Fehmarn

Also known as Fehmarn Island

Fehmarn (; ; from Old Wagrian Slavic "Fe More", meaning "In the Sea") is an island in the Baltic Sea, off the eastern coast of Germany's northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is Germany's third-largest island, after Rügen and Usedom. Fehmarn is separated from the German peninsula of Wagria in Holstein by the Fehmarn Sound, and from the southern Danish island of Lolland by the Fehmarn Belt. It is connected to the Holsatian mainland by the Fehmarn Sound Bridge. The island belongs to the district of Ostholstein (East Holstein). The closest larger towns on the mainland are Heiligenhafen (Sa

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Fehmarn is Germany's third-largest island, located in the Baltic Sea off the coast of Schleswig-Holstein in northern Germany. It is separated from the German mainland by the Fehmarn Sound, which is crossed by a bridge connecting the island to the mainland.

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German location.type: Stadt
German location.image_photo: Fehmarn luftbild-2.jpg
German location.image_caption: Aerial view
German location.image_flag: Flagge Fehmarn.png
German location.image_coa: DEU Stadt Fehmarn COA.svg
German location.image_plan: Fehmarn in OH.png
German location.state: Schleswig-Holstein
German location.district: Ostholstein
German location.elevation: 10
German location.area: 185.45
German location.postal_code: 23769
German location.area_code: 04371 und 04372
German location.licence: OH
German location.Gemeindeschlüssel: 01 0 55 046
German location.website: www.stadtfehmarn.de
German location.mayor: Jörg Weber
German location.party: SPD

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Official name: Fehmarn
Population: 13218
Area: 185.5
Elevation: 10
Official website: www.stadtfehmarn.de
Image: Küste Fehmarn Süd.JPG
Dialing code: 04372
Licence plate code: OH

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hashtag: Fehmarn
Commons category: Fehmarn
postal code: 23769
Commons gallery: Fehmarn
native label: Fehmarn
P8168: Christian Lassen

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The Vogelfluglinie (Danish: Fugleflugtslinjen), an important transport corridor connecting the Danish capital of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand to the second-largest German city of Hamburg via Lübeck, runs across the island. There are currently two tunnels under construction in the region: the Fehmarn Belt Tunnel between Puttgarden on Fehmarn and Rødbyhavn on Lolland, and the Fehmarn Sound Tunnel between Strukkamp (Fehmarn) and Großenbrode (Wagria). The most notable settlements on Fehmarn are Burg auf Fehmarn (Low German: Borg op Fehmarn) and Puttgarden, with the island's ferry port.