Aventoft
Aventoft | |
|---|---|
 The church at Aventoft | |
Location of Aventoft within Nordfriesland district  | |
  Aventoft  Aventoft | |
| Coordinates: 54°53′N 8°49′E / 54.883°N 8.817°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Schleswig-Holstein |
| District | Nordfriesland |
| Municipal assoc. | Südtondern |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 404 |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Vehicle registration | NF |
| Website | www.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.[2]
History
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).[3] 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”).[4]
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.[5]
See also
References
- ^ "Bevölkerung der Gemeinden in Schleswig-Holstein 4. Quartal 2023" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt für Hamburg und Schleswig-Holstein.
- ^ "Syd for Tønder" (in Danish). 20 October 2016. Retrieved 17 August 2025.
- ^ Laur, Wolfgang (1992). Historisches Ortsnamenlexikon von Schleswig-Holstein (in German) (2nd ed.). Neumünster: Wachholtz. p. 134.
- ^ Peter Jørgensen: Die Ortsnamen Südschleswigs. Copenhagen 1979, p. 13.<ref>Jørgensen, Peter (1979). Die Ortsnamen Südschleswigs. Copenhagen: Akademisk forlag. p. 13.
- ^ Jørgensen, Peter (1979). Die Ortsnamen Südschleswigs (in German). Copenhagen: Akademisk forlag. p. 14.