Puttgarden ferry port

Flügge lighthouse

Fehmarn Sound Bridge from the sound

Fehmarn (Danish, Femern) is an island and - since 2003 - a town on this island in the Baltic Sea, off the eastern coast of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and ca. 18 kilometer south of the Danish island of Lolland. It belongs to the district of Ostholstein. The area is 185 km² and the coast is 78 km. The highest hills are the "Hinrichsberg" (27.2 m) and the "Wulfener Berg" (26.5 m) Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 1059 KB) Description: Fehmarn: Fährhafen Puttgarden Source: Selbst fotografiertes Bild Date: 10. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (2304x1728, 1059 KB) Description: Fehmarn: Fährhafen Puttgarden Source: Selbst fotografiertes Bild Date: 10. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1728x2304, 715 KB) Description: Flügger Leuchtturm auf Fehmarn Source: Selbst fotografiertes Bild Date: 10. ... Image File history File linksMetadata Download high resolution version (1728x2304, 715 KB) Description: Flügger Leuchtturm auf Fehmarn Source: Selbst fotografiertes Bild Date: 10. ... Image File history File links Fehmarnsundbrücke. ... Image File history File links Fehmarnsundbrücke. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, from 53 deg. ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ... Lolland (formerly spelled Laaland) is the fourth largest island of Denmark, with an area of some 1,243 square kilometers. ... Ostholstein is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ...

Since 1963 Fehmarn has been connected to the German mainland by a suspension bridge, the Fehmarn Sound Bridge. It is 963,40 m long and 69 m high. 1963 (MCMLXIII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... A suspension bridge is a type of bridge that has been made since ancient times. ...

On the island's opposite side there is the Fehmarn Belt, a strait separating Fehmarn from Lolland. The Fehmarn Belt can be crossed by ferries travelling between the seaports of Puttgarden, Germany and Rødbyhavn, Denmark. The crossing takes about 45 minutes. See also: the project of the Fehmarn Belt bridge. Rødby is a municipality (Danish, kommune) on the island of Lolland in Storstrøm County in south Denmark. ... Fehmarn and Lolland divided by the Fehmarn Belt Ferry route in satelite picture The Fehmarn Belt bridge is a project to connect the German island Fehmarn with the Danish island Lolland with a bridge crossing the Fehmarn Belt in the Baltic Sea. ...

The largest part of the town is Burg, with 6000 inhabitants. In addition there are many tiny villages. The coasts are resting places for migratory birds and hence a paradise for ornithologists. In Burg there is a large aquarium comprised of 40 fish tanks.

External links

• Exhaustive Fehmarn genealogy site
• Tourismus-Service Fehmarn
• Satellite map from Google Maps

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