Eiderstedt (Amt)

Eiderstedt (Eiderstedt; Ejdersted; 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):


 * 1) Garding (2,664) [town]
 * 2) Garding, Kirchspiel (344)
 * 3) Grothusenkoog (20)
 * 4) Katharinenheerd (173)
 * 5) Kotzenbüll (236)
 * 6) Norderfriedrichskoog (44)
 * 7) Oldenswort (1,282)
 * 8) Osterhever (246)
 * 9) Poppenbüll (179)
 * 10) Sankt Peter-Ording (4,177)
 * 11) Tating (990)
 * 12) Tetenbüll (610)
 * 13) Tümlauer-Koog (100)
 * 14) Vollerwiek (224)
 * 15) Welt (214)
 * 16) 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.