Zatoka Pucka
Coordinates: 54 ° 38 ′ 20 ″ N , 18 ° 34 ′ 30 ″ E
As Zatoka Pucka ( German Puck Bay ; Kashubian-: Pučko Hôwinga ), the western, shallow portion of the Gulf of Gdansk , respectively. The name of the bay goes back to the place Puck (Putzig) . The bay ( Wiek ) is sealed off from the Baltic Sea by the Hel (Hela) peninsula .
The most important ports are Puck (Putzig) , Jastarnia (Heisternest) , and Hela in the Polish Pomeranian Voivodeship . There is a potash deposit in the subsurface of the Zatoka Pucka .
The bay has an area of about 364 km². The average water depth is only two to six meters. By Zatoka Pucka extends between the fishing Rewa northeast of Rumia (Rahmel) and the location Kuźnica (Kußfeld) on the peninsula Hel a continuous narrow sandbank that Reff was called. This sandbar is often under water when the sea swells and, when the water recedes, it leaves small passages through which fishing boats can pass; the deepest of these passages is called Kutznitza ( Deepke , i.e. small depth).
Traces of settlement have been found on the coasts of the Zatoka Pucka, which indicate that the people who once lived here had trade relations with the Mediterranean region at least since the time of the Great Migration . Byzantine gold coins ( solidi ), which were discovered here during archaeological excavations, apparently came into this area as payment for raw amber or processed amber.
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literature
- Prussian country and folklore or description of Prussia. A manual for primary school teachers in the province of Prussia , as well as for all friends of the fatherland . Bornträger Brothers, Königsberg 1835, pp. 19-20. .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Friedrich Gottlob Leonhardi : Earth description of the Prussian monarchy . Volume 1, Halle 1791, p. 831 .
- ↑ A. Zbierski: Early Medieval amber craft in Gdańsk. In Amber - views - opinions. Warsaw 2006 (first publication of the article 2003)