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 German-ruled islands are in the traditional region of North Frisia and are part of the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea National Park and the Kreis (district) of Nordfriesland. The Danish-ruled islands belong to Sønderjyllands Amt and Ribe Amt. Occasionally Heligoland is also included in this group. Download high resolution version (1797x4404, 300 KB)Map of North Frisian Islands Original uploading information is to be found here. ... Download high resolution version (1797x4404, 300 KB)Map of North Frisian Islands Original uploading information is to be found here. ... Satellite image of the southwestern part of the Wadden Sea. ... 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. ... Schleswig-Holstein is the northernmost of the 16 Bundesländer in Germany. ... Jutland Peninsula Jutland (Danish: Jylland; German: Jütland; Frisian Jutlân; Low German Jötlann) is a peninsula in northern Europe that forms the only non-insular part of Denmark and also the northernmost part of Germany, dividing the North Sea from the Baltic Sea. ... North Frisia is the northernmost portion of Frisia, located primarily in Germany. ... The Wadden Sea National Parks are located along the German coast of the North Sea. ... There are 439 German districts (Kreise), administrative units in Germany. ... Nordfriesland (literally Northern Frisia) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. ... Sønderjyllands Amt (English: South Jutland County) is a county (Danish, amt) on the Jutland peninsula in southern Denmark. ... Ribes Amt (English Ribe County) is a county in southwest Denmark on the peninsula of Jutland. ... Heligoland (in German, Helgoland and in North Frisian, Lun, HÃ¥lilönj) is a small German archipelago in the North Sea. ...

The ethnic group of Frisians lives only on the German-ruled islands. The Frisians are an ethnic group of northwestern Europe, inhabiting an area known as Frisia. ...

The German islands

There are four larger islands and ten tiny islets. The names of the large islands are Sylt, Föhr, Amrum, and Pellworm. The islets are called Halligen. In medieval times the present-day peninsula Nordstrand and Pellworm as well as the Halligen were part of the large island of Strand. This island was torn to pieces in a disastrous storm tide in 1634. The German island of Sylt is located in the North Sea off the west coast of Germany and Denmark. ... Föhr (Danish: Før, Frisian: Fering) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. ... Amrum, Germany. ... Pellworm Lighthouse Pellworm (Danish Pelvorm Frisian Pälweerm) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the North Sea coast of Germany. ... North Frisian Islands with Halligen (darker green) A Hallig (plural Halligen) is one of the ten small German islands without protective dikes in the North Frisian Islands on Schleswig-Holstein’s Wadden Sea-North Sea coast. ... The Middle Ages formed the middle period in a traditional schematic division of European history into three ages: the classical civilization of Antiquity, the Middle Ages, and modern times. ... Peninsula A peninsula (from Latin paene insula, almost island) is a geographical formation consisting of an extension of land from a larger body, surrounded by water on three sides. ... Nordstrand / Noordströön Nordstrand (Frisian Noordströön) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the North Sea coast of Germany. ... The Burchardi Flood, (also known as the second Grote Mandrenke) was a Storm tide that struck the North Sea coast of Nordfriesland (Germany and Denmark) on the night between 11th and 12th of October 1634. ... Events Moses Amyrauts Traite de la predestination is published Curaçao captured by the Dutch Treaty of Polianovska First meeting of the Académie française The witchcraft affair at Loudun Jean Nicolet lands at Green Bay, Wisconsin Opening of Covent Garden Market in London English establish a settlement...

Sylt (Söl'ring North Frisian: Söl' ; Danish: Sild) is the largest of the North Frisian Islands, consisting of about 100 km². It is accessible by a causeway called the Hindenburgdamm; this causeway is only accessible to trains. In the summer months the island is crowded with tourists, including those who have a preference for nudism. Sylt's image is that of a meeting point for the jet-set. The main town on the island is Westerland. The northern end of Sylt, the Ellenbogen ("elbow"), is Germany's northernmost point. Lager Sylt, the Nazi concentration camp on Alderney was named after the island. The German island of Sylt is located in the North Sea off the west coast of Germany and Denmark. ... Sölring is the dialect of the North Frisian language spoken on the island of Sylt in the German region of North Frisia. ... The Hindenburgdamm rail causeway across the Wadden Sea to the island of Sylt in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany In modern usage, a causeway is a road or railway elevated by a bank, usually across a broad body of water or wetland. ... Hindenburgdamm on a map of the region. ... ... Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Lager Sylt was the name of the concentration camp on Alderney in the Channel Islands between March 1943 and June 1944. ... Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. ... It has been suggested that Internment be merged into this article or section. ... Capital St Anne Status Part of Guernsey, Crown dependency of the UK Official language(s) English Head of Government Sir Norman Browse Population 2,400 Currency Pound sterling (GBP). ...

Compared with Sylt, Föhr (Fering North Frisian: Feer; Danish: Før) is a relatively silent island. Its area is 82 km². Sixteen old hamlets are scattered over the island, some of which already existed in the 13th century. The main town is Wyk on the south eastern shore. Wyk is a popular German seaside resort. There is no bridge or causeway connecting Föhr and the mainland; so ferries are the only connection. The ferry port, the harbour and Föhr marina are in Wyk. Föhr (Danish: Før, Frisian: Fering) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. ... Föhr is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. ... A hamlet is (usually — see below) a small settlement, too small or unimportant to be considered a village. ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... Wyk auf Föhr (Danish: Vyk pÃ¥ Før) is the largest town on Föhr, one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. ...

Amrum (Öömrang North Frisian: Oomram) is only 20 km², but it is popular with tourists, though less crowded than Sylt. The western half of the island features a beach 12 km in length and 1 km in width. The villages are situated on the eastern shore, with Wittdün being the most important of them. Amrum, Germany. ... Öömrang is the dialect of the North Frisian language spoken on the island of Amrum in the German region of North Frisia. ...

