Reußenköge
Reussenkog
A wind farm in the Desmerciereskoog polder
A wind farm in the Desmerciereskoog polder
Coat of arms of ReußenkögeReussenkog
Location of Reußenköge
Reussenkog within Nordfriesland district
ReußenkögeReussenkog  is located in Germany
ReußenkögeReussenkog
Reußenköge
Reussenkog
ReußenkögeReussenkog  is located in Schleswig-Holstein
ReußenkögeReussenkog
Reußenköge
Reussenkog
Coordinates: 54°36′33″N 8°54′16″E / 54.60917°N 8.90444°E / 54.60917; 8.90444
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictNordfriesland
Government
  MayorDirk Albrecht
Area
  Total45.91 km2 (17.73 sq mi)
Elevation
1 m (3 ft)
Population
 (2022-12-31)[1]
  Total321
  Density7.0/km2 (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
  Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes
25821
Dialling codes04671, 04674, 04842
Vehicle registrationNF
Websitewww.reussenkoege.de

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.

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. "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2022" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.


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