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Kühlung
The Kühlung is a forested ridge, up to , in the north German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The name is derived from the word ''Kuhlen'' (referring to the extensive fissuring of the northern slope). Geography The Kühlung is situated in the district of Rostock, southeast of the Bay of Mecklenburg, south of the Baltic Sea coast, and south and west of Bad Doberan and its seaside resort Kühlungsborn. The major part of this hilly landscape forms a protected area. The Kühlung is part of the Baltic Uplands that extend along the southern coast of Baltic Sea from Ostholstein to the Baltic republics. The ridge extends from northwest to southeast for about 23 kilometres and is between three and eight kilometres wide. The northwestern part is a ridge, eleven kilometres long, called the ''Driedrichshagener Berge'' ("Driedrichshagen Hills"), or – colloquially – simply "Kühlung". The ''Driedrichshagener Berge'' begin near the sea with the hill known as the ''Bastorfer Signalberg'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kühlungsborn
Kühlungsborn () is a Seebad (seaside resort) town in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, 11 km northwest of Bad Doberan, and 25 km northwest of Rostock. The town has an elongate beach and promenade, many hotels in typical German spa town architecture and a marina. It is the largest seaside spa town in Mecklenburg. Kühlungsborn is a place with long spa traditions. It was one of the early seaside resorts to be founded in Germany, dating back to the 1860s. While the bicycle is a popular way of transport, the Molli steam railway is a historic tourist attraction that also allows exploration the area. In summer, many people rent of the traditional Strandkorb on the beach, a covered chair protecting one from wind and sun. Town history The town of Kühlungsborn was founded on April 1, 1938 with the merger of the three municipalities; Fulgen, Brunshaupten and Arendsee. On the town coat of arms, three flying seag ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kühlung LRO
The Kühlung is a forested ridge, up to , in the north German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The name is derived from the word ''Kuhlen'' (referring to the extensive fissuring of the northern slope). Geography The Kühlung is situated in the district of Rostock, southeast of the Bay of Mecklenburg, south of the Baltic Sea coast, and south and west of Bad Doberan and its seaside resort Kühlungsborn. The major part of this hilly landscape forms a protected area. The Kühlung is part of the Baltic Uplands that extend along the southern coast of Baltic Sea from Ostholstein to the Baltic republics. The ridge extends from northwest to southeast for about 23 kilometres and is between three and eight kilometres wide. The northwestern part is a ridge, eleven kilometres long, called the ''Driedrichshagener Berge'' ("Driedrichshagen Hills"), or – colloquially – simply "Kühlung". The ''Driedrichshagener Berge'' begin near the sea with the hill known as the ''Bastorfer Signalberg'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Diedrichshagener Berg
The Diedrichshagener Berg, at 129.8 metres, is the highest point on the forested ridge of Kühlung (ridge), Kühlung in the northeast German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is located in the district of Landkreis Rostock, Rostock only roughly southeast of the Bay of Mecklenburg, south of the Baltic Sea coast, and immediately south of Kühlungsborn and roughly west of Bad Doberan. File:Am Diedrichshagener Berg.JPG, View looking towards Kröpelin File:Gewitter am Diedrichshagener Berg.JPG, On the Diedrichshagener Berg References Hills of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Rostock (district) {{LandkreisRostock-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Demographics of Germany#States, ranks 14th in population; it covers an area of , making it the sixth largest German state in area; and it is 16th in population density. Schwerin is the state capital and Rostock is the largest city. Other major List of cities in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, cities include Neubrandenburg, Stralsund, Greifswald, Wismar, and Güstrow. It was named after the two regions of Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania (German: Vorpommern). The state was established in 1945 after World War II through the merger of the historic regions of Mecklenburg and Prussian Western Pomerania by the Soviet Military Administration in Germany, Soviet military administration in Allied-occupied Germany. It became part of the German Democrat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bad Doberan
Bad Doberan () is a town in the district of Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It was the capital of the former district of Bad Doberan. In 2012, its population was 11,427. Geography Bad Doberan is situated just west of Rostock's city centre and is therefore part of one of the most developed regions in the north-eastern part of Germany. The town nestles between beech tree forests just 6 km from the Baltic Sea and is one of the earliest German settlements in Mecklenburg. Today the town is a very popular bathing resort, thanks to Heiligendamm, a district of Bad Doberan situated directly at the cliff line of the Baltic. Historically, Doberan used to be the summer residence for the Mecklenburg Dukes who resided in Schwerin, and for their entourage. Name The name Doberan, originally ''Dobran'', is a place name that probably derives from a Slavic Old Polabian personal name, meaning "good" (''dobry''). According to legend, the name Doberan originated when the monaster ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rostock (district)
