Walfisch Explained

Walfisch
Location:Bay of Wismar, Baltic Sea
Coordinates:53.9403°N 11.4272°W
Country:DE-MV
Length Km:0.560
Width Km:0.300
Area Km2:0.0865
Population:0

Walfisch is an uninhabited German island, in the Bay of Mecklenburg in the Baltic Sea. It lies approximately north of the city of Wismar, south of the island of Poel. The island is very flat and has a maximum circumference of about 500×, a surface area of 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.

Literature

53.9403°N 11.4272°W

Notes and References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080915174558/http://www.uwa-mv.de/projekte/hafenvonwismar.html Unterwasserarchäologische Prospektionen im Hafen von Wismar