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German Bight (; ; ; ) is the south-eastern bight
Bight (geography)

In geography, bight has two meanings.A bight can be simply a bend or curve in any geographical feature—usually a bend or curve in the line between land and water....
 of the North Sea
North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
 bounded by the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 and Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 to the south, and Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 and Germany to the east (the Jutland
Jutland

File:Jutland peninsula 2.pngJutland , historically also called Cimbria, is a peninsula in Europe. Jutland forms the mainland part of Denmark as well as the northernmost part of Germany....
 peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
). To the north and west it is limited by the Dogger Bank
Dogger Bank

Dogger Bank is a large shoal in a shallow area of the North Sea about off the coast of the United Kingdom. It extends over approximately , with its maximum dimensions being about from north to south and from east to west....
. The bight contains the Frisian
Frisian Islands

||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||}The Frisian Islands, also known as the Wadden Islands or Wadden Sea Islands, form an archipelago at the eastern edge of the North Sea in northwestern Europe, stretching from the north-west of the Netherlands through Germany to the west of Denmark....
 and Danish Islands
Danish Wadden Sea Islands

The Danish Wadden Sea Islands are a group of islands on the western coast of Jutland, Denmark. They belong to the new Regions of Denmark Region Syddanmark since January 1, 2007....
. The Frisian islands and the nearby coastal areas are collectively known as Frisia
Frisia

Frisia is a coastal region along the southeastern corner of the North Sea, i.e. the German Bight. Frisia is the traditional homeland of the Frisians, a Germanic people who speak Frisian languages, a language group closely related to the English language....
.






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German Bight
German Bight (; ; ; ) is the south-eastern bight
Bight (geography)

In geography, bight has two meanings.A bight can be simply a bend or curve in any geographical feature—usually a bend or curve in the line between land and water....
 of the North Sea
North Sea

The North Sea is a marginal sea, epeiric sea on the European continental shelf. The Dover Strait and the English Channel in the south and the Norwegian Sea in the north connect it to the Atlantic Ocean....
 bounded by the Netherlands
Netherlands

The Netherlands is a country that is part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. It is a parliamentary democratic constitutional monarchy. The Netherlands is located in North-West Europe, and bordered by the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east....
 and Germany
Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a country in Central Europe. It is bordered to the north by the North Sea, Denmark, and the Baltic Sea; to the east by Poland and the Czech Republic; to the south by Austria and Switzerland; and to the west by France, Luxembourg, Belgium, and the Netherlands....
 to the south, and Denmark
Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in northern Europe and the senior member of the Kingdom of Denmark. It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries....
 and Germany to the east (the Jutland
Jutland

File:Jutland peninsula 2.pngJutland , historically also called Cimbria, is a peninsula in Europe. Jutland forms the mainland part of Denmark as well as the northernmost part of Germany....
 peninsula
Peninsula

A peninsula is a piece of Landform that is nearly surrounded by water but connected to mainland via an isthmus. Word origin: Latin paeninsula : paene, almost + insula, island....
). To the north and west it is limited by the Dogger Bank
Dogger Bank

Dogger Bank is a large shoal in a shallow area of the North Sea about off the coast of the United Kingdom. It extends over approximately , with its maximum dimensions being about from north to south and from east to west....
. The bight contains the Frisian
Frisian Islands

||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||}The Frisian Islands, also known as the Wadden Islands or Wadden Sea Islands, form an archipelago at the eastern edge of the North Sea in northwestern Europe, stretching from the north-west of the Netherlands through Germany to the west of Denmark....
 and Danish Islands
Danish Wadden Sea Islands

The Danish Wadden Sea Islands are a group of islands on the western coast of Jutland, Denmark. They belong to the new Regions of Denmark Region Syddanmark since January 1, 2007....
. The Frisian islands and the nearby coastal areas are collectively known as Frisia
Frisia

Frisia is a coastal region along the southeastern corner of the North Sea, i.e. the German Bight. Frisia is the traditional homeland of the Frisians, a Germanic people who speak Frisian languages, a language group closely related to the English language....
. The southern portion of the bight is also known as the Heligoland Bight
Heligoland Bight

The Heligoland Bight is the southern part of the German Bight, itself a Headlands and bays of the North Sea, located at the mouth of the Elbe river....
. Between 1949 and 1956 the BBC Sea Area Forecast (Shipping Forecast)
Shipping Forecast

The Shipping Forecast is a four-times-daily BBC radio broadcast of weather reports and forecasts for the seas around the coasts of the British Isles....
 used "Heligoland
Heligoland

Heligoland is a small Germany archipelago in the North Sea.Formerly Denmark and British Empire possessions, the islands are located in the Heligoland Bight in the southeastern corner of the North Sea....
" as the designation for the area known as the German Bight.

Popular culture


In the book A Kestrel for a Knave
A Kestrel for a Knave

A Kestrel for a Knave is a novel by Barry Hines, published in 1968. It is set in Barnsley, Yorkshire and tells of Billy Casper, a young working class boy troubled at home and at school, who only finds solace when he finds and trains a kestrel whom he names "Kes"....
 and its film version, Kes
Kes (film)

Kes is a 1969 in film Cinema of the United Kingdom from director Ken Loach and producer Tony Garnett. The film is based on the novel A Kestrel for a Knave written by the Barnsley born author Barry Hines in 1968....
, the shipping forecast is featured in the classroom register roll call when lead character Billy Casper calls out "German Bight" after the teacher reads out the name of a pupil called Fisher. (Author Barry Hines
Barry Hines

Barry Hines, Royal Society of Literature is a United Kingdom author who has written several popular novels and screenwriting.Born in the mining village of Hoyland Common near Barnsley, England, Barry Hines first worked in surveying and played football....
 erroneously has Billy then say that Cromarty follows German Bight.)

Further reading


George Drower, Heligoland: The True Story of German Bight, Sutton, 2002

See also

  • Frisia
    Frisia

    Frisia is a coastal region along the southeastern corner of the North Sea, i.e. the German Bight. Frisia is the traditional homeland of the Frisians, a Germanic people who speak Frisian languages, a language group closely related to the English language....
  • Frisian Islands
    Frisian Islands

    ||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||-||}The Frisian Islands, also known as the Wadden Islands or Wadden Sea Islands, form an archipelago at the eastern edge of the North Sea in northwestern Europe, stretching from the north-west of the Netherlands through Germany to the west of Denmark....
  • Wadden Sea
    Wadden Sea

    The Wadden Sea is the name for a body of water and its associated coastal wetlands lying between a section of the coast of northwestern continental Europe and the North Sea....