- Fehmarn
Infobox German Location
Art = Stadt
image_photo = Fehmarn Puttgarden 115.jpg
Wappen = Fehmarn Stadt-Wappen.png
lon_deg = 11 |lon_min = 11 |lon_sec = 49
Lageplan = Fehmarn in OH.png
Kreis = Ostholstein
Höhe = 10
Fläche = 185.45
Einwohner = 13036
Stand = 2006-04-01
PLZ = 23769
Vorwahl = 04371 und 04372
Kfz = OH
Straße = Am Markt 1
Gemeindeschlüssel = 01 0 55 046
Website = [http://www.stadtfehmarn.de/ www.stadtfehmarn.de]
Bürgermeister = Otto-Uwe Schmiedt
Partei =Fehmarn (Danish: "Femern" or "Femer") is an island and - since 2003 - a town on this island in the
Baltic Sea , off the eastern coast ofSchleswig-Holstein ,Germany , and ca. 18 kilometers south of the Danish island ofLolland . It belongs to the district ofOstholstein . 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 asuspension bridge , theFehmarn 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 [ [http://www.bmvbs.de/-,302.1000913/Tiefensee-Durchbruch-fuer-fest.htm Tiefensee: Durchbruch für feste Fehmarnbeltquerung, German ministry of transport 29 June 2007] ] .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 bird s, and it is thus a paradise forornithologist s. In Burg there is a largeaquarium with 40 fish tanks.References
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Fehmarn Belt bridge External links
* [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=54.459572,11.154556&spn=0.240377,0.324200&t=k&hl=en Satellite map from Google Maps]
* [http://www.fehmarn.de Fehmarn Tourismus]
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