Wolgastsee

The Wolgastsee is lying on the island of Usedom lake in the district of Vorpommern - Greifswald, Mecklenburg- Vorpommern, on the border with Poland.

The lake is located south of the seaside resort Ahlbeck in the municipality of Korswandt. It has a length of approximately 1.4 kilometers, a width of 0.45 km and an average depth of 4.1 meters. The lake was created in the last ice age. The bank offers many seabirds an ideal breeding and resting area. The lake is almost completely surrounded by forest with book inventory. With its charming scenic environment, it is an attraction for tourism. Around the lake a signposted hiking and cycling trails.

Duke Barnim I gave the lake and the village Korswandt 1243 the monastery Stolpe. When settling the border dispute between the monastery and Reimar of new churches, the lake remained at the monastery.

On the map of the Swedish land survey from the late 17th century and the Schmettauschen map of 1780, the lake stretched over a larger area than at present and enclosed the southeast Located Black Heart.

The name Wolgast could have been a personal name altpolabischer Voligost whose second name part gość the importance guest, has also friend. The name thus means someone who has a bigger / better friend. Wilhelm Ferdinand Gadebusch went from "great" as meaning the first syllable ( " woly " ) from " guest" but to a " thicket " or to indicate " grove ", from which he derived " Big Grove ".