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Norderney
Norderney (; ) is one of the seven populated East Frisian Islands off the North Sea coast of Germany. The island is , having a total area of about and is therefore Germany's ninth-largest island. Norderney's population amounts to about 5,850 people. In 1946 Norderney gained municipal status and belongs to the Aurich "Kreis" (county). On the northern side of the island lies a long sandy beach. The neighbouring island to the east is Baltrum, which lies about 800m (half a mile) away beyond the Wichter Ee. To the west is the island of Juist, about away on the other side of the Norderneyer Seegatt. The entire eastern half of Norderney belongs to the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park. Access to the park is restricted, as it is subdivided in zones of different accessibility for the protection of the wildlife. The status as a National Park also affects all types of traffic on the island, while especially car traffic is subject to strict regulations. The mainland is easily ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norderney Airport
Norderney Airport (, ) is an airport on the island of Norderney in Lower Saxony, Germany. Having been opened in 1970, the airport is an integral part of the island's infrastructure, serving as a faster way to get onto or off the island compared to shipping, and being available even when maritime traffic is suspended in the winter due to ice. History In 1963, plans emerged to replace the island's makeshift airfield that was built in 1954 after the island's original airfield was converted into Allotment (gardening), allotments in the aftermath of World War II. A new location was needed due to problematic wind conditions, the flood prone area, and a lack of space for expansion. In 1965, the new location was selected, an agricultural area near the island's lighthouse. In 1968, construction of the airport starts, concluding in 1970. The airport and terminal building open. The next year, the airport is served by 30 daily connections, with long distance routes to Bielefeld, Bremen, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Ferry Boats Of The East Frisian Islands
The list of the ferries of the East Frisian Islands contains the ferries currently serving the islands of Borkum, Juist, Norderney, Baltrum, Langeoog, Spiekeroog and Wangerooge. The East Frisian Islands, located between the Wadden Sea and the North Sea in Germany, have been inhabited for centuries by people and have long been a popular holiday region in East Friesland. Traditionally, these ferries serve to transport people and goods, and are a most important link between the mainland and island ports. List {, class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" !class="unsortable" style="background:#607B8B; color:#ffffff" width="150" , Picture ! style="background:#607B8B; color:#ffffff" width="170" , Name ! style="background:#607B8B; color:#ffffff" width="14%" , Served island ! style="background:#607B8B; color:#ffffff" width="13%" , Mainland port ! style="background:#607B8B; color:#ffffff" width="15%" , Type of ship ! style="background:#607B8B; color:#ffffff" width="13%" , Dimensions ! ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Norderneyer Seegatt
The Norderneyer Seegatt or (officially) Norderneyer Seegat is a gat in the southern North Sea. The gat runs in a north–south direction between the East Frisian Islands of Juist to the west and Norderney to the east. There are two marked shipping channels for craft navigating from the North Sea into the Norderneyer Seegatt. From the west the gat is approached along the Schluchter and from the east the Dovetief. The Norderneyer Seegatt is subject to marked morphological changes as a result of tidal action, so that the location and depth of the channels changes continuously. External links Information about the ''Norderneyer Seegat'' at www.wattenschipper.de''Norderney'' at www.skipperguide.de Wadden Sea Juist Norderney {{EastFrisia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seven Gothic Tales
''Seven Gothic Tales'' (translated by the author into Danish as: ''Syv Fantastiske Fortællinger'') is a collection of short stories by the Danish author Karen Blixen (under the pen name Isak Dinesen), first published in 1934, three years before her memoir ''Out of Africa''. The collection, consisting of stories set mostly in the nineteenth century, contains her tales "The Deluge at Norderney" and "The Supper at Elsinore". Background In 1933, Blixen had completed a manuscript of ''Seven Gothic Tales,'' which was rejected by several publishers in Great Britain. With the help of her brother Thomas, Blixen brought ''Seven Gothic Tales'' to the attention of Book of the Month Club selection committee member Dorothy Canfield, who convinced Random House to publish the book. Contents * "The Deluge at Norderney" * "The Old Chevalier" * "The Monkey" * "The Roads Round Pisa" * "The Supper at Elsinore" * "The Dreamers" * "The Poet" In the British and Danish editions, "The Roads Rou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
East Frisian Islands
The East Frisian Islands (, ; ; ) are a chain of islands in the North Sea, off the coast of East Frisia in Lower Saxony, Germany. The islands extend for some from west to east between the mouths of the Ems and Jade / Weser rivers and lie about 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 Saxon Wadden Sea National Park. The largest island by surface area is Borkum, located at the western end of the chain; the other six inhabited islands are from west to east: Juist, Norderney with the largest town in the islands, Baltrum, Langeoog, Spiekeroog and Wange ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltrum
Baltrum (; ) is a barrier island off the coast of East Frisia (), in Germany, 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 inhabitants. It has a land area of 6.5 square kilometres, and a population in (2011) of just over 500 resident inhabitants. Geography It is located in the middle of the island chain known as the East Frisian Islands () and is the smallest permanently inhabited island in the chain according to the area and number of inhabitants. The gat or tidal channel of Wichter Ee in the west separates Baltrum from Norderney and the tidal creek Accumer Ee in the east separates it from Langeoog. There are two villages on the island – ''Ostdorf'' () and ''Westdorf'' () – although they have essentially merged into one. The ferry for Baltrum departs from the small port near the village of Neßmersiel (in the parish o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Riddle Of The Sands
