Fehmarn

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Fehmarn
Town
Aerial view
Flag Coat of arms
Location of Fehmarn within Ostholstein district
Fehmarn Show map of Germany Fehmarn Show map of Schleswig-Holstein
Coordinates: 54°26′43″N 11°10′13″E / 54.4454°N 11.1702°E / 54.4454; 11.1702
Country	Germany
State	Schleswig-Holstein
District	Ostholstein
Government
• Mayor	Jörg Weber (SPD)
Area
• Total	185.45 km2 (71.60 sq mi)
Elevation	10 m (30 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	13,247
• Density	71/km2 (190/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	23769
Dialling codes	04371 und 04372
Vehicle registration	OH
Website	www.stadtfehmarn.de

Fehmarn (German: [ˈfeːma⁠ʁn] ^ⓘ; Danish: Femern; from Old Wagrian Slavic "Fe More", meaning "In the Sea") is an island in the Baltic Sea, off the eastern coast of Germany's northernmost state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is Germany's third-largest island, after Rügen and Usedom. Fehmarn is separated from the German peninsula of Wagria in Holstein by the Fehmarn Sound, and from the southern Danish island of Lolland by the Fehmarn Belt. It is connected to the Holsatian mainland by the Fehmarn Sound Bridge. The island belongs to the district of Ostholstein (East Holstein). The closest larger towns on the mainland are Heiligenhafen (Saints’ Harbor) and Oldenburg in Holstein (founded as Starigard). Right opposite Fehmarn, on the tip of the Wagrian Peninsula, is Großenbrode.

The Vogelfluglinie (Danish: Fugleflugtslinjen), an important transport corridor connecting the Danish capital of Copenhagen on the island of Zealand to the second-largest German city of Hamburg via Lübeck, runs across the island. There are currently two tunnels under construction in the region: the Fehmarn Belt Tunnel between Puttgarden on Fehmarn and Rødbyhavn on Lolland, and the Fehmarn Sound Tunnel between Strukkamp (Fehmarn) and Großenbrode (Wagria). The most notable settlements on Fehmarn are Burg auf Fehmarn (Low German: Borg op Fehmarn) and Puttgarden, with the island's ferry port.

Fehmarn is allegorically represented by the "Goldene Krone im blauen Meer" (Golden Crown in the blue Sea), which can be seen on many flags on the island, making reference to the House of Oldenburg, the Danish royal house.