Liete
As Liete be on the island of Rügen , and especially on the peninsula Wittow , wedge-shaped cuts in the steep coastline designated.
From a geological point of view, these are erosion channels for surface and groundwater, especially on the cliffs on the Baltic Sea coast.
The incisions were created on inactive cliff coast sections by rain and meltwater streams and allow access from the cliff to the beach. Centuries ago they were used by fishermen to transport boats, as landing points and as fish trading places - called "Vitten". Larger beds were populated during the fishing season or all year round. The landed herring was salted, packed and loaded here.
The best known example of this is the "Große Vitte" south of Cape Arkona , where the listed , old fishing village of Vitt is located. It was mentioned as a herring trading center in Slavic times (7th to 12th centuries). With the conquest of the Slavic Tempelburg on Arkona and the incorporation of Rügen into the sphere of influence of Denmark in 1168, the Vitten - and especially the Große Vitte near Arkona - gained in importance, since the Rügen princes acquired trading rights from Lübeck and Stralsund merchants in the 13th century Rügen's coasts assured. Only with the decline of the fish trade in the 16th century did the smaller Vitten become desolate . The Große Vitte was preserved .
The old town of Sassnitz is also located in a large Liete that was originally created by the Steinbach. Today it flows underground through the narrow old town and behind the beach promenade into the Baltic Sea.
literature
- Bernd Wurlitzer: Rügen, Hiddensee, Stralsund. Travel with insider tips. 11th, updated edition. Mairs Geographischer Verlag, Ostfildern 2006, ISBN 3-8297-0171-3 , p. 47.