Schwabstedt

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Schwabstedt Svavsted
Municipality
Coat of arms
Location of Schwabstedt Svavsted within Nordfriesland district
Schwabstedt Svavsted Show map of Germany Schwabstedt Svavsted Show map of Schleswig-Holstein
Coordinates: 54°23′45″N 9°11′14″E / 54.39583°N 9.18722°E / 54.39583; 9.18722
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Nordfriesland
Municipal assoc.	Nordsee-Treene
Government
• Mayor	Heinrich Thomsen
Area
• Total	19.64 km2 (7.58 sq mi)
Elevation	12 m (39 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,333
• Density	68/km2 (180/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	25876
Dialling codes	04884
Vehicle registration	NF
Website	www.amt-nordsee- treene.de

Schwabstedt (Danish: Svavsted, North Frisian: Swåbstää) is a municipality in the district of Northern Frisia (Nordfriesland), in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

In 1268 Bishop Bunde of Schleswig sold his castle Gottorp to Eric II, Duke of Schleswig and moved his residence to Schwabstedt.

In 1602, in the year of his investiture, the last Bishop of Schleswig, Prince Ulrik of Denmark (1578–1624, Rühn; titular duke of Holstein and Schleswig, son of Frederick II of Denmark and Sophie of Mecklenburg-Güstrow^[2]) founded and endowed the higher school, today's Herzog-Ulrich-Schule.

The Lutheran St. James' Church (German: St. Jakobi-Kirche) was erected around 1160 in Romanesque style from boulders, but later often altered. It is decorated by a carved altar of an unknown artist of about 1520. It stood originally in Husum and Schwabstedt acquired it in 1834 together with paintings of the Twelve Apostles and scenes of the Passion of Jesus. They are pieces of the Tönning-based Dutch painter Govert van Achten, who created them in 1602. Bishop Ulrik donated the carved pulpit, by Hans Pepper from Rendsburg, and the wooden baptismal font in 1606. His many titles and coats-of-arms cover pulpit and font.

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