Bay of Lübeck
The Lübeck Bay is a bay of the Baltic Sea, which fully belongs to Germany. As part of the Mecklenburg Bay it forms the " southwest corner " of the Baltic Sea.
Geography
On the southwestern tip of the Bay of Lübeck opens in Lübeck -Travemünde, the Travelodge. To the east of the bay is limited by the Klützer angle, the island of Poel and in about the lighthouse Bastorf, on the north by the Wagrien peninsula and the island of Fehmarn, which is connected via the Fehmarn bridge as part of the bird's flight line to the mainland. Adjacent states are Schleswig -Holstein and Mecklenburg- Vorpommern. In the middle of the bay, about before Grömitz, is underwater a larger collection, Walkyriengrund. Also in the middle of the bay is planned for some time to set up an offshore wind farm.
The commercial vessels used in the Bay of Lübeck, Lübeck- mainly the Gedser way to Kadetrinne towards eastern Baltic.
The sovereign rights on the River Trave and the Bay of Lübeck were between Lübeck and Mecklenburg -Schwerin ( and Mecklenburg -Strelitz ) since Barbarossa privilege ( 1188 ) dispute. For the bank during the Travelodge dispute on June 21, 1890, decided by the imperial court. The fishing limits and sovereign rights in the area of Lübeck Travemünde harbor remained until the decision of the Constitutional Court of the German Empire from July 7, 1928 ( Lübeck Bay case ) between the two countries in dispute. The imperial court followed in this decision once again the arguments of Lübeck, who were represented by the historian Fritz Rörig. The outer boundary of the anchorage is then an imaginary line from the mouth of Harkenbäk at Harkensee to the tower on the mountain Gömnitzer. To Niendorf bay the roads ends at a right angle from such outer limit to a landside boundary post on Brodtener shore tapered line.
Port and beach resorts on the Bay of Lübeck
In particular, the western part of the Bay of Lübeck with the port city of Neustadt in Holstein and the resorts Großenbrode, Dahme, Kellenhusen, Grömitz, Pelzer hook, Sierksdorf, Haffkrug, Scharbeutz, Timmendorfer beach, Niendorf and Lübeck -Travemünde, together with the Priwall peninsula has a great importance for the tourism in Germany. On the Bay of Lübeck is held annually in late July with the sailing regattas in the Travemünde Week, the second largest sailing event in the world instead. Marinas are out in Travemünde in Niendorf, Neustadt and Grömitz.
In Mecklenburg- Vorpommern Bolton is the most famous seaside resort on the Bay of Lübeck.
Lighthouses of the Bay of Lübeck
- Travemünder Lighthouse
- Lighthouse Pelzerhaken
- Lighthouse Dahmeshöved
Shipwrecks in the Bay of Lübeck
On 21 July 1850, Schleswig-Holstein gunboat sank Von der Tann in the Neustadt Bay.
On November 20, 1936, the U 18 was in the Bay of Lübeck after a collision with the German torpedo boat T 156.
The worst disaster in the Bay of Lübeck took place on 3 May 1945: The sinking of the Cap Arcona, Thielbek, Germany and in Athens Neustadt Bay was one of the greatest disasters of seafaring.
Flood
In the Baltic Sea the tides play a very small role - the tidal range in the Bay of Lübeck is about 30 centimeters. However, lead in the Bay of Lübeck in particular storms from the east to high water levels. Largest flood was the Baltic Sea storm flood in 1872.
Others
- The Hemmelsdorfer lake between Travemünde and Timmendorfer Stand is a separated from the Bay of Lübeck old Fjord.