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Langeoog

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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.

Key facts

German place.image_photo
Aerial image of Langeoog (view from the southwest).jpg
German place.image_caption
Aerial view of Langeoog from the southwest
German place.image_flag
Flagge Langeoog.svg
German place.image_coa
Wappen Langeoog.svg
German place.image_plan
Langeoog in WTM.svg
German place.state
Niedersachsen
German place.district
Wittmund
German place.elevation
5
German place.area
19.73
German place.postal_code
26465
German place.area_code
04972
German place.licence
WTM
German place.Gemeindeschlüssel
03 4 62 007
German place.website
www.langeoog.de
German place.mayor
Heike Horn
German place.leader_term
2019–24
German place.party
Independent

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Wikidata facts

Official name
Langeoog
Country
Germany
Located in
Wittmund
Population
1756
Area
19.73
Elevation
5
Time zone
UTC+01:00
Official website
gemeinde.langeoog.de
Image
Aerial image of Langeoog (view from the southwest).jpg
Dialing code
04972
Licence plate code
WTM
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Commons category
Langeoog
topic's main category
Category:Langeoog
inception
1398-00-00
located in protected area
Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park
postal code
26465
located in/on physical feature
East Frisia
native label
Langeoog
hashtag
Langeoog
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Encyclopedic overview

13 sections
Contents
  • Geography
  • Geology
  • History
  • Storm tides
  • Nazi era
  • Deaths
  • Transportation
  • Tourism
  • Landmarks
  • Famous people
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

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.

==Geography== Langeoog's beach is long. Langeoog's actual size depends on the level of tide, which rises and falls about in 6 hours.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Langeoog” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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