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Funen (Danish: Fyn) is (except with 2984 kilometers ² after Vendsyssel-Thy Zealand and Denmark's third largest island of Greenland). It is centrally located, next to Zealand with 447,060 inhabitants (1 January 2006) one of the centers of economic, road relevant, and culturally. Fyn is located between the Little and Great Belt. In Old Icelandic texts, the island was designated Fjon. Adam of Bremen called it in 1075 AD Fune. AD 1231 said they Fyun, in Latin it was called, and Fionia Feonia and the Low German called it Vüne. When asked Hans Christian Andersen, which Fyn - what we now write in Denmark - ie, he replied in poetic license: fin ". That means in German simply, fine. Beside this etymology is still another. After that it should have been a King Fin (Finn), who is said to have defended his country well. The island is a complex construction of bridges and tunnels connected by bridges with Sealand and Jutland Langeland. By Nyborg from cars and trains run about 6.6 kilometers long Sprogø West Bridge to the island. From there trains to reach the place at Halskov Korsør on Zealand with a 7.7 kilometers long, twin-tube tunnel. Cars continue to drive on the 6.8 km-long East Bridge, which spans 65 m at the apex of the shipping route through the Great Belt. With a span of 1624 m it is one of the longest suspension bridges in Europe. The oldest suspension bridge in Denmark, the Little Belt Bridge connects Jutland with Funen in Middelfart. Langeland is accessible through the islands and SiO Tåsinge and over bridges. Fyn itself is also accessible by ferry from Alsen and keep ferry services to the small southern islands like Ærø and Lyø. Major cities are Odense on Fyn, Faaborg, Svendborg, Nyborg, Assens and Middelfart. Largest city on Funen is Odense (Denmark's third largest city), the former headquarters of the disbanded Fyns Office. (...)
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