2437 GERMANY (Schleswig-Holstein) - The lighthouse in Ellenbogen, on Sylt Island

Sylt, the largest North Frisian island and as well the northernmost island of Germany, nicknamed the "Queen of the North Sea", is well known for the distinctive shape of its shoreline. Its northernmost part looks like a bent arm, hence the name Ellenbogen, German for "elbow." The entire Ellenbogen is a bird and nature sanctuary. Its beautiful coastal landscape is dominated by a lighthouse built in 1857 and newly renovated.

2303 GERMANY (Lower Saxony / Schleswig-Holstein) - Lighthouses on the North Sea

Lighthouses are as much a part of the North Sea coast as the water, and real fans travel from one to the next. At one time, they showed sailors the way through the rough seas, not always pleasing the residents of the islands. For pirates and locals made a fairly good living from stranded ships. Sometimes fires were lit to make captains with their crews and ships lose their way. The precursors to the lighthouses were open wood fires, lightships, or even large oil lamps.

2222 GERMANY (Schleswig-Holstein) - A thatched roof cottage in Sieseby

The Schlei (Danish: Slien) is a narrow inlet of the Baltic Sea, which stretches for approximately 32km from the Baltic near Kappeln to the city of Schleswig, and separates the Angeln peninsula to the north from the Schwansen peninsula to the south. The important Viking settlement of Hedeby was located at the head of the firth (fjord), but was later abandoned in favor of the city of Schleswig. Sieseby is one of the villages which form Thumby (Danish: Tumby), a municipality located along the Schlei.

2171 GERMANY (Schleswig-Holstein) - Hanseatic City of Lübeck (UNESCO WHS)

2171 Lübeck Town Hall

Founded in 1143 on an island on the river Trave, not far from the Baltic coast, Lübeck became around 1200 the main point of departure for colonists leaving for the Baltic territories conquered by the Livonian Order and, later, by the Teutonic Order. In 1226 Emperor Frederick II elevated the town to the status of an Imperial Free City, by which it became the Free City of Lübeck. In the 14th century Lübeck became the "Queen of the Hanseatic League", being by far the largest and most powerful member of that medieval trade organization.

2017 GERMANY (Schleswig-Holstein) - Heligoland

Formerly Danish and British possession, Heligoland is a small German archipelago (two islands) located in the Heligoland Bight in the southeastern corner of the North Sea, the only German islands not in the immediate vicinity of the mainland (at 46km off the coastline). In addition to German, the local population (1,127) ), who are ethnic Frisians, speak the Heligolandic dialect of the North Frisian language called Halunder.