Kieler Förde

Kiel Inner Fjord, viewed from the Landeshaus Kiel

Kieler Förde is an approximately 17 km (11 mi) long inlet of the Baltic Sea on the eastern side of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Formed by glacial movement during the last Ice Age, it divides Danish Wold peninsula from Wagria. Like the other inlets of förde-type, geologically it is no fjord. It originates at the Hörn in centre-city Kiel and merges into the Bay of Kiel.

The eastern terminus of the Kiel Canal is located along Kiel Fjord. At its narrowest point, the "Friedrichsorter Enge", the fjord is only one kilometre wide. The Schwentine enters Kieler Förde near Kiel-Dietrichsdorf.

Locations

Kiel Fjord between Laboe and Mole Stickenhörn (nautical chart)

Locations along the Kieler Förde:

Western shore

From north to south:

• Bülk (Bülk lighthouse)
• Strande (fishery and sporting harbor)
• Kiel-Schilksee (Olympic harbor)
• Falckenstein (Kiel's duty-free beach)
• Kiel-Friedrichsort (traditionsreicher Industriestandort)
• Kiel-Holtenau (Kiel Canal)
• Kiel-Wik
• Kiel-Düsternbrook
• Kiel-Zentrum (offices of the large Scandinavian cruise ships)

Historical map of the vicinity of Kiel, ca. 1888.

Eastern shore

From south to north:

• Kiel-Gaarden (Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft,HDW)
• Kiel-Ellerbek (former fishing village, now Arsenal)
• Kiel-Wellingdorf (southern mouth of the Schwentine)
• Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf (trade harbour "Ostuferhafen")
• Mönkeberg
• Kitzeberg
• Heikendorf
• Möltenort (fishery and sport harbour)
• Laboe (vacation site, Laboe Naval Memorial, U-Boat, fishery, and two sport harbours)
• Stein in Probstei
• Wendtorf in Probstei (vacation site, large natural yacht harbor (Marina Wendtorf), fishing village)
• Heidkate

External links

• Webcam Kiel Data - Kieler Förde

Coordinates: 54°22′4″N 10°10′23″E / 54.36778°N 10.17306°E / 54.36778; 10.17306