Neuwerk
Sign in to saveNeuwerk (; ; 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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- Neuwerk
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- Neuwerk
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- Germany
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- Location of Neuwerk, Scharhörn and Nigehörn in Hamburg-Mitte
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- North Sea, Elbe mouth
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- 3
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- Hamburg
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- Hamburg-Mitte
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- 7
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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 .
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.