Walfisch

For the constellation, see Cetus.

Walfisch is an uninhabited German island, in the Bay of Mecklenburg in the Baltic Sea.

It lies between the city of Wismar (roughly 4.5 km north) and the island of Poel. The very flat island has a maximum circumference of ca. 500 × 300 metres, a surface area of 20 hectares 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.

The fortress of Walfisch was destroyed in the year 1717 after the Northern Wars.

External links

www.uwa-mv.de - The Fortress of Walfisch

Coordinates: 53°56′25″N 11°25′38″E / 53.9403°N 11.4272°E / 53.9403; 11.4272

German Baltic Sea islands

Ahrendsberg Balmer Werder Barther Oie Beuchel Bock Bullenriff Böhmke Dänholm (near Kröslin) Dänholm (near Stralsund) Fährinsel Fehmarn Gänsewerder Görmitz Greifswalder Oie Großer Wotig Heuwiese Hiddensee Kieler Ort Kirr Kleiner Rohrplan Kleiner Wotig Kleiner Werder Koos Langenwerder Liebes Liebitz Mährens Öhe Plathe Poel Prosnitzer Werder Riems Riether Werder Ruden Rügen Struck Tollow Ummanz Urkevitz Usedom Vilm Vogelinsel Walfisch Warder Werder Wührens

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