Fehmarn

Fehmarn
Fehmarn
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Ostholstein
Mayor	Otto-Uwe Schmiedt
Basic statistics
Area	185.45 km2 (71.60 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m  (33 ft)
Population	13,036  (1 April 2006)
- Density	70 /km2 (182 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	OH
Postal code	23769
Area codes	04371 und 04372
Website	www.stadtfehmarn.de
Location of the town of Fehmarn within Ostholstein district
Coordinates: 54°26′15″N 11°11′49″E / 54.4375°N 11.19694°E / 54.4375; 11.19694

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 kilometers south of the Danish island of Lolland. It belongs to the district of Ostholstein. The area is 185 km² and the coastline is 78 km. The highest hills are the "Hinrichsberg" (27.2 m) and the "Wulfener Berg" (26.5 m)

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.

The Fehmarn Belt, a strait separating Fehmarn from Lolland, is located on the side opposite to Germany. It can be crossed by ferries travelling between the seaports of Puttgarden, Germany, and Rødbyhavn, Denmark. The crossing takes about 45 minutes.

On 29 June 2007, the Danish and German authorities gave the go-ahead for the Fehmarn Belt bridge project, planned for completion in 2018^[1].

The largest community on Fehmarn is Burg, with 6000 inhabitants. In addition, there are many small villages. The coasts serve as resting places for migratory birds, and it is thus a paradise for ornithologists. In Burg there is a large aquarium with 40 fish tanks.

Flügge lighthouse

Fehmarn Sound Bridge from the sound

References

See also

• Fehmarn Belt bridge

External links

• Satellite map from Google Maps
• Fehmarn Tourismus
• Further information

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