The Gellen or Gellen Peninsula ( German : Halbinsel Gellen ) is a spit at the southern end of the island of Hiddensee off the north German Baltic coast. Its southern part is protected as an important bird reserve and is part of protection zone I of the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park . It is therefore not accessible to the public.
14-796: Gänsewerder [REDACTED] The small island of Gänsewerder (middle of upper right quadrant) east of the Gellen Peninsula on Hiddensee [REDACTED] Location of Gänsewerder in off Hiddensee and Rügen Geography Location Schaproder Bodden Coordinates 54°28′32″N 13°04′54″E / 54.47556°N 13.08167°E / 54.47556; 13.08167 Area 0.04 km (0.015 sq mi) Length 0.328 km (0.2038 mi) Width 0.155 km (0.0963 mi) Administration Germany Demographics Population 0 The tiny uninhabited German island of Gänsewerder lies in
28-475: A bay by the barrier on South Gellen still bears witness to the old church. A light beacon, which marks the northern entrance of the so-called Gellenstrom channel, still stands on the peninsula. 54°29′5.8164″N 13°4′6.89″E / 54.484949000°N 13.0685806°E / 54.484949000; 13.0685806 Kirr Kirr is an island in the Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain south of
42-549: A resting place for several thousand crane over several weeks as they migrate south. As a consequence of its natural importance, walking on the island or landing boats there without permission is forbidden. Around 1700, the Kirr had three owners, the Amt of Barth (331.6 hectares), the town of Barth (219 hectares) and the Horn family from Divitz (20 hectares). The island was managed by a farmstead and
56-530: A sea cliff up to four metres high, which unlike the Dornbusch has its origins in dune formation, not ice age depositions. On the Altgellen is a coastal defence wood of wind-resistant Scots Pine has been planted; further south there are also a few individual birches and other trees. Most of it is covered with dune grasses, poor grassland and heath, however. In 1864, a storm surge drove an 8 metre deep breach through
70-418: Is only 250 metres wide. Groynes (some even made of stone), beach nourishment , artificial dunes and the planting of Beachgrass and pines are being used to counteract the abrasion of the coastline. In the early 14th century, Gellen Church ( Gellenkirche ), a small beacon (called Luchte ) and the first harbour were built on the island of Hiddensee. The name Karkensee ( Kirchensee or "church lake") for
84-732: The Schaproder Bodden , a lagoon on the Baltic Sea coast, 400 metres east of the Gellen Peninsula on Hiddensee . It is part of the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park and is out of bounds to the public. The surface of Gänsewerder is flat, sandy and damp, and only reeds and small plants grow there. There is a small pond in the northeast of the island. The island has an oval shape and slopes along its longer axis from southwest to northeast. It measures about 328 by 155 metres and has an area of some 4 hectares. When
98-598: The Zingst Peninsula on the German Baltic Sea coast. It is separated from the peninsula by the Zingster Strom . The island is a nature reserve within the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park . It was formerly and is sometimes still called Großer Kirr or Große Kirr ("Great Kirr"). This is to distinguish it from the northwestern part of the island, which was still a separate albeit much smaller island in
112-577: The Baltic Nature reserves in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania West Rügen Bodden Islands of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Uninhabited islands of Germany Hidden category: Pages using gadget WikiMiniAtlas Gellen It consists of post-ice age sand depositions and is growing annually by a few metres to the south. The dredging of the shipping channel between the island of Bock and
126-559: The Gellen is an extensive wind-affected mudflat or Windwatt , the Vierendehlgrund , which is occasionally exposed. The growth of the Gellen has slowed down considerably since about 1990 and will eventually cease in the coming decades because it will come up against the shipping channel to the southwest. Place names on the Gellen from north to south: On the western shore of the Neugellen is
140-429: The Gellen prevents a graded shoreline from being formed, which would otherwise be typical of the eastern Baltic Sea area with its numerous spits. The peninsula is a maximum of 500 metres wide and ca. 5 kilometres long, but only a few metres high. Its individual berms may be clearly seen. Topographically it may be divided into two areas: Whilst the Neugellen grows southwards, sand is removed from Altgellen. South of
154-505: The Zingster Strom in the second half of the 20th century, that used to be called Kleiner Kirr or Kleine Kirr ("Small Kirr"). The island has a length of 3.5 km, a maximum width of 1.5 km and only rises one metre above sea level. It lies in the lagoon of Barther Bodden on the Baltic Sea coast of north Germany, just a few metres south of the Baltic seaside resort of Zingst . On
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#1732884947994168-415: The east side of the island is the small hamlet of Klein Kirr ; in the north are the ruins of an old farmstead. The island is covered by salt marshes and dissected by creeks . It is an ideal breeding ground for numerous birds, especially waders like dunlin , ruff , redshank , black-tailed godwit , oystercatcher , avocet and lapwing as well as the black-headed gull . In autumn the island acts as
182-1545: The national park was established, Gänsewerder (like the Gellen ) was a coastal nesting area for birds, but is no longer. The island of Fährinsel off Hiddensee, which is inhabited by several species of bird, is managed as one area along with the Gellen and Gänserwerder. References [ edit ] ^ Gänsewerder at www.insel-und-kueste.de. Retrieved 24 Jun 2019 v t e German Baltic Sea islands Ahrendsberg Balmer Werder Barther Oie Baumwerder Beuchel Bock Bullenriff Böhmke Brinkenberg Dänholm (near Kröslin) Dänholm (near Stralsund) Fährinsel Fehmarn Gänsewerder Görmitz Greifswalder Oie Großer Werder Großer Wotig Grot Deil Heuwiese Hiddensee Kastenwerder Kieholm Kieler Ort Kirr Kleiner Rohrplan Kleiner Werder Kleiner Wotig Kleine Werder Kohlhofinsel Koos Langenwerder Liebes Liebitz Mährens Öhe Poel Prosnitzer Werder Riems Riether Werder Riffbrink Ruden Rügen Tedingsinsel Tollow Ummanz Urkevitz Usedom Vilm Vogelinsel Walfisch Warder Weidenschwanz Werder Wührens [REDACTED] Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Gänsewerder&oldid=1045923059 " Categories : German islands in
196-463: The peninsula south of Neuendorf, at the so-called Schwarzer Peter ("Black Peter"). In spite of intensive attempts, it could not be closed in the succeeding decades; instead it widened to 250 metres. Only after the construction of the stone embankment was the Gellen peninsula finally rejoined to Hiddensee island. Today there is the risk of another breach in the area of the Klimphores Bay. There the land
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