national park
Wadden Sea National Park
A UNESCO World Heritage tidal flat ecosystem stretching along the North Sea coast, home to millions of migratory birds and unique mudflat walks.
40 km · about 45 min drive
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Wiesmoor
Lower Saxony, Germany · Europe
About Wiesmoor
Wiesmoor sits on the route: 15 minutes from Friedeburg, 40km from Wadden Sea National Park.
Wiesmoor is in Lower Saxony, Germany, with about 13,000 people. You drive on the right here. The nearest town is Friedeburg, about 8 km away.
Wiesmoor (German pronunciation: [ˈviːsˌmoːɐ̯] ) is a town in the district of Aurich in the northwest of Lower Saxony. It lies on the Nordgeorgsfehnkanal and is the youngest town in the East Frisia area having been bestowed town rights on 16 March 2006, two days later on 18 March 2006, Wiesmoor celebrated theRead more
Centenary of the settlement's founding. The town owes its growth to the industrialisation of the harvesting of peat from the surrounding moors. Wiesmoor holds an annual flower festival and the town is also known as the ‘Flower City’, the name originates from the large numbers of flowers which are grown in the town’s industrial greenhouse. Formerly the greenhouses were heated by waste heat from the now defunct peat burning power station which was located in the city. Wiesmoor also has the official title of a Luftkurort; tourism now plays an important role in the local economy.
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What is there to see near Wiesmoor?
Within an hour or so of Wiesmoor: Wadden Sea National Park (40 km), Fort Bourtange (58 km).
Where is Wiesmoor?
Wiesmoor is in Lower Saxony, Germany, about 8 km from Friedeburg.
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Quick Information
- Population
- 13,157
- Continent
- Europe
- Country
- Germany
- Region
- Lower Saxony
- Timezone
- Europe/Berlin
- Coordinates
- 53.4151, 7.7364
Emergency & Services
Essential numbers in Germany
ADAC roadside assistance: +49 89 22 22 22. No general speed limit on some autobahn sections but advisory 130 km/h.
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Worth the detour from Wiesmoor
2 notable places within an hour's drive.
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Fort Bourtange
1593 star fortress village in remote Groningen restored to its 1742 form: a living five-pointed star of moats, bastions and wooden drawbridges with a cobbled marketplace at its heart, most striking from the ramparts or the air.
58 km · about 65 min drive
Driving in Germany
- Drives on
- the right
- Petrol
- ~€1.78/litre
- Motorway tolls
- None
When to drive here
April to October
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