Schilksee () is a town on the

Danish Wahld The Danish Wahld (, ) is a peninsula in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is located between Eckernförde Bay in the north and Kiel Fjord in the south. The '' Amt'' of " Dänischer Wohld" in the district of Rendsburg-Eckernförde is named after ...

peninsula in the

Kieler Förde Kieler Förde is an inlet of the Baltic Sea, approximately long, on the eastern side of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Formed by glacier, glacial movement during the Last Glacial Period, last ice age, it divides Danish Wold peninsula from Wagri ...

. In 1959, the town was incorporated into the city 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 ...

, therefore today sometimes named as Kiel-Schilksee (). The town is a popular vacation destination because of its beaches and houses several

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s.Porter & Prince, p. 482 Sailing events were held off Schilksee during the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. During the

1972 Summer Olympics The 1972 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad () and officially branded as Munich 1972 (; ), were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from 26 August to 11 September 1972. It was the ...

, held in

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, Germany, the

Olympic Yachting Center Olympic or Olympics may refer to Sports Competitions * Olympic Games, international multi-sport event held since 1896 ** Summer Olympic Games ** Winter Olympic Games * Ancient Olympic Games, ancient multi-sport event held in Olympia, Greece bet ...

was built at Schilksee for the sailing events of the 1972 games.Lucas, p. 207

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* * Kiel Towns in Schleswig-Holstein {{SchleswigHolstein-geo-stub