Hatzumer sand

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Hatzumer sand
The Hatzumer Sand with Critzum in the foreground and Oldersum in the background
The Hatzumer Sand with Critzum in the foreground and Oldersum in the background
Waters Ems
Geographical location 53 ° 18 ′ 20 "  N , 7 ° 21 ′ 11"  E Coordinates: 53 ° 18 ′ 20 "  N , 7 ° 21 ′ 11"  E
Hatzumer Sand (Lower Saxony)
Hatzumer sand
length 830 m
width 380 m
Residents uninhabited

Hatzumer Sand is a river island in the Ems in the district of Leer ( East Friesland ). The island is 830 meters long and 380 meters wide at its widest point. The Hatzumer Sand is part of the Emsauen nature reserve between the mouth of the Leda and Oldersum and is uninhabited. It is unused (no agricultural or other use by humans) and is almost completely overgrown with reeds . The island is cut in the eastern part by several deep channels .

Administratively, the area belongs to the right-hemisphere municipality of Moormerland , but the flat island is named after the place Hatzum in the municipality of Jemgum on the opposite bank of the Ems .

Individual evidence

  1. NSG Emsauen (PDF; 51 kB)