Baltrum

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Baltrum
Coat of arms	Location
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Lower Saxony
District	Aurich
Mayor	Antje Wietjes-Paulick (CDU)
Basic statistics
Area	6.50 km² (2.5 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m  (16 ft)
Population	505  (30/06/2006)
- Density	78 /km² (201 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	AUR
Postal code	26579
Area code	04939
Website	www.baltrum.de Coordinates: 53°43′44″N 07°22′06″E / 53.72889, 7.36833

Baltrum is an island near the coast of East Frisia (Ostfriesland), Germany and a municipality in the district of Aurich, Lower Saxony.

[edit] Geography

It is located in the middle of the island chain of the East Frisian Islands (Ostfriesische Inseln) and is the second smallest (smallest according to some sources) permanently-inhabited island in the chain. It is situated between Norderney (west) and Langeoog (east). There are two villages on the island - Ostdorf and Westdorf, although they have essentially merged into one. From the small port near the village of Neßmersiel (municipality Dornum) the ferry shippes to Baltrum.

The island has its own ferry terminal and a small airstrip. The island is about 5 km long and 1.5 km wide. It covers an area of 6.5 km² and has a population of around 600 people, swelling to about 3,500 during the summer months due to tourism. Tourists (mainly from the Ruhr Area in North Rhine-Westphalia) travel to Baltrum to enjoy the countryside of the national park "wadden sea of Lower Saxony", the beach, and facilities like an indoor swimming pool filled with sea water or a miniature golf course.

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