In 1896, Hegemann sailed to the Arctic with his ship HANSA on behalf of the King of Prussia. In September 1896 the Hansa froze in the ice and was crushed. The sailors survived on an ice floe for 200 days and were rescued.
Today there is a goldsmith's workshop in it.

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Location: Wangerland, Landkreis Friesland, East Frisia, Lower Saxony, Germany

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Captain Hegemann's birthplace

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