Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)/Fehmarn
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FEHMARN, or FEMERN (fā'mern), an island lying in the Baltic; taken from Denmark in 1864 and now part of Schleswig-Holstein, Prussia. Area, 70 square miles; surface, level; soil, fertile, producing corn. Cattle are abundant. The inhabitants are mostly engaged in fishing and coastwise navigation.