Timmendorf is part of the municipality of Insel Poel on the

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island of the same name 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 di ...

in the German state of

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. Timmendorf lies on the west coast of the island of Poel and is divided into the villages of Timmendorf and Timmendorf Strand, which are about a kilometre from one another. A prominent

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in Timmendorf Strand and

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for the

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of shipping in the

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is Timmendorf Lighthouse. A little to the north of the lighthouse there is a

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's house with a tower. The settlement has a one-kilometre-long sandy beach and a small harbour in which sports boats, fishing vessels and a pilot boat are moored. The tourist infrastructure includes various holiday apartments, a large

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and several restaurants. In summer the beach of Timmendorf Strand is packed with visiting bathers and the harbour of Timmendorf is full of yachts.''Poel''
by Julia Goldhammer, June 2005, at www.ikzm-d.de. Accessed on 3 Jun 2012.

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