Nordfriesland (district)

Nordfriesland
Flag of Nordfriesland
Coat of arms of Nordfriesland
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
CapitalHusum
Government
 • District admin.Florian Lorenzen (CDU)
Area
 • Total
2,047 km2 (790 sq mi)
Population
 (31 December 2022)[1]
 • Total
169,043
 • Density83/km2 (210/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationNF
Websitenordfriesland.de
Marshland in Eiderstedt, typical of the North Frisian coast
Horsecart coming from a Hallig island in the mudflat at low tide

Nordfriesland (German pronunciation: [nɔʁtˈfʁiːslant] ; Danish: Nordfrisland; North Frisian: Nordfraschlönj [nɔʀdˈfʀaʃlœɲ] Low German: Noordfreesland), 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 of the island of Heligoland), as well as adjacent parts of the Schleswig Geest to the east and Stapelholm to the south, and is bounded (from the east and clockwise) by the districts of Schleswig-Flensburg and Dithmarschen, the North Sea and the Danish county of South Jutland. The district is called Kreis Nordfriesland in German, Kreis Noordfreesland in Low German, Kris Nordfraschlönj in Mooring North Frisian, Kreis Nuurdfresklun in Fering North Frisian and Nordfrislands amt in Danish.

As of 2008, Nordfriesland was the most visited rural district in Germany.[2]

  1. ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
  2. ^ "Tourismus- und Hotelatlas 2009-2010" (PDF) (in German). Georg & Ottenströer. p. 8. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09.[permanent dead link]