Hagener Au

Hagen Au and Auwiesen shortly before it flows into the Baltic Sea

The Hagen Au is a 10 km long river in the district of Plön, in Schleswig- Holstein. It is an outflow of Passader lake. From the southwestern foothills it flows northward through the towns of Probsteierhagen and Lutterbek and flows between Laboe and stone in the Baltic Sea.

Route, the Hagen Au is very close to nature and surrounded by wet meadows. In addition, the rare wolffish is found in the creek. The stream is straightened near the mouth and piped on the last 50 meters below the county road 30. Together with the Passader lake forms the Hagen Au a protected wild fauna and flora habitat area.

In the Hagen Au many species of fish. Various white fish such as roach, rudd, bream can be found here numerous. Also, predatory fish such as pike, perch, eel and burbot are native here. Individual trout and carp are also to be found. You are probably fled from the fish farm Checkout pond that drains via the Hagen Au.

A hard to find fish is the stickleback, which is native here. Rare birds such as the kingfisher nest on the banks of the Au Hagen.