Eggers Wiek is a sickle-shaped

bay A bay is a recessed, coastal body of water that directly connects to a larger main body of water, such as an ocean, a lake, or another bay. A large bay is usually called a Gulf (geography), gulf, sea, sound (geography), sound, or bight (geogra ...

within the

Bay of Wismar The Bay of WismarKohl, Horst; Marcinek, Joachim and Nitz, Bernhard (1986). ''Geography of the German Democratic Republic'', VEB Hermann Haack, Gotha, p. 47. . or more commonly Wismar Bay or ''Wismarbucht'' is a well sheltered multi-sectioned bay ...

on the southwestern

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden and the North and Central European Plain. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from ...

coast of the German state of

Mecklenburg Mecklenburg (; nds, label=Low German, Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schwerin ...

.''Die General Karte No. 1 - Schwerin-Rostock-Rügen'', 1:200,000 scale, Mairs Geographische Verlag/Falk Verlag, Ostfildern, 2008. Its stretch of beach lies about six kilometres northwest of the

Hanseatic town The Hanseatic League (; gml, Hanse, , ; german: label= Modern German, Deutsche Hanse) was a medieval commercial and defensive confederation of merchant guilds and market towns in Central and Northern Europe. Growing from a few North German tow ...

Wismar Wismar (; Low German: ''Wismer''), officially the Hanseatic City of Wismar (''Hansestadt Wismar'') is, with around 43,000 inhabitants, the sixth-largest city of the northeastern German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and the fourth-largest city ...

and is about five kilometres long. The coast here is steep in places with sea cliffs up to , but in the middle it also has flat, sandy beaches. Opposite the Wiek lies the island of

Poel Poel () or Poel Island (german: Insel Poel), is an island in the Baltic Sea. It forms the natural northern and eastern boundaries of the Bay of Wismar on the German coast. The northern coast of the island is also on the south side of the large gu ...

, about 3.5 kilometres away. Eggers Wiek is bordered to the northwest by the stony

cape A cape is a clothing accessory or a sleeveless outer garment which drapes the wearer's back, arms, and chest, and connects at the neck. History Capes were common in medieval Europe, especially when combined with a hood in the chaperon. Th ...

of the ''Hohe Wieschendorfer Huk''. West of this hook, the larger bay of Wohlenberger Wiek opens up. The coastal section of Eggers Wiek belongs to the parishes of

Hohenkirchen Hohenkirchen is a municipality in the north of district Nordwestmecklenburg in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany). It is administered by the Klützer Winkel (Amt) located in the city Klütz Klütz () is a town in the Nordwestmecklenburg distri ...

and Zierow in the district of

Nordwestmecklenburg Nordwestmecklenburg (''Northwestern Mecklenburg'') is a ''Kreis'' (district) in the north-western part of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea and borders on Schleswig-Holstein to the west. Neighboring dis ...

. In Hohes Wieschendorf in the municipality of Hohenkirchen, the landing stage has been expanded into a

marina A marina (from Spanish , Portuguese and Italian : ''marina'', "coast" or "shore") is a dock or basin with moorings and supplies for yachts and small boats. A marina differs from a port in that a marina does not handle large passenger ships o ...

which, along with a golf course on the cape, contributes to the development of tourism in the area.

References

{{Coord, 53, 56, 41, N, 11, 21, 52, E, type:waterbody_region:DE-MV, display=title Bays of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Bays of the Baltic Sea Bay of Wismar