Amrum, Germany.

Amrum, Germany.

Amrum, Germany.

Amrum (in the local Frisian language: Öömrang) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Its area is 20 km², and its population is 2,400. Download high resolution version (1000x750, 69 KB)Amrum, Germany beach This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (1000x750, 69 KB)Amrum, Germany beach This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (1000x750, 168 KB)Amrum, Germany beach 2 This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (1000x750, 168 KB)Amrum, Germany beach 2 This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (1000x750, 220 KB)Amrum, Germany grass This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Download high resolution version (1000x750, 220 KB)Amrum, Germany grass This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Frisian is a Germanic language, or group of closely related languages, spoken by around half a million members of an ethnic group living on the southern fringes of the North Sea in the Netherlands and Germany. ... Map of North Frisian Islands The North Frisian Islands are a group of islands in the Wadden Sea, a part of the North Sea, off the western coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany and Jutland, Denmark. ... The North Sea is a sea of the Atlantic Ocean, located between the coasts of Norway and Denmark in the east, the coast of the British Isles in the west, and the German, Dutch, Belgian and French coasts in the south. ... Nordfriesland (literally Northern Frisia) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ...

There are five villages on the eastern coast: Wittdün, Nebel, Norddorf, Süddorf and Steenodde. The western half of the island is occupied by a large dune area; the highest dune is 32 m high. Mesquite Flat Dunes in Death Valley National Park In physical geography, a dune is a hill of sand built by eolian (wind-related) processes. ...

While Nebel, Norddorf and Steenodde are very old Frisian hamlets, the small town of Wittdün was founded as a seaside resort in the 19th century. It is now the largest inhabited place on the island and includes the ferry port, which provides ferry connections to Dagebüll (on the mainland) and Wyk (on Föhr). Cars are allowed on the island, although there is just one single road. Frisia (known in German and Dutch as Friesland) is a region along the southeastern coasts of the North Sea. ... The seafront of Torquay, a seaside resort in Devon, England. ... Föhr is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. ...

External links

• Amrum Website (in German)