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2 unusual facts about Norderney


International Filmfest Emden

International Filmfestival Emden-Norderney is the largest international film festival in Lower Saxony, Germany and takes place in Emden and Norderney every year in June.

SMS Bremse

On 10 January 1917, the two ships laid a minefield off Norderney.


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Junkers G 24

A G 24h1e belonging to Severa took off from Norderney to the Azores from where it was planned to cross the North Atlantic as the first aircraft from East to West.

No. 61 Squadron RAF

This was followed on 7/8 March 1940 by the first bombing mission, when one Hampden, during a security patrol of Sylt-Borkum-Norderney, bombed an enemy destroyer which opened fire on it.

Sigrid the Haughty

Karen Blixen, in the short story "The Deluge at Norderney" in Seven Gothic Tales, refers to Sigrid, claiming that she invited all her suitors to her house and burned them in order to discourage other suitors.

SMS Lützow

By 14:00, Bödicker's ships had reached a position off Norderney, at which point he turned his ships northward to avoid the Dutch observers on the island of Terschelling.


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