Wangerooge
Sign in to saveWangerooge (; ; Wangerooge Frisian: ) is one of the 32 Frisian Islands in the North Sea off the northwestern coast of Germany. It is a municipality in the district of Friesland in Lower Saxony in Germany. The island is also located close to the coasts of the Netherlands and Denmark.
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Wangerooge is one of 32 Frisian Islands located in the North Sea off Germany's northwestern coast, and it serves as a municipality in the Friesland district of Lower Saxony. The island's geographical position near the coasts of the Netherlands and Denmark makes it a notable feature of the North Sea region.
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- Flagge Wangerooge.svg
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- DEU Wangerooge COA.svg
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- Aerial image of Wangerooge (view from the west).jpg
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- Aerial view of Wangerooge from the west
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- Niedersachsen
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- Friesland
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- 1-17
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- 4.97
- German location.postal_code
- 26486
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- 04469
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- FRI
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12 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Location
- Area
- Leisure activities
- Special features
- Car-free environment
- Ferry
- Air travel
- Island railway
- See also
- References
- External links
Wangerooge (; ; Wangerooge Frisian: ) is one of the 32 Frisian Islands in the North Sea off the northwestern coast of Germany. It is a municipality in the district of Friesland in Lower Saxony in Germany. The island is also located close to the coasts of the Netherlands and Denmark.
Wangerooge is one of the East Frisian Islands. It is the easternmost and smallest of the inhabited islands in this group (according to some other measurements, Baltrum is the smallest) and the only one that belonged to the historical Grand Duchy and Free State of Oldenburg between 1815 and 1947, whereas Borkum, Juist, Norderney, Baltrum, Langeoog and Spiekeroog always belonged to the county of Ostfriesland. As of the census of 2004, the island has 1,055 inhabitants. Especially in summer the island accommodates more than 7,000 visitors a day.