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Föhr (
Fering North Frisian:
Feer; ) is one of the
North Frisian Islands on the
German coast of the
North Sea. It is part of the
Nordfriesland district in the
federal state of
Schleswig-Holstein. Its area is 82 km², and its population is 8,800, making it the largest and most populous German island not reachable by car or railway.
The only town on the island is
Wyk on its south eastern coast which is a popular seaside resort. In addition there are sixteen tiny hamlets on Föhr, three of them with very old churches from the 12th and 13th centuries. A major part of the population in the west of the island speaks, besides German, a local idiom of the
North Frisian language known as
Fering or
Föhring. A local peculiarity is that almost all place names end with the
suffix -um (for example the villages
Nieblum,
Oevenum,,
Utersum,
Wrixum etc).
The island is accessible by a car-ferry connecting the mainland port of
Dagebüll and the town of Wyk (approximately 10-12 sailings a day, crossing time approx. 45 minutes). The ferry port in Dagebüll is connected to the German road and railway networks. There also are frequent car-ferry services from Föhr to the neighbouring island of
Amrum (approx. 1 hour crossing time) as well as seasonal pedestrian ferries to
Sylt and the
Halligen. During low tide it's possible to
hike from Amrum to Föhr.
During the
Second World War, Allied submarines sank several ferries which ran aground on the beach. After the war, the British occupied the island.
A popular attraction on the island is the "aqua wyk", a
wave pool and
health spa in
Wyk.
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