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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Landkreis Rostock
Kühlungsborn

Groynes in front of Kühlungsborn Marina

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Groynes in front of Kühlungsborn Marina

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    Location: Kühlungsborn, Landkreis Rostock, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

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    August 11, 2021

    Groynes - a piece of cultural history
    Every visitor has probably wondered what the wooden stakes that jut out of the sand and sea on the Baltic coast are all about. 70 percent of the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania coast is constantly being eroded - by wind, swell, currents, different water levels and changing sea heights. For these reasons, groynes have been built in rows of solid wooden piles since the first half of the 19th century. They extend up to 80 meters into the Baltic Sea, are sometimes rammed 6 meters deep into the sand and run at a distance of approx. 60 meters from one another across the shoreline. With the groyne root, the groyne is integrated into the bank, the water-side end is the groyne head. In Kühlungsborn, the well-preserved groynes extend from the Hansa-Haus (Kühlungsborn West) to the boat harbor (Kühlungsborn East)

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      August 11, 2021

      Groynes are created so that there is sufficient water depth for navigation in times of low water. They serve to protect the shore from loss of land. This should be as minimal as possible. Sand is deposited, which makes the water shallower and robs the waves of their power.
      As a coastal protection measure, groynes are arranged vertically or at an angle to the shoreline in order to divert tidal and coastal currents and to influence waves and surf currents.

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        March 28, 2023

        Do not climb or walk in - the current in it is not without danger.

        Very important for coastal protection and also a beautiful sight in the water surface.

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