Kiel Bay
The northeastern part of Schleswig-Holstein faces Kiel Bay, the southwesternmost corner of the Baltic Sea.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kiel and Flensburg.
Kiel
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Kiel is a maritime city and has been for a long time, it remains one of Germany main passenger ports. It is on the Baltic Sea at the end of the "Kieler Förde".
Flensburg
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Flensburg is a city on the east coast of Schleswig-Holstein. The 90,000 inhabitants live around the Flensburger Förde. Its main claim to fame is that is sits on the border with Denmark, so there is lots of shopping. There are several museums, too.
Schleswig
Schleswig is in Schleswig-Holstein. The region around the city of Schleswig was a major centre during the Viking Age. The original viking settlement Hedeby and the Dannevirke defensive wall are on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as Rendsburg and Eckernförde.
Rendsburg
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Rendsburg is in Schleswig-Holstein. Rendsburg's main claim to fame is its position on the Kiel canal and having the longest railway bridge in Europe.
Eckernförde
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Eckernförde is a city located in the Kreis of Rendsburg-Eckernförde, Schleswig-Holstein, northern Germany. Situated on the coast of the Baltic Sea, approximately 30 km north-west of Kiel, it has a population of about 23,000.
Plön
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Plön is the district seat of the Plön district in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, and has about 8,700 inhabitants. It lies right on the shores of Schleswig-Holstein's biggest lake, the Great Plön Lake, as well as on several smaller lakes, touching the town on virtually all sides.
Preetz
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Preetz is a town in the Schleswig-Holstein region of Germany, with a population of 16,000 inhabitants, the largest town in Plön district. Preetz is located between the Post and Lake Lankersee, which flow through the Schwentiene and the Muhlenau.
Kiel Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in the southwestern Baltic Sea
- Also known as: “Bay of Kiel”, “Kiel Bight”, “Kieler Bucht - Kiel Bugt”, “Kielerbugt”, and “Nisler Bach”
- Category: cove
- Location: Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude of center
54.5129° or 54° 30′ 47″ northLongitude of center
10.5338° or 10° 32′ 2″ eastOpenStreetMap ID
way 650527840OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bay
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Basque to Welsh—“Kiel Bay” goes by many names.
- Basque: “Kielgo badia”
- Belarusian: “Кільская бухта”
- Bulgarian: “Килски залив”
- Catalan: “golf de Kiel”
- Cebuano: “Heikendorfer Bucht”
- Chinese: “基尔湾”
- Chinese: “基爾灣”
- Czech: “Kielský záliv”
- Danish: “Kiel Bugt”
- Danish: “Kiel-bugten”
- Danish: “Vestlig Østersø”
- Dutch: “Kieler Bocht”
- Dutch: “Kieler Bucht”
- Dutch: “Kielerbocht”
- Esperanto: “Kila golfo”
- Finnish: “Kielinlahti”
- French: “baie de Kiel”
- French: “Baie de Kiel”
- Galician: “Baía de Kiel”
- German: “Heikendorfer Bucht”
- German: “Kieler Bucht”
- Hebrew: “מפרץ קיל”
- Italian: “Baia di Kiel”
- Japanese: “キール湾”
- Korean: “킬만”
- Latvian: “Ķīles līcis”
- Lithuanian: “Kylio įlanka”
- Macedonian: “Килски Залив”
- Northern Frisian: “Kiil Bocht”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kielbukta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kiel Bugt”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kielbukta”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Kieler Bucht”
- Norwegian: “Kielbukta”
- Persian: “خلیج کیل”
- Polish: “Kieler Bucht”
- Polish: “Zatoka Kilońska”
- Portuguese: “Baía de Kiel”
- Portuguese: “Baía de Quiel”
- Portuguese: “Kieler Bucht”
- Russian: “Кильская бухта”
- Slovak: “Kielska zátoka”
- Slovenian: “Kiel Bugt”
- Slovenian: “Kieler Bucht”
- Slovenian: “Kielski zaliv”
- Spanish: “Bahía de Kiel”
- Spanish: “Golfo de Kiel”
- Swedish: “Kielbukten”
- Swedish: “Kieler Bucht”
- Swedish: “Kielviken”
- Turkish: “Kiel Körfezi”
- Ukrainian: “Кільська бухта”
- Venetian: “Baja de Kiel”
- Welsh: “Bae Kiel”
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