Femern, an island (area, 71 sq. m.) in the Prussian province of Sleswick-Holstein, flat, fertile, and well cultivated, but with a harsh climate. Agriculture, fishing, and stocking-weaving form the principal employments of the inhabitants (9800).
Femern
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 4: Dionysius to Friction, p. 577
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