Theme Week East Frisian Islands – Borkum and Juist

21 February 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  9 minutes

Juist - Aerial view © Bin im Garten

Juist – Aerial view © Bin im Garten


JUIST

Juist is one of the seven inhabited East Frisian Islands at the edge of the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea in the southern North Sea, located between Borkum Island (west), Memmert Island (southwest) and Norderney (east). It is also a municipality in the district of Aurich in Lower Saxony in Germany.   read more…

Theme Week East Frisian Islands – Baltrum and Norderney

5 February 2015 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  12 minutes

Baltrum - Aerial view © Huebi

Baltrum – Aerial view © Huebi

BALTRUM

Baltrum is a barrier island off the coast of East Frisia and is a municipality in the district of Aurich, Lower Saxony. It is located in-between the chain of the seven inhabited East Frisian Islands. Baltrum is the smallest island in this chain by area and inhabitans.   read more…

Theme Week East Frisian Islands – Wangerooge

19 August 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Beach Promenade © AxelHH

Beach Promenade © AxelHH

Wangerooge is one of the 32 Frisian Islands in the North Sea located close to the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany and Denmark. It is also a municipality in the district of Friesland in Lower Saxony in Germany. Wangerooge is one of the East Frisian Islands. It is the easternmost and smallest of the inhabited islands in this group (according to some other measurements, Baltrum is the smallest) and the only one that belonged to the historical district of Oldenburg between 1815 and 1947, whereas Borkum, Juist, Norderney, Baltrum, Langeoog and Spiekeroog always belonged to the county of Ostfriesland. As of the census of 2004, the island has 1,055 inhabitants. Especially in summer the island accommodates more than 7,000 visitors a day.   read more…

Theme Week East Frisian Islands – Langeoog and Spiekeroog

17 August 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  11 minutes

Langeoog - Lale Andersen House "Der Sonnenhof" © joho345

Langeoog – Lale Andersen House “Der Sonnenhof” © joho345

LANGEOOG

Langeoog is one of the seven inhabited East Frisian Islands at the edge of the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea in the southern North Sea, located between Baltrum Island (west), and Spiekeroog (east). It is also a municipality in the district of Wittmund in Lower Saxony, Germany. The name Langeoog means Long Island in the Low German dialect.   read more…

Theme Week East Frisian Islands

15 August 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General, Bon voyage, Theme Weeks, UNESCO World Heritage Reading Time:  8 minutes

East Frisian Islands © Maximilian Dörrbecker

East Frisian Islands © Maximilian Dörrbecker

The East Frisian Islands (German: Ostfriesische Inseln) are a chain of islands in the North Sea, off the coast of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany. The islands extend for some 90 kilometres (56 mi) from west to east between the mouths of the Ems and Jade / Weser rivers and lie about 3.5 to 10 km offshore. Between the islands and the mainland are extensive mudflats, known locally as Watten, which form part of the Wadden Sea. In front of the islands are Germany’s territorial waters, which occupy a much larger area than the islands themselves. The islands, the surrounding mudflats and the territorial waters (The Küstenmeer vor den ostfriesischen Inseln nature reserve) form a close ecological relationship. The island group makes up about 5% of the Lower Saxony Wadden Sea National Park.   read more…

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