Walfisch
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Walfisch is an uninhabited German island, in the Bay of Mecklenburg in the Baltic Sea. It lies approximately Script error: No such module "convert". north of the city of Wismar, south of the island of Poel. The island is very flat and has a maximum circumference of about Script error: No such module "convert"., a surface area of Script error: No such module "convert". and is a nature reserve.
History
During the Thirty Years' War there was a fortress located on the island, which today is mainly under water. Relics of this are still being discovered today through aerial archaeology.[1]
The fortress of Walfisch was destroyed in the year 1717 after the Northern Wars.
References
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- ↑ Unterwasserarchäologische Prospektionen im Hafen von Wismar at uwa-mv.de. Retrieved 7 December 2023.
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Literature
- Friedrich Schlie: Die Kunst- und Geschichts-Denkmäler des Grossherzogthums Mecklenburg-Schwerin. Vol. II: Die Amtsgerichtsbezirke Wismar, Grevesmühlen, Rehna, Gadebusch und Schwerin. Schwerin 1898. Reprint Schwerin 1992, ISBN 3-910179-06-1, pp. 23 ff., 226 ff.
- Lutz Mohr: Aufgebaute und zerstörte Eilande an der Ostseeküste der DDR. In: Greifswald-Stralsunder Jahrbuch, Vol. 11. Böhlau, Weimar 1977, pp. 17–41
- Lutz Mohr: Zwischen Walfisch und Oie. Eilande an der Ostseeküste der DDR. In: Jahrbuch der Schiffahrt. Transpress Verlag, Berlin 1986, pp. 109–117, 17 Kartenabb.
- Lutz Mohr: Die Insel Walfisch in Vergangenheit und Gegenwart. In: Naturschutz in Mecklenburg, Greifswald/Schwerin, Year 20 (double issue), No. 1/2/1977, pp. 32–35
- Gustav Willgeroth: Bilder aus Wismars Vergangenheit. Verlag Willgeroth und Menzel 1903
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