Nordstrand, Germany

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Nordstrand (frisian Noordströön) is one of the North Frisian Islands 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 km², and its population is 2,300.

In medieval times Nordstrand was a part of the larger island of Strand which was torn into pieces in a disastrous storm tide in 1634. Other remnants of Strand are Pellworm and the Halligen islets.

Nordstrand is accessible via a bridge which connects to the mainland and was built in 1936.

External link

• Page on Nordstrand (http://www.rabbel.info/nordstrand.html) with much information on the 1634 flood, including an eyewitness account by the Dutch hydraulic engineer Jan Adriaanszoon Leeghwaternl:Nordstrand

Wikipedia (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page) Nordstrand,_Germany (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordstrand,_Germany) version history (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Nordstrand,_Germany&action=history) GNU Free Documentation Lizenz (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Text_of_the_GNU_Free_Documentation_License) CC-by-sa (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5/)

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