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Spiekeroog
Sign in to saveSpiekeroog () is one of the East Frisian Islands, off the North Sea coast of Germany. It is situated between Langeoog to its west and Wangerooge to its east. The island belongs to the district of Wittmund, in Lower Saxony in Germany. The only village on the island is also called Spiekeroog. The island is part of the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site by the UNESCO and the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park.
Key facts
- German location.image_photo
- Aerial image of Spiekeroog (view from the west).jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Aerial view of Spiekeroog from the west
- German location.image_flag
- Flagge Spiekeroog.svg
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Spiekeroog COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Spiekeroog in WTM.svg
- German location.state
- Niedersachsen
- German location.district
- Wittmund
- German location.elevation
- 3
- German location.area
- 18.25
- German location.postal_code
- 26474
- German location.area_code
- 0 49 76
- German location.licence
- WTM
- German location.Gemeindeschlüssel
- 03 4 62 014
- German location.website
- www.spiekeroog.de
- German location.mayor
- Patrick Kösters
- German location.leader_term
- 2021–26
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Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Spiekeroog
- Country
- Germany
- Located in
- Wittmund
- Population
- 858
- Area
- 18.15
- Elevation
- 3
- Time zone
- UTC+02:00
- Shares border with
- Neuharlingersiel
- Official website
- www.gemeinde-spiekeroog.de
- Image
- Aerial image of Spiekeroog (view from the west).jpg
- Dialing code
- 04976
- Licence plate code
- WTM
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- topic's main category
- Category:Spiekeroog
- Commons category
- Spiekeroog
- postal code
- 26474
- located in/on physical feature
- East Frisia
- Commons gallery
- Spiekeroog
- located in protected area
- Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park
- native label
- Spiekeroog
- hashtag
- Spiekeroog
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Spiekeroog () is one of the East Frisian Islands, off the North Sea coast of Germany. It is situated between Langeoog to its west and Wangerooge to its east. The island belongs to the district of Wittmund, in Lower Saxony in Germany. The only village on the island is also called Spiekeroog. The island is part of the Wadden Sea World Heritage Site by the UNESCO and the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park.
Spiekeroog covers an area of 18.25 km2, the shortest distance to the mainland is 5.7 km. The island is, with the exception of electric mini cars and fire and rescue vehicles, free of cars. A daily ferry service from the harbour of Neuharlingersiel connects the island with the German mainland. The island is separated from neighbouring Wangerooge by a gat known as the Harle.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Spiekeroog” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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