Föhr

Föhr is one of the . One of the island's main attraction is the 12 km sand beach on the southern shore.
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  • Type: Island
  • Description: island in North Frisia, Germany
  • Also known as: Foehr

Places of Interest

Highlights include Museum Kunst der Westküste and Lembecksburg.

Museum
Photo: E-W, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The is a non-profit foundation, located in on the , Föhr. The museum collects, researches, communicates and exhibits art that deals with the themes of sea and coast.

Church
is a church.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Wyk auf Föhr and Goting.

Town
is the only town on Föhr, the second largest of the on the coast of the . Like the entire island it belongs to the district of Nordfriesland.

Village
is a village.

Föhr

Latitude
54.7171° or 54° 43′ 2″ north
Longitude
8.4965° or 8° 29′ 47″ east
Population
8,490
Elevation
3 metres (10 feet)
Open location code
9F6CPF8W+RH
Geo­Names ID
2925984
Wiki­data ID
Q3127
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Föhr” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: جزيرة فوهر
  • Basque: Föhr
  • Breton: Föhr
  • Bulgarian: Фьор
  • Catalan: Föhr
  • Cebuano: Föhr
  • Chinese: 弗尔岛
  • Chinese: 弗爾
  • Danish: Før
  • Dutch: Fohr
  • Dutch: Föhr
  • Egyptian Arabic: جزيره فوهر
  • Esperanto: Föhr
  • Estonian: Föhr
  • French: Föhr
  • Georgian: ფერი
  • German: Föhr
  • Hungarian: Föhr
  • Icelandic: Föhr
  • Indonesian: Föhr
  • Italian: Föhr
  • Japanese: フェール島
  • Latin: Fora
  • Lithuanian: Fėras
  • Macedonian: Фер
  • Northern Frisian: Feer
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Föhr
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Föhr
  • Norwegian: Föhr
  • Occitan (post 1500): Feer
  • Occitan (post 1500): Föhr
  • Persian: فوهر
  • Polish: Föhr
  • Russian: Фёр
  • Saterfriesisch: Föhr
  • Slovenian: Foehr
  • Slovenian: Föhr
  • Spanish: Föhr
  • Swedish: Föhr
  • Ukrainian: Фер
  • Ukrainian: Фьор
  • Upper Sorbian: Föhr
  • Vietnamese: Föhr
  • Western Frisian: Feer

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