Brodtener Ufer
The Brodtener banks , also Brodtener bluff is a 4 km long cliff on the Bay of Lübeck ( Baltic Sea ) between Travemuende and Niendorf (near the village Brodten ) in Schleswig-Holstein .
geology
This cliff , which is up to 20 m high, is largely an active cliff that recedes by about 50 to 100 cm per year on average due to the effects of the Baltic Sea. Most of the demolition takes place in the winter half of the year due to the impact of waves during storms and, after heavy rainfall, when parts of the cliff slide off when it is destabilized by the water escaping from individual layers.
After the end of the last great ice advance of the Pleistocene Ice Age about 12,000 years ago, the Vistula Glaciation , a long, peninsula-shaped debris spur remained, which had formed between two glacier tongues . The headland between the Bay of Lübeck and the (then) Traveförde (today the mouth of the Trave ) has receded by about 6 km since the onset of the Littorina Transgression , which began around 7,000 years ago to the formation of today's Baltic Sea.
The sand from the demolition of the coast is moved by currents both to the west into the Bay of Lübeck and to the east into the mouth of the Trave. In the west it forms the beaches of the Bay of Lübeck in Niendorf , Timmendorfer Strand , Scharbeutz and other places, in the east it forms the beach of Travemünde and constantly blocks the fairway of the Trave (to the ports of Travemünde and Lübeck ). Larger stones remain in the shore zone of the cliff, so that the beach area of the Brodtender shore and the sand rubble that formed in the course of the retreat is littered with sometimes very large boulder blocks.
freetime and recreation
Hiking and cycling path
A hiking and cycling path runs along the edge above the cliffs. The historic Hermannshöhe restaurant , originally built before the First World War , was replaced by a new building in May 2012. The parking lot, popular with hikers and day-trippers, is now closed by a barrier system and there is a charge to use it.
On the way between the Brodtener Ufer and Travemünde there are two memorial stones: The older stone shows a Bible verse ( Ps 93.4 LUT ), the younger one serves as a memorial for those buried at sea . The latter had to be moved inland in the meantime because the steep bank had broken off and was also rotated so that the inscription now faces the sea.
Memorial stone with Bible verse
Memorial stone for buried at sea (before implementation)
Steep bank
Access from the hiking trail to the beach is only permitted in Niendorf / Ostsee, Travemünde and from the stairs near the Seeblick youth center north of Brodten. Otherwise, the ascent and descent on the steep coast and stepping onto the strip at the edge of the drop-off are life-threatening.
Stretch of beach
On the beach on the Brodtener Ufer - which is sometimes quite stony - you can swim and look for fossils , but access is sometimes hindered by bank breaks after storms. There are diving areas off the Brodtener Ufer, but ammunition was sunk off the coast - near the Brodtener Reef - after the end of the Second World War .
Flora and fauna
Large parts of the Brodtener Ufer are under nature protection ( European bird sanctuary ). Since the living conditions on steep banks are unique and form an irreplaceable landscape element for numerous animal and plant species, the steep slopes must not be artificially secured.
On the steep bank there is one of the largest sand martin colonies in Europe with around 2600 breeding tunnels .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kurt-Dietmar Schmidtke: Development of the coastal morphology of the Lübeck Bay. In: M. Diehl (ed.): Lübecker Bucht and Untertrave. Reports of the Nature and Homeland Association and the Natural History Museum in Lübeck, issue 23/24. Lübeck 1992.
Web links
- Brodtener Ufer fossil discovery
- More pictures and information on the private website www.brodtener-ufer.de
- Landscape protection area "Brodtener Winkel" on the website of the Hanseatic City of Lübeck
Coordinates: 53 ° 58 ′ 56 ″ N , 10 ° 52 ′ 52 ″ E