Peenestrom

Geographical location

The Peenestrom is an inlet of the Baltic Sea in Mecklenburg -Western Pomerania, which separates the island of Usedom from the mainland. He is just over 20 kilometers long and connects the Szczecin Lagoon as the westernmost of three sea channels (besides Swine ( Swina ) and Dievenow ( Dziwna ) ) with the open Baltic Sea. Thus, the Peenestrom is also one of the three arms of the mouth or the sea. The six- kilometer-long piece from the lagoon to the estuary of the Peene is, strictly speaking, not Peenestrom, but the power.

The name has the Peene river from the river Peene, which flows near Anklam with a small delta. After the Peene Ziese is the second largest in the river Peene river opens out. On the Peenestrom temporarily prevail fairly strong currents, since in strong northerly to north-easterly winds water masses from the Baltic Sea are pressed into the lagoon and drain again later.

The Peenestrom has several, some big bulges, so the backwaters, the Spandowerhagener Wiek and the Krumminer Wiek, both far into the island of Usedom. There are also some larger islands, such as the Greater and Lesser Wotig ( Big Pipe Plan) and the little pipe plan.

On Peenestrom lie outside the seaport Wolgast also the former military port Peenemunde, the fishing port and the ports in Freest Karl Hagen and Lassan. The Peene river is a popular sailing area are on him several small marinas, including Freest, Kroslin, Peenemünde, Karl Hagen, Zinnowitz, Wolgast, Krummin and Ziemitz.

In Zecherin ( part of the town of Usedom ) is a steel grid road bridge over the river Peene, whose central part is designed as a bascule bridge. In Wolgast a combined rail and road bridge connects the mainland with the island of Usedom, which is also constructed as a bascule bridge. Both bridges are opened several times a day at fixed times and so give the Marine a passage. Another bridge for Wolgast is in the planning phase.

A passenger ferry that transports bicycles, crosses the river Peene between Peenemünde and Freest / Kroslin, another runs between Karnin and Kamp.

Near the hamlet of Usedom Karnin stands in the Peenestrom as a relic of the former express route Berlin - Świnoujście (1876-1945) the radical of a railroad lift bridge which was applicable at the time of their construction because of its length and design as a technological masterpiece. During the Second World War, the leading on both sides to lift bridge bridge ramps were blown up by the retreating German Wehrmacht. Just the lift bridge itself remained unscathed.

The Peenestrom, particularly because of its wealth of fish, an important habitat for water birds, such as eagles, herons, cormorants and terns. The Peene mouth with their upstream wetlands and numerous sandbanks, and the ( semi-) Struck island and the island of Ruden was designated as a nature reserve because of its wealth of birds in 1925.

Between Karl Hagen and Peenemünde and near Karnin cross two double circuit 110 kV AC lines the river Peene.

By the end of 2009, the river Peene was deepened as seawater road to 7.50 meters. This recess allows ships with a payload of 2,000 TEU or 3,500 tons to navigate the stream.

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Relic of the lift bridge Karnin