''The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service'' is a 1903 novel by Erskine Childers. The book, which enjoyed immense popularity in the years before World War I, is an early example of the espionage novel and was extremely influential in the genre of spy fiction. It has been made into feature-length films for both cinema and television. The novel "owes a lot to the wonderful adventure novels of writers like Rider Haggard, that were a staple of Victorian Britain". It was a spy novel that "established a formula that included a mass of verifiable detail, which gave authenticity to the story – the same ploy that would be used so well by John Buchan, Ian Fleming, John le Carré and many others." All of the physical background is completely authentic – the various Frisian Islands and towns named in the book actually exist and the descriptions of them accurate (often, from the author's own experience). The same is true for the various "sands" of the title – vast a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buise
Buise was one of the East Frisian Islands off the North Sea The North Sea lies between Great Britain, Denmark, Norway, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, and France. A sea on the European continental shelf, it connects to the Atlantic Ocean through the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Se ... coast of Germany that was almost entirely engulfed by the sea in the second half of the 17th century. The only remaining part is the eastern end, known today as the island of Norderney. Buise itself was formed by the breakup of a bigger island. Two possible origins are mentioned: the breakup of the island in the flood of 1219, and the breakup of the island in 1170, which also formed Juist, Borkum and Memmert. Buise broke up in two parts in 1362. The eastern part was called Osterende initially, and later "Norder neye Oog" (Nordens New Island), and today is the island Norderney. The western part disappeared slowly over the ages as a result of erosion, but sources do n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wichter Ee
The Wichter Ee is a gat between the East Frisian Islands of Norderney (to the west) and Baltrum (to the east). At the eastern end of the island of Norderney in the Wichter Ee are sandbanks occupied by common and grey seals. The western end of Baltrum is formed by the port and massive coastal defences, that protect the island from storm surge A storm surge, storm flood, tidal surge, or storm tide is a coastal flood or tsunami-like phenomenon of rising water commonly associated with low-pressure weather systems, such as cyclones. It is measured as the rise in water level above the ...s driven by westerly winds that would otherwise flood the island. Wadden Sea Geography of East Frisia Norderney Baltrum {{EastFrisia-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Juist
Juist (; ) is an island and municipality in the district of Aurich (district), Aurich in Lower Saxony in Germany. The island is one of seven East Frisian Islands at the edge of the Lower Saxony, Lower Saxon Wadden Sea in the southern North Sea. It is located between Borkum Island (west), Memmert Island (southwest) and Norderney (east). The island is long and from to wide, depending on the tide levels. There are two villages on the island: the main village Juist, and Loog. The island is separated from Norderney by the Norderneyer Seegatt. Overview and geography The tallest buildings on Juist that can be seen from the North Sea are the water tower and an old hotel. There is a lighthouse on the island, but it is not in use. At the western end of the island is the Billreef, a large sandbank where birds such as dunlins, grey plovers and red knot, knots rest during their migration. In the western part of the island, the beach and the dunes are eroded by the sea. The edge of the dunes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park
The Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park () was established in 1986 and embraces the East Frisian Islands, mudflats and salt marshes between the Bay of Dollart on the border with the Netherlands in the west and Cuxhaven as far as the Outer Elbe shipping channel in the east. The national park has an area of about . The National Park organisation is located in Wilhelmshaven. In June 2009, the National Park became a UNESCO World Heritage Site along with the Schleswig-Holstein Wadden Sea and the Dutch Wadden Sea, highlighting its unique intertidal ecosystem and high biodiversity. Ecology The habitats to be protected by this park include the mudflats, salt marshes, beaches, dunes and estuaries on the North Sea. Special attention is given to the wildlife and flora typical of the Wadden Sea of which the park forms a part. The coast of the North Sea is unusually flat. The seabed descends in places only a few centimetres per kilometre. Twice daily the tide brings sand, clay and silt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Deutsche Luft Hansa
''Deutsche Luft Hansa A.G.'' (from 1933 styled as ''Deutsche Lufthansa'' and also known as ''Luft Hansa'', ''Lufthansa'', or DLH) was a German airline. It served as flag carrier of the country during the later years of the Weimar Republic and throughout Nazi Germany, when it had close links to the Nazi Party. Although Deutsche Luft Hansa was the forerunner of modern German airline Lufthansa (founded in 1953) and both airlines share the same logo, there is no legal connection between the two. However, the new Lufthansa took over staff from the old airline and claims DLH's legacy. For this reason it is controversial in the historical reappraisal to what extent the modern Lufthansa should confess to crimes committed by the old airline. History 1920s Deutsche Luft Hansa was founded on 6 January 1926 in Berlin. The name of the company means "German Hansa of the Air". The Hansa or Hanseatic League dominated maritime trade in the Baltic Sea area for hundreds of years, and is well reg ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