Pellworm (Mooring North Frisian: Pälweerm) and the peninsula of Nordstrand (Mooring: Nordströön) are the remains of the submerged island of Strand. The main town of this sunken island was Rungholt, thought to be the largest town in the surrounding area, but it was totally destroyed and submerged by a storm in 1362, 272 years before another storm destroyed Strand itself. Nordstrand has an area of 49 km², Pellworm 37 km². Pellworm Lighthouse Pellworm (Danish Pelvorm Frisian Pälweerm) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the North Sea coast of Germany. ... Mooring or Bökingharde Frisian (Böökinghiirder frasch) is a dialect of the North Frisian language spoken in Niebüll and the amt of Bökingharde in the German region of North Frisia. ... Nordstrand / Noordströön Nordstrand (Frisian Noordströön) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the North Sea coast of Germany. ... Strand was an island on the west coast of Nordfriesland in modern Germany. ... Likeliest locations of Rungholt Rungholt was a wealthy city in Nordfriesland, northern Germany. ... Centuries: 13th century - 14th century - 15th century Decades: 1310s 1320s 1330s 1340s 1350s - 1360s - 1370s 1380s 1390s 1400s 1410s Years: 1357 1358 1359 1360 1361 - 1362 - 1363 1364 1365 1366 1367 See also: 1362 state leaders Events Under Edward III, English replaces French as Englands national language, for the...

Smaller remains of Strand are the ten islets called Halligen. The houses on these tiny islets are built on artificial hills. In a storm tide only these hills rise above the sea, while the remainder of the islet is flooded. The names of the Halligen are Nordmarsch-Langeness, Norderoog, Süderoog, Nordstrandischmoor, Oland, Südfall, Gröde-Appelland, Hooge, Habel and the Hamburger Hallig. North Frisian Islands with Halligen (darker green) A Hallig (plural Halligen) is one of the ten small German islands without protective dikes in the North Frisian Islands on Schleswig-Holstein’s Wadden Sea-North Sea coast. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... The Hallig Habel is the smallest Hallig in the German Wadden Sea, and is a bird sanctuary. ...

The Danish islands

Fanø is located just off Esbjerg to which it is connected by ferry. The main towns on Fanø are Nordby and Sønderho. Other towns include Fanø Vesterhavsbad and Rindby. The island is 16 km long and 5 km wide, and has an area of 56 km². As of 2005, about 3169 people live there. A variety of environments is to be found on Fanø. Not surprisingly, a very common one is sand. The island's whole western shore is made up of beaches, and the sea off the island's northwest end is also home to the "Søren-Jessens-Sand", a vast sandbank. Fanø also has heath and a small pine wood. Sønderho windmill on Fanø Fanø is a Danish island in the North Sea off the coast of southwestern Denmark, and a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Ribe County. ... Old watertower in Esbjerg View to Esbjerg harbour from the watertower (May 2005) Map of the future municipality Esbjerg is a municipality (Danish, kommune) in Ribe County on the west coast of the Jutland peninsula in southwest Denmark. ... A sandbank is a patch of sand in water, which creates a shallow area which may pose a hazard to boats. ... Heaths are anthropogenic habitats found primarily in northern and western Europe, where they have been created by thousands of years of human clearance of natural forest vegetation by grazing and burning on mainly infertile acidic soils. ... Species About 115. ...

Mandø is a smaller island farther south, a bit farther from the mainland. It is Denmark's only Hallig, being much like the islands bearing that description among the German islands. A dike on Mandø keeps the sea at bay. Much of the islanders' history involves efforts to reclaim parts of their island from the sea. Mandø is a Danish island in the Wadden Sea. ... North Frisian Islands with Halligen (darker green) A Hallig (plural Halligen) is one of the ten small German islands without protective dikes in the North Frisian Islands on Schleswig-Holstein’s Wadden Sea-North Sea coast. ...

Rømø is currently the southernmost of Denmark's Frisian Islands (a little, uninhabited one called Jordsand was farther south, but it sank in 1999). Rømø is linked to the Danish mainland by a road running across a causeway, and the island also lies only about 3 km from its German neighbour Sylt, to which it is connected by ferry. It is home to a number of small communities such as Kongsmark, Østerby, Lakolk, and Sønderstrand. Rømø Church Rømø is a Danish island in the Wadden Sea. ... 1999 (MCMXCIX) was a common year starting on Friday, and was designated the International Year of Old Farts by the Sometimes-United Nations. ...

There is also a small island among Denmark's share of the archipelago called Langli, which is to be found in the Ho Bugt north of Esbjerg. It is the northernmost island in the whole group. It was once part of a peninsula whose landward stretch was washed away in a storm tide centuries ago. Since then, another spit has formed to the west and now shields Langli from some of the sea's more destructive tendencies. Langli is nowadays home to a natural science station, housed in a villa built in the 20th century. Langli has an area of about 8 km² and can be reached from the mainland over an ebbevej (watershed) that is 3 km long. The Mergui Archipelago An archipelago is a landform which consists of a chain or cluster of islands. ... Langli is a small marsh island close in the Ho-Bucht near Esbjerg at the Danish North Sea Coast. ... A spit is a deposition landform found off coasts. ... Langli is a small marsh island close in the Ho-Bucht near Esbjerg at the Danish North Sea Coast. ... (19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999... Langli is a small marsh island close in the Ho-Bucht near Esbjerg at the Danish North Sea Coast. ...

See also

• List of islands of Denmark
• List of islands of Germany
• German Bight
• Frisia

Coordinates: 54°55′N 8°20′E Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...