Fejø
| Fejø | ||
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| Waters | Baltic Sea | |
| Archipelago | Smålandsfarvandet | |
| Geographical location | 54 ° 56 '55 " N , 11 ° 25' 3" E | |
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| width | 7.5 km | |
| surface | 16 km² | |
| Highest elevation | Bibjerg 13 m |
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| Residents | 460 (January 1, 2020) 29 inhabitants / km² |
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| main place | Østerby, Vesterby | |
Fejø is a Danish island in Smålandsfarvandet ( German : Smålandsfahrwasser ) north of the island of Lolland . The island is up to 13 m high and 7.5 km wide with an area of 16 km² and is connected to the neighboring island of Skalø by a dam . Both islands have a total of 460 inhabitants (as of January 1, 2020) The islands form their own parish Fejø Sogn , which originally belonged to Harde Fuglse Herred in Maribo Amt , then from 1970 to Ravnsborg Municipality in what was then Storstrøms Amt and since the municipal reform for 1 January 2007 to Lolland municipality in the Sjælland region .
Fejø belongs to the Association of Danish Small Islands . The islands of Askø , Femø and Lilleø are adjacent . The island's marina is a popular destination for many recreational skippers , especially in the summer months .
There is an hourly ferry connection to Kragenæs , the crossing takes 15 minutes.
The treasure find
In 2015 amateur archaeologists found eight drinking cups (two of them fragmented) from the Viking Age on Fejø , which are probably connected to the 9.7 cm high Fejøbægeret of five silver cups from 1872. The composition of the find with a large silver cup and a number of small drinking cups is known. In Denmark there are similar finds in Lejre and Ribe .
literature
- Karsten Kjer Michaelsen: Politics bog om Danmarks oldtid . Copenhagen 2002 ISBN 87-567-6458-8 , p. 291 (Fejøbægeret - Fejøbecher)
See also
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b statistics banks -> Befolkning og valg -> BEF4: Folketal pr. January 1st demands på øer (Danish)
- ↑ Danmarks Statistics : Statistical Yearbook 2009 - Geography and climate, Table 3 Area and population. Regions and inhabited islands (English; PDF; 39 kB)
- ↑ Fejøbægeret, sølvbæger with forgyldning and niello and with dyre ornamentation and crystal. symboler; German gold-plated silver cup with niello and animal jewelry and Christian symbols.