North Frisia

Information about North Frisia

North Frisia or Northern Friesland is the northernmost portion of Frisia, located primarily in Germany between the rivers Eider and Wiedau. It includes a number of islands, e.g. Sylt, FÃ¶hr, Amrum, Nordstrand, and Heligoland.

History

See also: Nordfriesland

Until 1864, North Frisia was a part of the Danish Duchy of Schleswig (South Jutland). It is now part of the German state of Schleswig-Holstein with all of North Frisia except for Heligoland contained within the district of Nordfriesland. The district extends beyond the traditional area of North Frisia to the south and east.

Languages and names

In addition to standard German, North Frisia has speakers of Low German, the various dialects of the North Frisian language, and Danish, including South Jutlandic.

North Frisia is called Nordfriesland in German and Noordfreesland in Low German. In the various North Frisian dialects, it is called NordfraschlÃ¶nj in Mooring, Noordfreeskluin in Wiedingharde Frisian, NuurdfriislÃ¶n’ in SÃ¶l'ring, Nuurdfresklun or Nuardfresklun in Fering, and NÃ¶Ã¶rdfreesklÃ¶Ã¶n in Halligen Frisian. The region is called Nordfrisland in Danish.

The VidÃ¥ (German: Wiedau) is a river in Jutland, Denmark. The river starts east of TÃ¸nder and flows to the west, ending in the North Sea. The VidÃ¥ is in parts border between Denmark and Germany (through the RudbÃ¸l SÃ¸).

South of the river live the North Frisians.
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Sylt (Danish: Sild; SÃ¶l'ring North Frisian: SÃ¶l' ) is an island in northern Germany, part of Nordfrieslanddistrict, Schleswig-Holstein and well known for the distinct shape of its shoreline.
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FÃ¶hr (Fering North Frisian: Feer; Danish: FÃ¸r) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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Amrum (Ã–Ã¶mrang North Frisian: Oomram) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Its area is 20 kmÂ², and its population is 2,400.
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Nordstrand (Frisian NoordstrÃ¶Ã¶n) 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 kmÂ², and its population is 2,300.
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Helgoland
Heligoland

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Nordfriesland

''Map of Schleswig-Holstein highlighting the district of Nordfriesland
State| Schleswig-Holstein

Husum
2047 km
165,800 (2002)
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Schleswig or South Jutland (Danish: SÃ¸nderjylland or Slesvig; German: Schleswig; Low German: Sleswig; North Frisian: Slaswik or Sleesweg
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Schleswig-Holstein
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Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Administration
Country Germany

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Germany

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German language (Deutsch, ] (help info ) ) is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages.
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Low German (also called Niederdeutsch, Plattdeutsch or PlattdÃ¼Ã¼tsch) is a name for the regional language varieties of the West Germanic languages spoken mainly in Northern Germany where it is officially called Niederdeutsch
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North Frisian is a minority language of Germany, spoken by about 10,000 people in North Frisia. There are two main dialectal divisions, between those dialects of the mainland, and the insular dialects.
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Official status
Official language of: Denmark
Greenland
Faroe Islands
European Union
Nordic Council
Regulated by: Dansk SprognÃ¦vn ("Danish Language Committee")
Language codes
ISO 639-1: da
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South Jutlandic or South Jutish (Danish: SÃ¸nderjysk; German: SÃ¼djÃ¼tisch or PlattdÃ¤nisch ("Low Danish") is a dialect of the Danish language.
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Mooring or BÃ¶kingharde Frisian (BÃ¶Ã¶kinghiirder frasch) is a dialect of the North Frisian language spoken in NiebÃ¼ll and the amt of BÃ¶kingharde in the German region of North Frisia.
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Wiedingharde Frisian (Wiringhiirder freesk) is a dialect of the North Frisian language spoken in the German amt of Wiedingharde south of the border to Denmark in North Frisia (historic south of the river Widau).
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SÃ¶l'ring is the dialect of the North Frisian language spoken on the island of Sylt in the German region of North Frisia. SÃ¶l'ring refers to the SÃ¶l'ring Frisian word for Sylt, SÃ¶l'.
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Fering is the dialect of North Frisian spoken on the island of FÃ¶hr in the German region of North Frisia. Fering refers to the Fering Frisian name of FÃ¶hr, Feer.
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Halligen Frisian (Freesk) is the dialect of the North Frisian language spoken on the Halligen islands, primarily LangeneÃŸ and Hooge, in the German region of North Frisia.
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