- Karsibór
Karsibór ( _de. Kaseburg) is an island in the
Oder Lagoon ,Poland , which was created artificially by a channel cutting it off from the island ofUsedom . The island was named after its largest village.In 1880, the "
Kaiserfahrt " (Emperors's passage) channel on Usedom was opened, a water route with a depth of 10 meters connecting the lagoon with the Baltic Sea by bypassing the eastern part of theSwina arm of theOder River , allowing large ships to enter the lagoon and the seaport of Stettin (Szczecin ) quicker and safer than on the natural river bed ("Alte Swine") which separates the river from the island ofWolin in the north.The canal, approximately 12 km long and 10 meters deep, was dug by the
German Empire between 1874 and 1880, during the reign of the first Kaiser Wilhelm (1797 - 1888) after whom it was named.After 1945, not only areas east of
Oder Neisse line were put under Polish administration, but also control of the German seaport cities of Stettin (Szczecin) and Swinemünde (Świnoujście) on the western bank of the river Oder was granted to Poland which renamed the canal after thePiast dynasty.Also affected was the village of Kaseburg. It was named Karsibór, has now ca. 1,000 inhabitants and is part of the commune of
Świnoujście (Swinemünde) which is also on Usedom.External links
* [http://www.insel-usedom-wollin.de/kaseburg/kaseburg.html Bilder des Dorfes Karsibór]
* [http://www.insel-usedom.net/karsibor.htm Zur Geschichte von Kaseburg]
* [http://erwin-rosenthal.de/usedom/caseburg.htm Kaseburg: Geschichte und Gegenwart]
* [http://www.gregor-jonas.de/urlaube/karsibor/index.htm Fotoreisebericht Karsibor]
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