title: Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog
text: # Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog
  
  Elisabeth-Sophien-Koog is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It occupies a small part in the northwest of Nordstrand peninsula.
  
  The municipality is located in and named after the polder (German: Koog), financed by the banker Jean Henri Desmercières and named in honour of his wife Elisabeth Sophie Desmercières.
  
  ## Notable people
  
  * Peter Harry Carstensen (b. 1947), former Minister President of Schleswig-Holstein
  