Kieler Förde

Aerial photograph, view from the Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft shipyard (front) towards Baltic Sea and the Laboe Naval Memorial (top right) in the north (2003)

Kieler Förde is an approximately 17 km (11 mi) long inlet of the Baltic Sea on the eastern side of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. Formed by glacial movement during the last ice age, it divides Danish Wold peninsula from Wagria. Like the other inlets of förde-type, geologically it is not a fjord. It originates at the Hörn in centre-city Kiel and merges into the Bay of Kiel.

The eastern terminus of the Kiel Canal is located along Kiel Förde leading into the Port of Kiel. At its narrowest point, the "Friedrichsorter Enge", the fjord is only one kilometre wide. The river Schwentine enters Kieler Förde near Kiel-Dietrichsdorf.

Locations

Locations along the Kieler Förde:

Western shore

From north to south:

Bülk (Bülk 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

From south to north:

Kiel-Gaarden (Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft
Kiel-Ellerbek (former fishing village, now Arsenal)
Kiel-Wellingdorf (southern mouth of the Schwentine)
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 in Probstei
Wendtorf in Probstei (vacation site, large natural yacht harbor (Marina Wendtorf), fishing village)
Heidkate