KarsibÃ³r

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Karsibór [ karɕibur ] ( German Kaseburg or Case Castle ) is an island in the Szczecin Lagoon in Poland.

It is located in the immediate vicinity of the island of Wolin and from it by the old Swine separated at the Kaiserfahrt ( Kanał Piastowski ), the main navigation channel for shipping from the Szczecin Lagoon into the Baltic Sea. The area of the island is approximately 14 km ².

By the end of the 19th century the landscape was formed around the village Kaseburg the southeastern part of the island of Usedom on the Swine. The construction of the Kaiserfahrt a part of Usedom was cut off and the island between the canal, the Old and the Swine Swine -delta and the lagoon here called the Great part of the Szczecin Lagoon. Karsibór is connected since 1966 by a bridge to the island of Wolin.

Partially separated in the northern part of the island, by the Rzecki Nurt (Rick - current), the 180 -acre bird sanctuary Karsiborska Kępa is ( Kaseburger Hutung ), about 140 species of birds live in the. The extensive reed beds on Swine Delta and at the Haffküste be used for material recovery for the Reetdachdeckerei. Away from the tourist centers Świnoujście ( Swinoujscie ) and Międzyzdroje ( Misdroy ) Karsibór is now a popular destination for boaters, anglers and hikers.

The village has about 1200 inhabitants Karsibór and is part of the municipality of Świnoujście in the West Pomeranian Voivodeship. The amounts reported in older maps smaller places Woitzig and Lohberg no longer exist today.