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Wilhelmshaven

Wilhelmshaven is in . The city's population in 2018 was about 76,000. Wilhelmshaven's main claim to fame is its connection to the sea and its function as a harbour.
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  • Type: Town with 75,700 residents
  • Description: city in Lower Saxony, Germany
  • Neighbors:
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Places of Interest

Highlights include German destroyer Mölders and Botanischer Garten der Stadt Wilhelmshaven.

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Mölders was one of three Lütjens-class guided-missile destroyers, a modified version of the American Charles F. Adams class, built for the Bundesmarine during the 1960s.

Park
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The is a municipal botanical garden located at Neuengrodener Weg 26 in Wilhelmshaven, , .

Railway station
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Wilhelmshaven, also known as Wilhelmshaven Hauptbahnhof, is a railway station in Wilhelmshaven, , on the Wilhelmshaven–Oldenburg railway. The trains are operated by NordWestBahn.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mariensiel and Sande.

Village
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is a village, which is situated 4 km southwest of Wilhelmshaven.

Village
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is a municipality in the , , . It is situated near the , approximately 7 kilometres west of Wilhelmshaven, and 12 kilometres southeast of . is situated 7 km southwest of Wilhelmshaven.

Wilhelmshaven

Latitude
53.5279° or 53° 31′ 40″ north
Longitude
8.1063° or 8° 6′ 23″ east
Population
75,700
Elevation
2 metres (7 feet)
IATA airport code
WVN
United Nations Location Code
DE WVN
Open location code
9F5CG4H4+5G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240098830
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­town
Geo­Names ID
2808720
Wiki­data ID
Q3857
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Wilhelmshaven” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Wilhelmshaven”
  • Arabic: “فيلهلمسهافن”
  • Aragonese: “Wilhelmshaven”
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  • Cebuano: “Kreisfreie Stadt Wilhelmshaven”
  • Cebuano: “Wilhelmshaven (kapital sa distrito)”
  • Chechen: “Вильгельмсхафен”
  • Chinese: “威廉斯港”
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  • German: “Wilhelmshafen”
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  • Greek: “Βιλχελμσχάφεν”
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  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): “Willelmeshæfen”
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  • Persian: “ویلهلمس‌هافن”
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  • Russian: “Вильгельмсхафен”
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  • Tatar: “Вилһелмсһафен”
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  • Wu Chinese: “威廉港”
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