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Municipality in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Reußenköge
Reussenkog
Municipality
A wind farm in the Desmerciereskoog polderA wind farm in the Desmerciereskoog polder
Coat of arms of Reußenköge ReussenkogCoat of arms
Location of Reußenköge
Reussenkog within Nordfriesland district
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Reussenkog Show map of GermanyReußenköge Reussenkog is located in Schleswig-HolsteinReußenköge ReussenkogReußenköge
Reussenkog Show map of Schleswig-Holstein
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 km (17.73 sq mi)
Elevation1 m (3 ft)
Population
 • Total321
 • Density7.0/km (18/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes25821
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.
Towns and municipalities in Nordfriesland
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