Schwentine

The Schwentine at Kiel

The Schwentine is 62 km with one of the longest rivers of Schleswig-Holstein. It rises on the highest point of the state, the Bungsberg, and flows through the entire Holstein Switzerland with numerous large lakes. The river flows through the towns of Eutin, Bad Malente, Plon, Preetz, Schwentinental ( Raisdorf and Klaus village) and ends in Kiel between the districts Neumühlen - Dietrichsdorf and Wellingdorf in the Kiel Fjord.

Water

For the drinking water of Stadtwerke Kiel AG Schwentine has great significance: Near by Klaus village is since 1900 the waterworks Schwentine.

Although the Schwentine along the entire length practically makes a very natural impression, it is closely linked to the industrialization of the city of Kiel. Two classified as cultural monuments hydropower plants (one on Rosensee ) were created by the shipyard founder Bernhard Howaldt and are still in operation today.

The large mills no longer exist today. The old Howaldt -Werft ( HDW which merged in the group), of which the Old metal foundry is only left, was revived as an industrial museum. Thanks diverse research programs (eg URBAN II) the area Schwentine mouth gradually loses the character of an industrial wasteland.

Apart from the immediate estuary found on the Schwentine take no cargo shipping, the more are excursion boats (5 Lakes cruise, Schwentinetalfahrt ) to meet and paddlers.

In the Schwentine mouth 5 boat clubs with harbor resident: EWSK ( Ellerbek Welling villages Sailing Club eV), SVS (Sailing Club Schwentine Pomerania eV), SFS ( Schwentine cruising sailors of Kiel), PTTA ( Post and Telekom Sports Club Kiel), WSCE (Water Sports Club Ellerbek eV ) and the 1.KBV ( first Keel Boat Harbour eV )

Conservation

The oxbow lake of the Schwentine is a 1984 be designated as a nature reserve section of the Schwentine. It was given this protection status, as the stretch of water has remained close to nature because of its steep bank slopes and is habitat for a number of rare plants and animals. The area is 19 hectares. To him beside the river also include a backwater and a tributary, Knicks, herb -rich riparian and hillside forests and ponds.

Historical

The name " Schwentine " comes from the Slavic Sventana or the Baltic SVENTA for " the saints", see also Balto -Slavic hypothesis.

The original source of Schwentine can not be found on Bungsberg, but near Bornhöved. The source of today's Old Schwentine is from the perspective of historians, scientists and linguists, the original source of Schwentine. The small river marked in the Early and High Middle Ages, the border between the German and Saxon territory, which met with Kiel on the Baltic, and Slavic temporarily populated areas in what is now East Holstein.

Pictures

Schwentine in Bad Malente

The Schwentine in the range between Preetz and the Rosensee at Raisdorf

Schwentine mouth at Kiel Seefischmarkt

Run

List of traversed by the Schwentine Lakes ( downstream order ):

  • Stendorfer lake
  • Sibbersdorfer lake
  • Big Eutiner lake
  • Kellersee
  • Dieksee
  • Maggiore
  • Behler lake
  • Höftsee
  • Greater Ploen Lake
  • City ​​lake
  • Swan
  • Little Lake Plön
  • Kronsee
  • Fuhlensee
  • Lanker See
  • Kirchsee
  • Rosensee, a reservoir
Alte Schwentine Stendorfer See Sibbersdorfer See Langensee (Holstein) Behler See Kirchsee (Schleswig-Holstein) Municipality Kulturdenkmal Schwentine Oxbow Lake Balto-Slavic languages Wagria Limes Saxoniae
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