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Heligoland is located 46 kilometres (29 mi) off the German coastline and consists of two islands: the populated triangular 1 km 2 (0.4 sq mi) main island (Hauptinsel) to the west, and the Düne ('dune', Heligolandic: de Halem) to the east. Heligoland generally refers to the former island.
Heligoland is a tiny island some 30 miles away from Schleswig Holstein and Lower Saxony in the North Sea. Historically it had been claimed by the Danes - although the 2,000 people who lived on the red sandstone cliffs were generally answerable to no-one but themselves.
In constant use by German naval forces in World War I, the military and naval works were demolished in 1920–22 in accordance with the Treaty of Versailles, and the island became a popular tourist resort.
Heligoland (also spelled Helgoland) is an archipelago 46 kilometers off the German coastline in the North Sea. The two small islands are less than 2 square kilometers in total, but the British, Danish and Germans have hotly contested the land over the centuries.
History of Heligoland: among pirates and spa guests. Pirates, Danes, British, Germans: they all wanted to claim Heligoland for themselves. Sometimes it was about the location as a smuggler's paradise, sometimes about the military base, sometimes about the unique beauty of the island.
21 Αυγ 2017 · One of the first naval engagements of World War I took place around Heligoland, and the inhabitants were evacuated to the mainland. During World War II, the Nazis fortified the island further...
6 Αυγ 2024 · The Royal Navy seized Heligoland from the Danes during the Napoleonic Wars, with Britain retaining the island for much of the 19th century until exchanging it with the German Empire in 1890 in return for German concessions in East Africa.
