Image Coa: | DEU Großenbrode COA.svg |
Coordinates: | 54.37°N 11.085°W |
Image Plan: | Grossenbrode in OH.png |
State: | Schleswig-Holstein |
District: | Ostholstein |
Amt: | Oldenburg-Land |
Elevation: | 16 |
Area: | 20.98 |
Postal Code: | 23775 |
Area Code: | 04367 |
Licence: | OH |
Gemeindeschlüssel: | 01 0 55 017 |
Mayor: | Jens Reise |
Party: | CDU |
Großenbrode is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, opposite Fehmarn, approx. 8 km (5 mi) east of Heiligenhafen. Until 1963 it had a ferry connection to Gedser in Denmark. After World War II there was no ferry connection between West Germany and Denmark - the ferry port Warnemünde (near Rostock) now being in the communist east. Großenbrode was chosen as the site for a temporary ferry connection for the 3-hour crossing to Gedser. After the Fehmarnsund bridge was built in 1963, the ferryport moved to Puttgarden on Fehmarn. Großenbrode is planned to be the site of a portal of the Fehmarn Sound Tunnel by 2028.