Subject: Helgoland and Neuwerk<br/>
Date: Nov 02, 2002 @ 10:38<br/>
Author: anton_zeilinger (&quot;anton_zeilinger&quot; &lt;anton_zeilinger@...&gt;)<br/>
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<div id="ygrps-yiv-1988308321">Hi,<br/>
<br/>
I don&#39;t know if this has been discussed before, but there are two <br/>
interesting islands off the coast of Germany. What is interesting is <br/>
which territories they belong to.<br/>
<br/>
The first is Helgoland ( www.helgoland.de ), which was almost totally <br/>
razed by the British in WWII. It is part of the German Bundesland <br/>
(i.e. state) Schleswig-Holstein, not surprisingly, since this seems <br/>
to be the closest mainland. But what is really interesting is the <br/>
Kreis (= county), to which Helgoland belongs, as it is not the one on <br/>
the coast closest to the island, but an inland Kreis, to the south, <br/>
bordering on Hamburg. Its name is Pinneberg ( www.kreis-<br/>
pinneberg.de ). So Helgoland is something like a third-level pene-<br/>
exclave, right? Or is it a &quot;real&quot; exclave? I did not find any <br/>
explanation for this unusual constellation on the official homepages, <br/>
does anyone know the reason?<br/>
<br/>
The second interesting island (or rather group of islands) is Neuwerk <br/>
( <a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.hamburg.de/StadtPol/stats/neuwerk/welcome.htm">http://www.hamburg.de/StadtPol/stats/neuwerk/welcome.htm</a> ), which, <br/>
of course, is part of the Bundesland Hamburg, although it can only be <br/>
reached by crossing either Schleswig-Holstein or Niedersachsen. Also <br/>
funny is that it is part of the Hamburg Bezirk (=district?) Mitte, <br/>
i.e. the city center.<br/>
<br/>
I found a map where all this can be seen quite nicely, go to<br/>
<a rel="nofollow" target="_blank" href="http://www.staedteverlag.de/php/index.php4?plz=k25421&view=stadt">http://www.staedteverlag.de/php/index.php4?plz=k25421&view=stadt</a><br/>
<br/>
and click on &quot;Kreiskarte&quot;.<br/>
<br/>
You&#39;ll see Hamburg in the center, next to it Kreis Pinneberg and to <br/>
the left Neuwerk and Helgoland.<br/>
<br/>
Does anyone else know about islands belonging to landlocked <br/>
administrative areas?<br/>
<br/>
Greetings,<br/>
<br/>
AntonZ</div>