Bay of Wismar

The Wismar Bay (also Wismar Bay ) as part of the Mecklenburg Bay is the southernmost after the Szczecin Lagoon foothills of the Baltic Sea. It is located off West Mecklenburg (Mecklenburg- Vorpommern).

Geography

At its southern tip is the Hanseatic city of Wismar. To the west it is bordered by Klützer angle. In the northeast of the bay is the island of Poel, to the east the small island whale, formerly a part of the fortification of Wismar. To the west lies the Bolton Bay.

It divides the Wismar Bay in some side bays:

Maritime traffic

Through the Wismar Bay leads a state waterway, the buoyed entrance from Kiel Kiel and Lübeck- way Gedser way to the port of Wismar. From the fairway the fairway branches off to the island of Poel. Before Wendorfer shore are two Dückdalben with baroque Sweden heads. You remember today to the earlier form of the fairway name and now have no navigational significance for the shipping.

Conservation

The Wismar Bay is a diverse marine habitat, with his, often a natural dynamics underlying, coastal areas is of great importance for numerous animal and plant species. It meets the categories of protected areas of European importance and is therefore reported as FFH and bird sanctuary Wismar Bay. In 2006, a comprehensive management plan has been developed to match the needs of fishing and water sports, fishing and nature conservation. In the Wismar bay are the five nature reserves NSG Tarnewitzer Huk, whale NSG, NSG Lazy Lake - Rust Werder / Poel, NSG and NSG Langenwerder Rust Werder.

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