Wrixum (;
Fering: ''Wraksem'', Danish: ''Vriksum'') is a municipality on the island of
Föhr
Föhr (; ''Fering'' North Frisian: ''Feer''; ) is one of the North Frisian Islands on the German coast of the North Sea. It is part of the Nordfriesland district in the federal state of Schleswig-Holstein. Föhr is the second-largest North Sea ...
, in the district of
Nordfriesland
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, in
Schleswig-Holstein
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,
Germany
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.
Geography and traffic
Wrixum is one of eleven municipalities on Föhr and it is situated directly at the town limits of
Wyk auf Föhr. The place enjoys a good bus service and features several bicycle rentals.
Politics
The ''WWG'' holds all nine seats of the municipal council since the elections of 2008.
Arms
Blazon
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: Or. In a hill vert over a wavy base argent, therein waves azure, a wind mill argent. In chief two
oystercatchers proper, facing.
Town twinning
Wrixum has been
twinned with
Aub
Aub () is a town in the Würzburg (district), district of Würzburg, in Bavaria, Germany, southeast of Würzburg and northwest of Rothenburg ob der Tauber, near the border of Baden-Württemberg. It is fed by the river Gollach and divided into t ...
in
Lower Franconia
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History
After ...
since 1998.
Economy
There are many small enterprises in Wrixum, yet tourism remains the most important economic factor.
Sights
A landmark of Wrixum is the
wind mill
A windmill is a machine operated by the force of wind acting on vanes or sails to mill grain (gristmills), pump water, generate electricity, or drive other machinery.
Windmills were used throughout the high medieval and early modern periods; ...
which was erected in 1851.
References
External links
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Wrixum
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Föhr
Nordfriesland