- Kiel Fjord
Kiel Fjord ( _de. Kieler Förde; _da. Kielerfjorden) is an approximately 17 km long
fjord orfirth of theBaltic Sea along the shores ofSchleswig-Holstein ,Germany . Formed by glacial movement during the lastIce Age , it lies between theDanish Wold andWagria . It originates at the Hörn in centre-cityKiel and merges into theBay of Kiel .The eastern terminus of the
Kiel Canal is located along Kiel Fjord. At its narrowest point, the "Friedrichsorter Enge", the fjord is only one kilometre wide. TheSchwentine enters Kiel Fjord nearDietrichsdorf .Locations
Locations along the Kiel Fjord, from north to south:
Western shore
**Bülk (Bülker Lighthouse)
**Strande (fishery and sporting harbor)
**Kiel-Schilksee (Olympic harbor)
**Falckenstein (Kiel's duty-free beach)
**Kiel-Friedrichsort (traditionsreicher Industriestandort)
**Kiel-Holtenau (Kiel Canal )
**Kiel-Wik
**Kiel-Düsternbrook
**Kiel-Zentrum (offices of the large Scandinavian cruise ships)Eastern shore
**Kiel-Gaarden (
Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft AG )
**Kiel-Ellerbek (former fishing village, now Arsenal)
**Kiel-Wellingdorf (southern mouth of theSchwentine )
**Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf (trade harbour "Ostuferhafen")
**Mönkeberg
**Kitzeberg
**Heikendorf
**Möltenort (fishery and sport harbour)
**Laboe (vacation site,Laboe Naval Memorial , U-Boat, fishery, and two sport harbours)
**Stein inProbstei
**Wendtorf in Probstei (vacation site, large natural yacht harbor (Marina Wendtorf), fishing village)
**Heidkate
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