Kieler Förde is an approximately long inlet of the

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 ...

on the eastern side of

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; da, Slesvig-Holsten; nds, Sleswig-Holsteen; frr, Slaswik-Holstiinj) is the northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of Sc ...

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. Formed by

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movement during the last ice age, it divides Danish Wold peninsula from

Wagria WagriaArnold, Benjamin (1991). ''Princes and territories in medieval Germany'', Cambridge University Press, Cambridge and New York, p. 156. . (german: Wagrien, ''Waierland'' or ''Wagerland'') is the northeastern part of Holstein in the German state ...

. Like the other inlets of förde-type, geologically it is not a

fjord In physical geography, a fjord or fiord () is a long, narrow inlet with steep sides or cliffs, created by a glacier. Fjords exist on the coasts of Alaska, Antarctica, British Columbia, Chile, Denmark, Förden and East Jutland Fjorde, Germany, ...

. It originates at the Hörn in centre-city

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and merges into the

Bay of Kiel The Bay of Kiel or Kiel Bay (, ; ) is a bay in the southwestern Baltic Sea, off the shores of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany and the islands of Denmark. It is connected with the Bay of Mecklenburg in the east, the Little Belt in the northwest, ...

. The eastern terminus of the

Kiel Canal The Kiel Canal (german: Nord-Ostsee-Kanal, literally "North- oEast alticSea canal", formerly known as the ) is a long freshwater canal in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. The canal was finished in 1895, but later widened, and links the N ...

is located along Kiel Förde leading into the

Port of Kiel __NOTOC__ The Port of Kiel (german: Kieler Hafen) is a significant port for passenger and cargo shipping located in Kiel, Germany. It occupies the inner part of the Baltic Sea inlet Kieler Förde and includes the approach to the locks at the east ...

. At its narrowest point, the "Friedrichsorter Enge", the fjord is only one kilometre wide. The

Schwentine The Schwentine is a river in the North German state of Schleswig-Holstein. It is approximately long and rises on the hill of Bungsberg, the highest point in the state, near the village of Kasseedorf in Ostholstein. It then runs from its source to ...

enters Kieler Förde near Kiel-Dietrichsdorf.

Locations

Locations along the Kieler Förde:

Western shore

From north to south: * Bülk ( Bülk Lighthouse) * Strande (fishery and sporting harbor) * Kiel- Schilksee (Olympic harbor) * Falckenstein (Kiel's duty-free beach) * Kiel- Friedrichsort (traditionsreicher Industriestandort) * Kiel-

Holtenau Holtenau (; Danish: Holtenå) is a district of Kiel, on the southeastern part of the Danish Wahld. It was historically part of the Duchy of Schleswig, and has cultural influences from both Germany and Denmark. The district is located at the mouth ...

(

) * Kiel-Wik * Kiel- Düsternbrook * Kiel-Zentrum (offices of the large Scandinavian cruise ships)

Eastern shore

From south to north: * Kiel-Gaarden (

Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft (often abbreviated HDW) is a German shipbuilding company, headquartered in Kiel. It is part of the ThyssenKrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) group, owned by ThyssenKrupp. The Howaldtswerke shipyard was founded in Kiel in 183 ...

* Kiel-Ellerbek (former fishing village, now Arsenal) * Kiel-Wellingdorf (southern mouth of the

) * Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf (trade harbour "Ostuferhafen") * Mönkeberg * Kitzeberg * Heikendorf * Möltenort (fishery and sport harbour) *

Laboe Laboe () is a municipality in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, approximately 10 km northeast of Kiel. The Laboe Naval Memorial is located within the municipality, as is the U-boa ...

(vacation site,

Laboe Naval Memorial The Laboe Naval Memorial (a.k.a. ''Laboe Tower,'' German: ''Marine-Ehrenmal Laboe'') is a memorial located in Laboe, near Kiel, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Started in 1927 and completed in 1936, the monument originally memorialized the World ...

U-Boat U-boats were naval submarines operated by Germany, particularly in the First and Second World Wars. Although at times they were efficient fleet weapons against enemy naval warships, they were most effectively used in an economic warfare ro ...

, fishery, and two sport harbours) *

Stein Stein is a German, Yiddish and Norwegian word meaning "stone" and "pip" or "kernel". It stems from the same Germanic root as the English word stone. It may refer to: Places In Austria * Stein, a neighbourhood of Krems an der Donau, Lower Aust ...

in Probstei * Wendtorf in Probstei (vacation site, large natural yacht harbor (Marina Wendtorf), fishing village) * Heidkate

External links

Webcam Kiel
Data - Kieler Förde Förden of Germany Kiel Bays of Schleswig-Holstein {{SchleswigHolstein-geo-stub