmtNordsee-Treene.

In medieval times Nordstrand was a part of the larger island of Strand, which was torn into pieces in a disastrous storm tidein 1634. More than 6,000 people drowned. Before 1634 the area of the island was about 210 square miles (540 km). Other remnants of Strand are Pellworm and some Halligen islets. Similar storm surge destruction occurred in 1362 when the town of Rungholt and 28 churches (out of 59 at that time) with the associated villages perished.

Nordstrand is accessible by road over a causeway, which connects to the mainland and was built in 1936. In 1987 the polder was completed, turning the former island into a peninsula.