Aventoft

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Aventoft
Municipality
The church at Aventoft
The church at Aventoft
Location of Aventoft within Nordfriesland district

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Location of Aventoft
Aventoft is located in Germany
Aventoft
Aventoft
Aventoft is located in Schleswig-Holstein
Aventoft
Aventoft
Coordinates: 54°53′N 8°49′E / 54.883°N 8.817°E / 54.883; 8.817
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
DistrictNordfriesland
Municipal assoc.Südtondern
Area
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 • Total
14.47 km2 (5.59 sq mi)
Population
 (2023-12-31)[2]
 • Total
413
 • Density28.5/km2 (73.9/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC+01:00 (CET)
 • Summer (DST)UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Vehicle registrationNF
Websitewww.aventoft.de

Aventoft (North Frisian: Oowentoft) is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. The village is ethnically Danish with a Frisian minority.[3]

History

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The place name was first recorded in writing in the 15th century. It is composed of the Danish -toft (“homestead, settlement site”) and the genitive of the personal name des Aghni (from Old Danish Aghni, Old Norse Agni).[4] The hamlet of Klindt was first documented in 1674 as klint, referring to an elevation west of Aventoft Church (Danish klint meaning “hill” or “slope”).[5]

The name Verlath derives from Dutch dike builders and goes back to Middle Dutch verlaten meaning “to let through.” It designated the sluices used for draining the Gotteskoog at the southern edge of the Ruttebüll Lake. The name is first recorded around 1707. The dialectal prefix Vi- reflects Danish-Jutish pronunciation.[6]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2018 (4. Quartal)" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. Retrieved 10 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Alle politisch selbständigen Gemeinden mit ausgewählten Merkmalen am 31.12.2023" (in German). Federal Statistical Office of Germany. 28 October 2024. Retrieved 16 November 2024.
  3. ^ "Syd for Tønder" (in Danish). 20 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
  4. ^ Laur, Wolfgang (1992). Historisches Ortsnamenlexikon von Schleswig-Holstein (in German) (2nd ed.). Neumünster: Wachholtz. p. 134.
  5. ^ Peter Jørgensen: Die Ortsnamen Südschleswigs. Copenhagen 1979, p. 13.<ref>Jørgensen, Peter (1979). Die Ortsnamen Südschleswigs. Copenhagen: Akademisk forlag. p. 13.
  6. ^ Jørgensen, Peter (1979). Die Ortsnamen Südschleswigs (in German). Copenhagen: Akademisk forlag. p. 14.


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