For anyone interested in the 'state of detachment' of Fehrmoor from
Bremerhaven, and not succeeding in the below-mentioned, I include a
screendump of the area.
Peter S.
--- Wolfgang Pietsch <
wpi@berlin.snafu.de> wrote:
> --- In BoundaryPoint@y..., Arif Samad <fHoiberg@y...> wrote:
> > I came upon Niedersachsen web site of
> > http://www.lgn.de/ a few days ago, which can be used
> > for topographic maps of two German curiosities. Near
> > Bremerhaven is the Bremen exclave of Fehrmoor. Also
> > the tiny mainland portion of Hamburg next to Scharhorn
> > and Neuwerk is near Cuxhaven. The cool thing is that
> > there is also at least one pier that starts in
> > Niedersachsen and ends in Hamburg territory.
> > Arif
>
> From a helpful E-Mail by Arif ...
> >
> > I don't know if you have found the interactive maps. It is the
> > NiedersachsenNavigator, the second site given in the main web page.
> > This opens a separate window which you can use for the areas. If
> you
> > can't find it, http://www.lgn.de/produkte/mapserver/demo/index.htm
> > should do the trick.
> > First of all, completely zoom out to the 1:5,000,000 maps.
> > For Fehrmoor, first click on Bremerhaven to center, then zoom out
> > one by one to the Northeastern portion of the Bremerhaven enclave.
> > You should find it on 1:100,000 map and a highway goes through it.
> > For the tiny mainland portion, center on Cuxhaven and go to
> > 1:1,000,000 maps. You will see the boundary of Scharhorn and
> Neuwerk
> > go right next to Cuxhaven in an apex. Go to this apex and that is
> > where the tiny portion is.
> > Arif
>
> Yes, now it works. Arif, thanks for guidance !
>
> What confused me was, Mozilla has a problem with the clickable maps.
> They don't scroll. With Netscape I got it.
>
> I believe, the "piers" near Neuwerk are just rows of wooden pales to
> protect the beach against stormy waters, not for ships. Such are very
> common at German coast lines. This part of the coast is a very flat
> sand bank, Neuwerk can be reached by walk during low tide. I don't
> believe there are piers for ships but I cannot confirm, haven't been
> there.
>
> Regards Wolfgang
>
>
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