The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Amt \Amt\, n.; pl. Amter, E. Amts. [Dan. & Norw., fr. G.]
   An administrative territorial division in Denmark and Norway.
   [1913 Webster]

         Each of the provinces [of Denmark] is divided into
         several amts, answering . . . to the English hundreds.
                                                  --Encyc. Brit.
   [Webster 1913 Suppl.]