Reußenköge

Reußenköge (Danish: Reussenkog) is a sparsely populated municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated directly adjacent the shoreline of the North Sea coast, in a driving distance of in between 15 up to 29 km northwest of the county-capital city of Husum.

Reußenköge
Reussenkog
A wind farm in the Desmerciereskoog polder
Coat of arms
Location of Reußenköge
Reussenkog within Nordfriesland district
Reußenköge
Reussenkog
Reußenköge
Reussenkog
Coordinates: 54°36′33″N 8°54′16″E
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictNordfriesland
Government
  MayorDirk Albrecht (WGR)
Area
  Total45.91 km2 (17.73 sq mi)
Elevation
1 m (3 ft)
Population
 (2018-12-31)[1]
  Total320
  Density7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneCET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Postal codes
25821
Dialling codes04671, 04674, 04842
Vehicle registrationNF
Websitewww.reussenkoege.de

The municipality includes a number of six populated polders (German: Koog, plural: Köge), two of which were financed by Count Heinrich XLIII of Reuß-Schleiz-Köstritz and his wife Louise and thus bear the names Louisen-Reußen-Koog (const. 1799) and Reußenkoog (1789). Additional polders are:

  • Sophien-Magdalenen-Koog (const. 1742)
  • Desmerciereskoog (1767)
  • Cecilienkoog (1905)
  • Sönke-Nissen-Koog (1926)
  • Beltringharder Koog (only unsettled northern part) (1987)

The name of the municipality was created by combining both the first names, meaning literally in English: polders of the Reußes. A further non-residential location within the municipality is the Hamburger Hallig. In former times being a settled part of the island of Alt-Nordstrand, it was split up from the rest by the Burchardi Flood in the year 1634.

References

  1. "Statistikamt Nord – Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2018 (XLS-file)". Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein (in German).


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