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Oland ( da, Øland, North Frisian: ''Ualöönist'') is a small
Oland ( da, Øland, North Frisian: ''Ualöönist'') is a small hallig
The ''Halligen'' (German, singular ''Hallig'', ) or the ''halliger'' (Danish, singular ''hallig'') are small islands without protective dikes. They are variously pluralized in English as the Halligen, Halligs, Hallig islands, or Halligen islands. ...
which is connected by a narrow gauge railway to the mainland and to hallig Langeneß
( da, Langenæs, North Frisian ''Nees'') is a municipality in the district of Nordfriesland, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It consists of the halligen (islands) Langeneß and Oland. Before the flood of 1634 the two islands were directly atta ...
. In 2019, the population was estimated, unofficially, to be 16 people.
Germany's smallest lighthouse is located here, being also the only one with a thatched roof
Thatching is the craft of building a roof with dry vegetation such as straw, water reed, sedge (''Cladium mariscus''), rushes, heather, or palm branches, layering the vegetation so as to shed water away from the inner roof. Since the bulk of ...
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Halligen Former municipalities in Schleswig-Holstein Tidal islands of Germany Islands of Schleswig-Holstein {{Nordfriesland-geo-stub