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Fehmarn

Fehmarn
Coat of arms Location
Coat of arms of Fehmarn
Fehmarn (Germany)
Fehmarn
Administration
Country Flag of Germany Germany
State Schleswig-Holstein
District Ostholstein
Mayor Otto-Uwe Schmiedt (neutral)
Basic statistics
Area  km² ( sq mi)
Elevation  m  (33 ft)
Population  
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Other information
Time zone CET/CEST ([[UTC+1]]/[[UTC+2|+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
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Coordinates: 54°26′15″N 11°11′49″E / 54.4375, 11.19694

Fehmarn (Danish: Femern or Femer) 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 comprised of 40 fish tanks.

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See also

Puttgarden ferry port
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Puttgarden ferry port
Flügge lighthouse
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Flügge lighthouse
Fehmarn Sound Bridge from the sound
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Fehmarn Sound Bridge from the sound

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