Grömitz () is a municipality in the district of

Ostholstein Ostholstein (; da, Østholsten) is a district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is bounded by (from the southwest and clockwise) the districts of Stormarn, Segeberg and Plön, the Baltic Sea and the city of Lübeck. History The district wa ...

, in

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 ...

Germany Germany,, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It is the second most populous country in Europe after Russia, and the most populous member state of the European Union. Germany is situated betwee ...

. It is situated on the Bay of Lübeck, approx. 35 km northeast of

Lübeck Lübeck (; Low German also ), officially the Hanseatic City of Lübeck (german: Hansestadt Lübeck), is a city in Northern Germany. With around 217,000 inhabitants, Lübeck is the second-largest city on the German Baltic coast and in the state ...

, and 23 km east of

Eutin Eutin () is the district capital of Eastern Holstein county located in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein. As of 2020, the town had some 17,000 inhabitants. History The name Eutin (originally Utin) is of Slavic origin. Its meaning i ...

. Grömitz is a

settlement Settlement may refer to: * Human settlement, a community where people live *Settlement (structural), the distortion or disruption of parts of a building *Closing (real estate), the final step in executing a real estate transaction *Settlement (fin ...

on 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 from ...

. In fair weather one can see buildings on the about 15 kilometer distant shore. The town name contains the Slavic root ''grom'' ("thunder") and means "a place of thunder". There were three ligers in the local

zoo A zoo (short for zoological garden; also called an animal park or menagerie) is a facility in which animals are kept within enclosures for public exhibition and often bred for conservation purposes. The term ''zoological garden'' refers to z ...

, but the last one had to be put to rest in February 2008.

Notable people

Bernhard Ernst von Bülow Bernhard Ernst von Bülow (2 August 181520 October 1879) was a Danish and German statesman. Early life He was born at Cismar in Holstein, as the son of Adolf Heinrich Hartwig von Bülow (1787-1816), a Danish and German official, and his wife, C ...

(1815–1879), Danish and German statesman

References

External links

Website of Grömitz

Ferienwohnung / Vacation Rentals Grömitz
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gromitz Ostholstein Populated coastal places in Germany (Baltic Sea)