Koos

Koos is the largest island in the Bay of Greifswald and is part of the nature reserve island Koos, Kooser Lake and Wampener reef of Mecklenburg- Vorpommern.

The island belongs administratively to the urban area of ​​the Hanseatic city of Greifswald, but is an exclave. She is locked ( except for a short access road ) to the public.

History

The island was first mentioned in 1184 as " Coztam " ( Slav = forest island), as a Pomeranian fleet off the island in the Bay of Greifswald was defeated by Danes and Rüganer. The military decision between Denmark under King Canute VI. in league with the danes impaired Principality of Rügen and Pomerania by Duke Bogislaw I of Stettin fell into the " Battle of Darsimhövd " on May 19, 1184 in the maritime area of the Danish Wiek Bay of Greifswald between the island and the Koos Ludwig Burger hook. The Danish fleet leader and Bishop Absalon destroyed during the fighting and the Pomeranian Duke fleet is almost complete. Pomerania came now to 1227 under Danish rule. Beginning of the 13th century was Koos owned Barnutas, from whose estate it came to the monastery Eldena. The Baltic Sea island in 1241 was mentioned as Chosten documented. The name is assigned in 1247 as insulation, queer Chosten lingua patria appellatur. On Koos there was a Slavic castle, which was mentioned in documents in 1275. The monastery was the forest of the island grub in order to use as pasture. In the 17th century Dutch peasants were settled. 100 years later lived no more farmers on the island. The island Koos has now joined the Good Wampen and managed from there. Before the Second World War, the island served as a bombing range of the neighboring army airfield Ladebow near Greifswald.

As of 1950, the island Koos was incorporated into the Animal Disease Research Institute Riems. She is since 1990 a nature reserve and bird sanctuary is both European and FFH (Fauna - Flora -Habitat Directive ) under EU law.

Geography

The land area is 772 hectares. The island core consists of boulder clay and reaches up to 3.3 meters in height. The island is located in the north of Greifswald in Greifswald Bodden and consists of species-rich salt and wet meadows, large-scale Rotstraußgras - poor grassland, reed beds, and a Spülsäumen Strandsee. It is separated by the Beek from the mainland, which is a narrow, river -like running water connection.

On the island there is a farmstead with houses, from where some of the island's land area is used for agriculture.