Eiderstedt (Amt)
Introduction '''Eiderstedt''' (; ; North Frisian: ''Ääderstää'')  is an ''Amt'' ("collective municipality") in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The ''Amt'' covers the peninsula of Eiderstedt, excepted for the town of Tönning.
History On January 1, 2008, the independent municipality of Sankt Peter-Ording became part of the Amt.
Subdivision The Amt Eiderstedt consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets):#Garding (2,664) town#Garding, Kirchspiel (344) #Grothusenkoog (20)#Katharinenheerd (173)#Kotzenbüll (236)#Norderfriedrichskoog (44)#Oldenswort (1,282)#Osterhever (246)#Poppenbüll (179)#Sankt Peter-Ording (4,177) #Tating (990)#Tetenbüll (610)#Tümlauer-Koog (100)#Vollerwiek (224)#Welt (214)#Westerhever (129)
Coat of arms The coat of arms displays a golden ship on a blue background with 3 sails in which are drawn, in red, a leopard, a cow and a fish.
References
External links *  Amt Eiderstedt official site*  Eiderstedt.net Eiderstedt peninsula website*  Eiderstedt peninsula website