Laboe () is a municipality in the district of Plön, in

Schleswig-Holstein Schleswig-Holstein (; ; ; ; ; occasionally in English ''Sleswick-Holsatia'') is the Northern Germany, northernmost of the 16 states of Germany, comprising most of the historical Duchy of Holstein and the southern part of the former Duchy of S ...

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. It is situated on the

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coast, approximately 10 km northeast of

Kiel Kiel ( ; ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern Germany, German state of Schleswig-Holstein. With a population of around 250,000, it is Germany's largest city on the Baltic Sea. It is located on the Kieler Förde inlet of the Ba ...

. The Laboe Naval Memorial is located within the municipality, as is the

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. image:Laboe01.jpg, left, 200px, Beach of Laboe, with the recognizable outline of the Laboe Naval Memorial at the left The city coat of arms depicts a swan and is based on its name, as Laboe means "swan" in the extinct Slavic languages, Slavic Polabian language.

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* Seaside resorts in Germany Plön (district) {{Plön-geo-stub