Eiderstedt ( German : Eiderstedt , German pronunciation ; Danish : Ejdersted ; North Frisian : Ääderstää ) is a peninsula in the district of Nordfriesland in the German federal state of Schleswig-Holstein .
6-643: The Katinger Watt is an area near Kating (a village in the municipality of Tönning ) in the south of the Eiderstedt peninsula in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein which is partly maintained by the German Nature and Biodiversity Conservation Union, NABU . The Katinger Watt is part of two larger protected areas , of the Ramsar site Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and adjacent areas and of
12-535: A similarly named SPA . Once a region of mudflats in the estuary of the river Eider , it was drained as part of land reclamation activity and protected from flooding by the Eider Barrage . Today a third of it is farmed, the rest is a mix of woodland and bodies of water. On the far (opposite) bank of the Eider lies the nature reserve of Dithmarscher Eiderwatt , which was created in 1989 in order to moderate
18-597: The ecological consequences of the Eider Barrage. 54°17′14″N 8°54′02″E / 54.28722°N 8.90056°E / 54.28722; 8.90056 This Schleswig-Holstein location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eiderstedt It is approximately 30 km in length and 15 km in width and has been created through diking ( polders ) from three islands: Eiderstedt around Tönning , Utholm around Tating , and Evershop around Garding . The diking started around
24-654: The most prominent lighthouse in Germany. The Wadden Sea , the Eider Barrage on the Eider River and the Katinger Watt , marshlands won from the sea in the process of the construction of the Eidersperrwerk, are other tourist attractions on the peninsula. The constant threat of the sea overcoming their habitations forced Eiderstedt to a special form of self-administration at a very early stage as diking
30-469: The year 1000 AD. Since these three islands were administrative districts of their own, the area was originally called Dreilande - "Three Lands". Alluvial soil won from the North Sea makes the area well-suited for agriculture. At present, tourism dominates, particularly in the town of Sankt Peter-Ording on the peninsula's western tip. The Westerhever lighthouse is the peninsula's main emblem and
36-567: Was possible only through strong cooperation. Originally settled by Frisians , Eiderstedt was part of the Duchy of Schleswig from the 14th century on. In 1864, the Danish Duchy of Schleswig became part of Prussia . Prussian administration gave Eiderstedt independence as a district. In 1970, the district of Eiderstedt was merged with the districts of Husum and Südtondern to form the district of Nordfriesland. The peninsula represents also
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