Rostock () is a Districts of Germany, district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district Nordwestmecklenburg, the Baltic Sea, the district-free city Rostock and the districts Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district), Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Ludwigslust-Parchim. The district seat is the town Güstrow. History Rostock District was established by merging the former districts of Bad Doberan (district), Bad Doberan and Güstrow (district), Güstrow as part of the local government reform of September 2011. The name of the district was decided by referendum on 4 September 2011. The project name for the district was ''Mittleres Mecklenburg''. Geographic features There are a number of lakes within the boundaries of Rostock district, including: * Inselsee * Hohen Sprenzer See * Krakower See Towns and municipalities References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic Sea
The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the world's largest brackish water basin. The sea stretches from 53°N to 66°N latitude and from 10°E to 30°E longitude. It is a Continental shelf#Shelf seas, shelf sea and marginal sea of the Atlantic with limited water exchange between the two, making it an inland sea. The Baltic Sea drains through the Danish straits into the Kattegat by way of the Øresund, Great Belt and Little Belt. It includes the Gulf of Bothnia (divided into the Bothnian Bay and the Bothnian Sea), the Gulf of Finland, the Gulf of Riga and the Bay of Gdańsk. The "Baltic Proper" is bordered on its northern edge, at latitude 60°N, by Åland and the Gulf of Bothnia, on its northeastern edge by the Gulf of Finland, on its eastern edge by the Gulf of Riga, and in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Landkreis Rostock
Rostock () is a district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the district Nordwestmecklenburg, the Baltic Sea, the district-free city Rostock and the districts Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte and Ludwigslust-Parchim. The district seat is the town Güstrow. History Rostock District was established by merging the former districts of Bad Doberan and Güstrow Güstrow (; ) is a town in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in north-eastern Germany. It is capital of the Rostock (district), Rostock district; Rostock itself is a district-free city and regiopolis. It has a population of 28,999 (2020) and is the sevent ... as part of the local government reform of September 2011. The name of the district was decided by referendum on 4 September 2011. The project name for the district was '' Mittleres Mecklenburg''. Geographic features There are a number of lakes within the boundaries of Rostock district, including: * Inse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bay Of Mecklenburg
The Bay of Mecklenburg ( or ''Mecklenburgische Bucht''; ), also known as the Mecklenburg Bay or Mecklenburg Bight, is a long narrow basin making up the southwestern finger-like arm of the Baltic Sea, between the shores of Germany to the south and the Denmark, Danish islands of Lolland, Falster, and Møn to the north, the shores of Jutland to the west, and joining the largest part of the Baltic to the east. The Bay of Mecklenburg, which includes the Bay of Wismar and the Bay of Lübeck, connects to the Bay of Kiel in the northwest. Notable ports in the bay are Lübeck, Rostock and Wismar. The Blinkerwall In 2024, a long wall was discovered on the seabed at a depth of , off the coast. Named "the Blinkerwall" by its discoverers, the wall is around high. Its direction changes when it meets a series of larger boulders. In total, the wall's stones weigh more than 142 tonnes. It is thought to be Europe's oldest megastructure (around 10,000 years old) and may have been used by hun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baltic Uplands
The Baltic UplandsDickinson, Robert E. (1964). ''Germany: A regional and economic geography'' (2nd ed.). London: Methuen, p. 614. . ( or ''Nördlicher Landrücken'') is a chain of morainic hills about wide that border the southern Baltic Sea from Jutland to Estonia. Geography The uplands, which reach a height of at Wieżyca (mountain), Wieżyca (), form the western part of the East European Plain. To the north they descend steadily into the Gulf of Finland. Towards the east they merge into the Belarusian Ridge; to the southeast they sink gradually into the Polesian depression. To the south the terrain falls away into the extensive Vistula basin. To the west the Uplands are bordered by the North German Plain and in the northwest the terrain drops away westwards from the Schleswig-Holstein Uplands into the North Sea. The Baltic Uplands are crossed by the rivers Oder, Vistula, Neman River, Memel and Düna. Their component hill ranges are, from west to east, the Angeln, Schwansen, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ostholstein
Ostholstein (; ) 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. Geographically, the district covers the vast majority of what is considered to be the peninsular of Wagria. Geography The district consists of the Wagria peninsula between the Bay of Lübeck and the Bay of Kiel, the island of Fehmarn, the eastern part of the region called Holstein Switzerland and the northern suburbs of Lübeck. Holsatian Switzerland is an area full of lakes and woody hills, which is shared with the adjoining district of Plön. The Bungsberg, though only 168 m in height, is the highest elevation in Schleswig-Holstein. The island of Fehmarn is the third largest island of Germany. Since 1963, it has been connected to the mainland by a suspension bridge. History The district was established in 1970 by merging the former districts of Eutin and Oldenburg in H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
