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The umbrella organisation of all the associations and establishments working for the Frisian language and culture in North Friesland and Helgoland is Frasche Rädj / Frisian Council Section North. In its day-to-day work, Frasche Rädj considers itself as the contact and coordination organisation representing the common interests of the North Frisians to the outside world and in other bodies. The members of Frasche Rädj are elected delegates/representatives of their associations.
Frasche Rädj is based in Bräist/Bredstedt in the district of Nordfriesland in Schleswig-Holstein. The tasks of the Frasche Rädj can be categorised into four areas:
The current Seelter Buund was founded in 1972. Already in 1952 a first association for local culture and traditions (heimatverein) called Seelter Buund was founded, but this association survived for ten years only.
The main purpose of Seelter Buund as association for local culture and traditions is to preserve the Sater-Frisian language and the traditions of Saterland. The attachment to their homeland, history and landscape is what Seelter Buund drives. With its representatives, Seelter Buund is closely connected to EBLUL-Germany, to the Minority Council in Germany and through FUEN also to many minorities in Europe.
Since late 2020, Henk Wolf has been the Research Associate for Sater Frisian for the organisation Oldenburgische Landschaft, with an office at Ramsloh/Roomelse Town Hall. Frisian born and bred from the Netherlands, he is the first full-time language associate for the Saterland/Seelterlound community in the rural district of Cloppenburg. Additional information about the research associate for Sater Frisian: www.seeltersk.de und www.saterland.de.
