Neuharlingersiel is a municipality in the
district of Wittmund, in
Lower Saxony
Lower Saxony is a States of Germany, German state (') in Northern Germany, northwestern Germany. It is the second-largest state by land area, with , and fourth-largest in population (8 million in 2021) among the 16 ' of the Germany, Federal Re ...
,
Germany
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. Neuharlingersiel is a small bucolic fishing village popular with artists. It is the setting of the German TV series
Doktor Martin the German version of the British
Doc Martin
''Doc Martin'' is a British medical comedy-drama television series starring Martin Clunes as Doctor Martin Ellingham. It was created by Dominic Minghella developing the character of Dr Martin Bamford from the Nigel Cole comedy film '' Saving ...
series.
In Germany, ''
Doktor Martin'' an adaptation of the original series, airs on
ZDF
ZDF (), short for (; ), is a German public-service television broadcaster based in Mainz, Rhineland-Palatinate. Launched on 1 April 1963, it is run as an independent nonprofit institution, and was founded by all federal states of Germany ( ...
with
Axel Milberg as Doktor Martin Helling,
a surgeon from Berlin. The counterpart of ''Portwenn'' was the real existing village of Neuharlingersiel in
East Frisia
East Frisia () or East Friesland (; ; ; ) is a historic region in the northwest of Lower Saxony, Germany. It is primarily located on the western half of the East Frisia (peninsula), East Frisian peninsula, to the east of West Frisia and to the ...
.
References
Towns and villages in East Frisia
Wittmund (district)
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