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NORDERNEY (i.e. " northern island ")

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 741 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NORDERNEY (i.e. " See also:northern See also:island ")  , an See also:island of See also:Germany, in the See also:North See also:Sea, the largest of the See also:East See also:Friesland See also:group, belonging to the Prussian See also:province of See also:Hanover . Pop . (1905) 3888 . It is 8 m. See also:long and about 1 m. broad, and supports a seafaring and fishing See also:population . It is reached by steamer from Geestemiinde, See also:Emden, See also:Bremen or See also:Hamburg, and at See also:low See also:tide by road from the mainland . The See also:village at the S.W. end of the island is one of the most popular sea-bathing places in Germany, and is visited annually by some 26,000 visitors . On the S. See also:side rises a lighthouse 195 ft. high, while the E. end of the island is filled with See also:sand See also:dunes ranging in height from 50 to 75 ft . See also:Norderney is immortalized by its association with Heinrich See also:Heine's Nordseebilder . See Berenberg, Das Nordseebad Norderney (See also:Norden, 1895) ; C . Herquet, Geschichte der Insel Norderney 1398—1711 (1890); and the See also:article FRISIAN ISLANDS .

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