Tromper Wiek
The Tromper Wiek is a bay in the Baltic Sea between the Wittow and Jasmund peninsulas on the island of Rügen .
This Wiek extends in a wide arc between Cape Arkona in the north, the villages of Juliusruh and Glowe on both sides of the Schaabe and the incipient chalk coast of the Stubnitz near Lohme .
The claim that the bay was named after the Dutch admiral Cornelis Tromp , who led many naval battles in the service of Denmark and Brandenburg in the second half of the 17th century and also came to Rügen, is not substantiated. On the other hand there is an engraving of the Lubin'schen map of Pomerania from the year 1618, which shows that the bay was already called Trumper Wiek before the birth of Cornelis Tromp (1629) .
In connection with the Great Northern War (1700–1721) on August 8, 1715, the Danish fleet threw back a Swedish supply fleet from the Tromper Wiek as far as Bornholm . This sea battle is said to be the Swedish King Charles XII. have observed from the king's chair .
literature
- Harald Krause: Wiek and Wikinger - origin and development of shipping and maritime terms used by seafarers in the extended Baltic Sea area . In: Bull and Griffin . Sheets on the cultural and regional history in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Year 19, Schwerin 2009, pp. 10-21
Individual evidence
Coordinates: 54 ° 37 ' N , 13 ° 27' E