Nordstrand, Germany
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- This article is about the island in Germany. To read about the borough in Oslo, Norway, see Nordstrand, Norway.
Nordstrand (frisian Noordströön) is one of the North Frisian Islands 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.
In medieval times Nordstrand was a part of the larger island of Strand which was torn into pieces in a disastrous storm tide in 1634. Other remnants of Strand are Pellworm and the Halligen islets.
Nordstrand is accessible via a road embankment which connects to the mainland and was built in 1936.
The Amt Nordstrand consists of the following municipalities (population in 2005 between brackets):
- Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog (47)
- Nordstrand * (2.270)
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External link
- Page on Nordstrand with much information on the 1634 flood, including an eyewitness account by the Dutch hydraulic engineer Jan Adriaanszoon Leeghwater
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