View of Eckernförde Across Windebyer Noor

A delightful view across the Noor to Eckernförde especially late afternoon with the sun from behind.

The lake was formerly connected directly as the end of Eckernförde Bay with the Baltic Sea. The hollow shape of Windebyer Noores emerged as a glacial tongue basin during the Weichsel icing. During this time, the Weichselian glacial Baltic Sea glacier in Schleswig-Holstein divided into a "Holsteiner Lobus" and a "Eckernförder Lobus".
The "Eckernförder Lobus" in turn divided into today's Eckernförder area, taking advantage of a (in the opinion of some geologists already before the Ice Age) depth line of Eckernförde Bay in a northern ("Windebyer Noor tongue") and a southern ("Wittensee Goossee- Tongue ") Partis tongue. The Windebyer-Noor tongue formed u. a. the Hüttener mountains, the Wittensee-Goossee tongue the Duvenstedter mountains. An indication of the glacial origin is a large boulder in the Windebyer Noor, the "White Stone". Sand deposits formed after the ice age over time, a beach wall system (spit), which closed the Noor gradually from Eckernförde Bay. The final separation took place only in 1929 by artificial landfills. Today, the Windebyer Noor is only connected underground with the Baltic Sea. Meanwhile, there are plans of the city of Eckernförde for the restoration of an open connection, to the realization of which first steps have already been taken. Source: wikipedia

The Windebyer Noor has a lot to offer: The former Eckernförder Kleinbahn, an old watermill, secluded paths, great trees, a glacial boulder and much more!