Jamno (lake)

The Jamno ( German Jamno Lake ) is a lagoon -like lake in Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship, the one Spit of the Baltic Sea separates.

Geographical location

The Jamno located in Pomerania, about eight kilometers north of Koszalin ( Koszalin ) in the northeast of the powiat Koszaliński. South of the lake is the village with the same Jamno ( Jamund ). Major seaside resort on the lake is Mielno (GroßMöllen ) on the western shore.

Description

The Jamno measures 22.4 km ² and has a depth of up to 3.90 meters. Water received by the lake by several small streams that treat the flow from the Pomeranian hinterland into the sea, among them the nest Bach ( Unieść ) and the mill stream ( Dzierżecinka ), the ( Jezioro Lubiatowskie ) comes from Lüptower lake and flows through Koszalin. The water level of Jamno is through evaporation and seepage about ten inches lower than that of the Baltic Sea, still a place - albeit low - water runoff by a good 600 meters long channel in the Baltic Sea instead. A ten kilometers long and 500-750 meters wide Spit completes the lake of the Baltic Sea. On the Spit are the places Mielno (GroßMöllen ) Unieście (Nest), Czajcze (Deep ) and Łazy ( Laase ).

History

1313 Lake " Stagnum Jamundense " was called, in 1353 he was called " Stagnum dictum Wusseken ", after the farmers and Kirchdorf Wussecken (now Polish: Osieki ) on the east bank. By that time more depth in the Spit ships sailed into the lake, so a natural harbor of the city of Koszalin was. The south subsequent Goll Mountain ( Góra Chełmska ) was the 137 meters, the landmark for the port. In the 17th century silted the low and closed the lake from the sea.