Neuwerk

Also known as New-Werk, Newwark, Neewark

Neuwerk (; ; Archaic English: New Werk or Newark) is a tidal island in the Wadden Sea ("Mudflat Sea") a marginal part of North Sea along the German coast. The population in 2023 was 21. Neuwerk is located northwest of Cuxhaven, between the Weser and Elbe estuaries. The distance to the centre of Hamburg is about .

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Within Vinony's link graph, Neuwerk is referenced by 288 other articles, and connects out to Hamburg, Germany and Netherlands.

The entry is geolocated on the map in isle, across 3 mapped points.

Vinony files it under Car-free islands of Europe, Frisian Islands and Hamburg-Mitte.

Its subject is documented across 28 Wikipedia language editions.

Key facts

Islands.name: Neuwerk
Islands.image_name: 11-09-04-fotoflug-nordsee-by-RalfR-001.jpg
Islands.image_caption: Neuwerk
Islands.image_size: 250px
Islands.map: Germany
Islands.image_map: Hamburg_Mitte_Insel_Neuwerk.svg
Islands.image_map_caption: Location of Neuwerk, Scharhörn and Nigehörn in Hamburg-Mitte
Islands.location: North Sea, Elbe mouth
Islands.area_km2: 3
Islands.country: Germany
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title: State
Islands.country_admin_divisions: Hamburg
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1: Borough
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1: Hamburg-Mitte
Islands.density_km2: 7

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Wikidata facts

Population: 30
Area: 3.00
Elevation: 7
Official website: www.hamburg.de/neuwerk
Image: Leuchtturm Neuwerk.jpg
Width: 2.2
Length: 2.2
Dialing code: 04721

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native label: Neuwerk
Commons category: Neuwerk
postal code: 27499

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Encyclopedic overview

5 sections

Contents

History
Shipwrecks
Demographics
Notes
External links

Administratively, Neuwerk forms a homonymous quarter of the city and state of Hamburg, Germany, and is part of the borough Hamburg-Mitte. This quarter includes the islands of Scharhörn and Nigehörn, which are bird sanctuaries and closed to the public. All three islands and the Wadden Sea around them form the Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park.

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