Langlütjen is the name of the two uninhabited
artificial islands created in the 19th century, ''Langlütjen I'' and ''Langlütjen II'', north off the coast of the district
Wesermarsch
Wesermarsch is a '' Kreis'' (district) in the northwestern part of Lower Saxony, Germany. Neighboring are (from the east clockwise) the districts of Cuxhaven and Osterholz, the city of Bremen in the state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen, the urban ...
in
Lower Saxony,
Germany. The islands are administered by the town of
Nordenham. Their size is 16,000 and 17,000 square metres, respectively.
On the small islands are the remains of
fortifications of what was first the
Prussian Navy and later the ''
Kaiserliche Marine''. Its function was to protect the harbours of
Bremen
Bremen (Low German also: ''Breem'' or ''Bräm''), officially the City Municipality of Bremen (german: Stadtgemeinde Bremen, ), is the capital of the German state Free Hanseatic City of Bremen (''Freie Hansestadt Bremen''), a two-city-state consis ...
and
Bremerhaven, but the islands were never involved in active warfare.
''Langlütjen II'' was sold to a private owner in January 2006. ''Langlütjen I'' was sold around the same time.
External pages
Description of Langlütjen I and II with pictures(German)
(German)
Private association Inselfort Langlütjen II(German)
Frisian Islands
Uninhabited islands of Germany
Islands of Lower Saxony
Artificial islands of Lower Saxony
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