Amt Karrharde

AMT KARRHARDE

State : Schleswig-Holstein
District (Kreis) : Nordfriesland (until 1970 Südtondern)
Additions: 1966 Amt Enge (partly), Amt Klixbüll (partly), Amt Leck, Amt Medelby; 1968 Amt Ladelund
Incorporated into: 2008 Amt Südtondern

Official blazon
German	In Gold auf schwarzem Schildfuß mit durchgehendem goldenen Flechtzaun drei hochstämmige grüne Bäume, deren mittlerer etwas überhöht ist und deren freie Zwischenräume durch zwei kleine grüne Bäume gefüllt sind.
English	blazon wanted

Origin/meaning

The arms were officially granted on July 17, 1970.

The arms are based on the seal of the historical Amt Karrharde, known since 1359. The meaning of the trees is not known, but in the arms from 1970 they also indicate the 5 former Ämter that merged in 1966 to for the new Amt Karrharde.

The base shows a wicker fence, used to protect the area from the North Sea and which also slowly caused the land to expand, as the fences collected the sands, thereby enlarging the land. The black colour of the base symbolises the swamps that used to be common in the area.

To the Amt Karrharde belonged:

Achtrup (1968 Büllsbüll; 1974 Lütjenhorn)
Bramstedtlund
Enge-Sande (1974 Enge, Engerheide, Knorburg, Sande, Schardebüll, Soholm)
Karlum
Klixbüll
Ladelund (1970 Boverstedt)
Sprakebüll
Stadum (1974 Holzacker)
Tinningstedt
Westre

Until 1970 the following municipalities also belonged to the Amt :

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