Editing Nordfriesland (district) (section)

==History==
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The sea has always had a strong influence in the region. In [[Middle Ages|medieval]] times, [[Storm tides of the North Sea|storm tides]] made life in what is now Nordfriesland rather dangerous. Only in modern times was the loss of land and lives able to be stopped by building solid [[dike (construction)|dike]]s. Many villages that once existed are now at the bottom of the sea. The best-known example is the small seaport of [[Rungholt]], which was destroyed by a [[Grote Mandrenke|storm surge in 1362]]. The island of [[Strand (island)|Strand]] vanished in the [[Burchardi flood]], another disastrous storm in 1634. Subsequent to this storm surge, there were many small islets instead of Strand.

From approximately 1200 until 1864, the area that is now Nordfriesland was a part of the [[Duchy of Schleswig]], which itself was not directly a part of the Danish Kingdom, but a fiefdom of the Danish crown and linked to the kings of Denmark by personal union as a separate entity. Nordfriesland is still a [[multilingualism|multilingual]] district: there are people speaking [[German language|standard German]], [[Low German]], [[North Frisian language|North Frisian]] and [[Danish language|Danish]] including [[South Jutlandic]]. The North Frisian language exists in nine slightly different dialects, yet it is mainly used by older citizens in mainland Nordfriesland. A relatively lively community of Frisian speakers exists though on the islands of [[Föhr]] and [[Amrum]]. After becoming German, three districts were established in the region: [[Südtondern]] in the north, [[Husum]] in the centre, and [[Eiderstedt]] in the south. In 1970 these three districts were merged to form the Nordfriesland district.