Ueckermünde Heath ( German : Ueckermünder Heide , Polish : Puszcza Wkrzańska ) is a large area of forest and heath , 1,000 km in area, in northeastern Germany and northwestern Poland, on the Oder river and the Szczecin Lagoon . In 1945, the eastern part went to Poland and is now called the Puszcza Wkrzańska . Świdwie Lake near Tanowo is the site of a nature reserve and Ramsar site.
16-629: The region is about 1000 km large. In the north it borders to the Szczecin Lagoon and in the east on the Oder . In the west the lowland of the Friedländer Großen Wiese forms the border and in the south the line Stettin-Pasewalk forms it. The Ueckermünde Heath is a lowland area, where only a few points reach heights above the 20 metre above sea level (except for: Dachsberge south of Hintersee with 48 metres). The forest area
32-595: A combined annual 1 km . Since no reliable data for an inflow from the Baltic Sea exist, the combined inflow is an estimated 18 km from a catchment area of 129,000 km , residing in the lagoon for an average 55 days before being discharged into the Pomeranian Bay . The nutrients thereby transported into the lagoon have made it hyper(eu)trophic to eutrophic . The straits Peenestrom , Świna and Dziwna are responsible for 17%, 69%, and 14% of
48-575: A water route with a depth of 10 metres connecting the lagoon with the Baltic Sea by bypassing the eastern part of the Swine, allowing large ships to enter the lagoon and the seaport of Stettin quicker and safer. The canal, approximately 12 km long and 10 metres deep, was dug by the German Empire between 1874 and 1880, during the reign of the first Kaiser Wilhelm (1797–1888) after whom it
64-671: Is a lagoon in the Oder estuary, shared by Germany and Poland . It is separated from the Pomeranian Bay of the Baltic Sea by the islands of Usedom and Wolin . The lagoon is subdivided into the Kleines Haff ( Polish : Mały Zalew , "small lagoon") in the West and the Wielki Zalew ( German : Großes Haff , "great lagoon") in the East. An ambiguous historical German name was Frisches Haff , which later exclusively referred to
80-472: Is a basin in the southwestern Baltic Sea , off the Pomeranian shores of Poland and Germany . It stretches between the northernmost tip of the island of Rugia called Gellort northwest of Cape Arkona in the west, and the village of Jarosławiec in the east. In the south, it is bounded by the islands of Usedom/Uznam and Wolin , which separate it from the Szczecin Lagoon which is flown through by
96-422: Is an average 3.8 metres, and 8.5 metres at maximum. The depth of shipping channels however can exceed 10.5 metres. Thus, the lagoon holds about 2.58 km of water. The annual average water temperature is 11 °C. 94% of the water loads discharged into the lagoon are from the Oder river and its confluences, amounting to an average annual 17 km or 540 m per second. All other confluences contribute
112-477: Is crossed by the rivers Uecker , Randow and Zarow . There are also numerous protected moors, especially in the border area with Poland . The swamps were also the reason why the heath was colonised relatively late. In the 17th century it was mainly colonists who set up charcoal burners and glassworks. The frequent occurrence of bog iron was the basis for the metal processing plants, primarily in Torgelow . In
128-584: The Oder River , and is connected to the bay by three straits , the Dziwna , Świna , and Peenestrom . The Bay of Greifswald with the islands of Koos and Vilm is a large sub-bay in the southwest of the Bay of Pomerania. Apart from Rugia, Usedom/Uznam, and Wolin, the islands Greifswalder Oie and Ruden also lie in the Bay of Pomerania. Maximum depth is 20 metres and salinity is about 8%. The main ports on
144-602: The Vistula Lagoon . From the South, the lagoon is fed by several arms of the Oder river and smaller rivers like Ziese , Peene , Zarow , Uecker , and Ina . In the North, the lagoon is connected to the Baltic Sea 's Bay of Pomerania with the three straits Peenestrom , Świna and Dziwna , which divide the mainland and the islands of Usedom and Wolin . The lagoon covers an area of 687 km , its natural depth
160-426: The 10th century. The German-Polish border also divides the bight called Neuwarper See near Rieth [ de ] , Luckow . The lagoon has served as an important fishing grounds for centuries, as a major transportation pathway since the 18th century, and as a tourist destination since the 20th century. Heringsdorf Airport on Usedom island is located on the shores of the lagoon. The southern shore of
176-563: The area, but likely did not succeed with establishing control. Following Poland's fragmentation, it formed part of the Duchy of Pomerania . In the 17th century, it passed to Sweden . Later on, it gradually passed to the Kingdom of Prussia in the 18th and 19th century, and from 1871 was part of unified Germany . In 1880, the Kaiserfahrt ("Emperor's passage") channel on Usedom was opened,
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#1732780989189192-399: The discharge, respectively. The average salinity is between 0.5 and 2 grams of salt per kilogram of water (approximately equivalent to 0.5 and 2 parts per thousand [ppt]). Occasionally northerly winds reverse the direction of the Świna, admitting sea water from the Baltic Sea into the lagoon, raising the local salinity to 6 ppt. In the 10th century, the emerging Polish state strove for
208-537: The forests and moors. This Vorpommern-Greifswald location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . This West Pomeranian Voivodeship location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Szczecin Lagoon Szczecin Lagoon ( Polish : Zalew Szczeciński , German : Stettiner Haff ), also known as Oder Lagoon ( German : Oderhaff ), and Pomeranian Lagoon ( German : Pommersches Haff ),
224-932: The lagoon belongs to the Am Stettiner Haff Nature Park , its northern shore and the island of Usedom to the Usedom Island Nature Park . To the west is the Anklamer Stadtbruch Nature Reserve and, within it, the Anklamer Torfmoor , a protected wetland which is renaturalising after being used for peat extraction. 53°48′16″N 14°08′25″E / 53.80444°N 14.14028°E / 53.80444; 14.14028 Pomeranian Bay The Bay of Pomerania ( Polish : Zatoka Pomorska [zaˈtɔ.ka pɔˈmɔr.ska] ; German : Pommersche Bucht ; Kashubian : Pòmòrskô Hôwinga )
240-632: The middle of the area there is a military training area of about 50 km², which is used by the Bundeswehr (barracks in Torgelow and Eggesin ). Today, the Ueckermünde Heath is important for forestry, but also increasingly for tourism. In addition, there is a diverse flora and fauna. Since 2015 there has also been a pack of wolves and their offspring living in the Ueckermünde Heath. Cranes, screaming eagles and white-tailed eagles breed in
256-527: Was named. Also, the work resulted in a new island named Kaseburg ( Karsibór ) being cut off from Usedom. After the defeat of Nazi Germany in World War II in 1945, the eastern part of the lagoon became part of Poland, while the western part became part of East Germany . The Kaiserfahrt was renamed Piast Canal , after the Polish Piast dynasty , which first included the region to Poland in
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