Scharhörn

#4792 among destinations in Germany

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Facts and practical information

Scharhörn is an uninhabited island in the North Sea belonging to the city of Hamburg, Germany. The once most important daymark on the north sea coast, the Scharhörnbake, was maintained here by the City of Hamburg from 1440 to 1979. ()

Alternative names: Area: 106.26 acres (0.166 mi²)Coordinates: 53°57'32"N, 8°26'29"E

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HamburgGermany

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Scharhörn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Leuchtturm Neuwerk, Blüse Neuwerk, Nigehörn, Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park.

3.7 miSE
Island, Lighthouse, Vernacular architecture
Leuchtturm Neuwerk, Neuwerk
96 min walk • The Great Tower Neuwerk is the most significant building of the Neuwerk island, belonging to Hamburg. Completed in 1310, the structure is one of the oldest worldwide that was used as lighthouse and still standing.
3.2 miSE
Lighthouse
Blüse Neuwerk, Waddensea of Hamburg
81 min walk • The Blüse Neuwerk was built in 1644 by the city of Hamburg on the island Neuwerk. Together with the other beacons and the Great Tower Neuwerk, which was just a fortification at the time, it was the first lighthouse in the Elbe estuary and, after the Blüse Helgoland and Wangerooge, the third on the German North Sea coast.
0.9 miSW
Island
Nigehörn, Waddensea of Hamburg
23 min walk • Nigehörn is an uninhabited artificial island in the North Sea belonging to the German city of Hamburg.
1.8 miSW
National park
Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park
47 min walk • The Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park is the smallest of the three German Wadden Sea National Parks which protect the single ecological entity of the Wadden Sea reaching from Den Helder to Esbjerg.
3 miSE
53°55'29"N • 8°29'18"E
Radarturm, Waddensea of Hamburg
78 min walk • Tower

Scharhörn

Facts and practical information

Scharhörn – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Leuchtturm Neuwerk, Neuwerk

Blüse Neuwerk, Waddensea of Hamburg

Nigehörn, Waddensea of Hamburg

Hamburg Wadden Sea National Park

Radarturm, Waddensea of Hamburg