The Bodstedter Bodden is a lagoon, of the type known as a ''

bodden Bodden are briny bodies of water often forming lagoons, along the southwestern shores of the Baltic Sea, primarily in Germany's state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. These lagoons can be found especially around the island of Rügen, Usedom and ...

'', that is part of the

Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain The Darss-Zingst Bodden ChainMüller, Felix et al. (2010). ''Long-Term Ecological Research: Between Theory and Application'', ''Coastal Lagoons - Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain'', Sect. 12.3.3, Springer, Heidelberg, London, New York, p. 173. () is a w ...

and the

Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park The Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park
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in northeastern Germany. It lies south of the peninsula of

Fischland-Darß-Zingst Fischland-Darß-Zingst is a long peninsula in the coastal district of Vorpommern-Rügen, in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The three parts of the peninsula, from west to east, are Fischland (part of Mecklenburg), Darß and Zing ...

on the coast of

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-Vorpom ...

. The heavily indented, reed fringed shoreline forms a picturesque landscape with the result that the villages near the shore are popular tourist destinations. The western boundary of the

with the Koppelstrom forms the so-called ''Borner Bülten'' ('' Bulte'' i.e. small swampy, islands of reed). The Koppelstrom is the transition to another lagoon, the

Saaler Bodden The Saaler Bodden forms the southwestern part of the Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain and lies east of the Fischland peninsula about 30 kilometres northeast of Rostock.''Die General Karte No. 1 - Schwerin-Rostock-Rügen'', 1:200,000 scale, Mairs Geograp ...

. To the east the Bodstedter Bodden is separated from the Barther Bodden and Zingster Strom by the Meiningen Narrows. To the south of the ''bodden'' is the lake of ''Redensee'' and the village of Fuhlendorf. To the northeast, the Prerower Strom, a former estuary, empties into the ''bodden''. The deepest point of the ''bodden'' (10 metres in depth) lies just in front of the ''Meininger Bülten'', the small reed islands by ''Meiningen''. The rest of the ''bodden'' is only rarely deeper than 3 metres.

Villages on the Bodstedter Bodden

* Born a. Darß * Fuhlendorf and the village of ''Bodstedt'' that gives the ''bodden'' its name. * Wieck a. Darß File:Bodstedt.jpg, Old port in Bodstedt File:Bodstedter Bodden.jpg, The Bodstedter Bodden and Redensee File:Bodstedter Bodden vor Bodstedt.jpg, The Bodstedter Bodden seen from Bodstedt File:Bodden1.jpg, Typical landscape by Bodden

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* {{Coord, 54, 23, 31, N, 12, 37, 33, E, type:waterbody_region:DE-MV, display=title Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain