5-613: The Großer Wannsee ( German: [ˈɡʁoːsɐ ˈvanˌzeː] , "Greater Wannsee", "See" means lake) is a bight of the Havel river near the locality of Wannsee and Nikolassee (in the borough of Steglitz-Zehlendorf ), a south-western suburb of the German capital Berlin not far from Potsdam . Between the river itself and the Wannsee lies the Breite , or Grosse Breite (Broad, or Great Broad). To
10-558: A square-rigged sailing vessel, regardless of the direction of the wind (typically meaning the apex of the bight is less than 25 degrees from the edges). According to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea , an indentation with an area as large as (or larger than) that of the semi-circle whose diameter is a line drawn across the mouth of that indentation, can be regarded as
15-479: A popular nudist area, was built in 1920–30 after a concept by architect Richard Ermisch . Situated on the eastern shore of the lake it is officially part of the Nikolassee locality. [REDACTED] Media related to Großer Wannsee at Wikimedia Commons This Berlin location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Bight (geography) In geography , a bight ( / b aɪ t / )
20-402: Is a concave bend or curvature in a coastline , river or other geographical feature, or it may refer to a very open bay formed by such a feature. Such bays are typically broad, open, shallow and only slightly recessed. Bights are distinguished from sounds , in that sounds are much deeper. Traditionally, explorers defined a bight as a bay that could be sailed out of on a single tack in
25-635: The north lies the island of Schwanenwerder and, opposite from the Greater Wannsee on the other side of the Havel, is the locality of Kladow (in Spandau ). The Wannsee lake is well known as the number-one bathing and recreation spot for western Berlin, especially from a 1951 Schlager hit by teen idol Cornelia Froboess . The Strandbad Wannsee , an open-air lido with one of the longest inland beaches in Europe and
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