Unclean area

As unclean area marine areas in East and North designated in which large quantities of ammunition of war events and their consequences on the ocean floor is. Occasionally this ammunition is also found in inland waters.

background

Countless mines , grenades and torpedoes from the Second World War are still in the waters mentioned. According to estimates, it is 1.5 million tons of World War II ammunition. Some of it was sunk by Germans, others were dumped in the sea after the war on behalf of the victorious powers , some in shallow waters. Combat ammunition and about 200 V1 cruise missiles were withdrawn from the Allies' access to the port of Flensburg immediately before the surrender and were brought to the exit of the Flensburg Fjord to be scuttled.

Effects

If ammunition is found outside of these unclean areas , it will be removed. There are normally no rescues within the areas .

Driving over these areas is permitted, but it is not allowed to anchor in order to avoid the contact of anchors or chains with the ammunition.

Kolberger Heide

The Kolberger Heide is one of the largest contaminated sites in the Baltic Sea. It is located within the FHH coastal landscape Bottsand - Marzkamp u. upstream flat grounds . On the instructions of the Allies, large amounts of ammunition were sunk in the flat area. Parts of it were raised again after the war because of the valuable metals. During the preparations for the sailing competitions of the 1972 Olympic Games in Kiel , large amounts of ammunition were blown up on site. The section of sea at the edge of the shipping route is not recorded as an official sinking point on the nautical charts, but is marked as a restricted area. It is not allowed to use watercraft at all. Ingredients of ordnance are sometimes found on the beach. Finds of rod powder and the maritime explosives mixture "gunwool" are still harmless finds compared to the white phosphorus from incendiary ammunition, but are often mistaken for fossils.

Web links

Ammunition Dump Site Kiel Bight "KOLBERGER HEIDE". (PDF) Ammunition relicts in the Baltic Sea. Ministry of the Interior, Office for Disaster Control of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, November 16, 2010.; accessed on January 30, 2019
The risk of rusted ammunition increases. In: kn-online.de. February 7, 2019.; accessed on February 8, 2019
Lea Zurborg: Problem child Baltic Sea - How things are currently with the inland sea. In: kn-online.de. Retrieved February 8, 2019

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b Holger Peterson: Where ammunition is still stored under water everywhere. Die Welt , October 21, 2015, accessed on January 30, 2019 (with map of ammunition finds).
↑ ^a ^b Claus Böttcher, Tobias Knobloch, Jens Sternheim, Ingo Weinberg, Uwe Wichert, Joachim Wöhler: AMMUNITION POLLUTION OF GERMAN SEA WATERS - DEVELOPMENTS AND PROGRESS. (PDF) Ministry for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, July 1, 2016, accessed on January 30, 2019 .
↑ The "Kolberger Heide" in the Kiel outer fjord. An ammunition-contaminated, "unclean sea area". In: schleswig-holstein.nabu.de. Accessed January 30, 2019 .
↑ Heike Wells: Poisonous bombs in the Baltic Sea. After 50 years on the seabed, the old ammunition rots and releases chemicals. In: Abendblatt.de. October 5, 2011, accessed January 30, 2019 .

[unrein-1] Holger Peterson: Where ammunition is still stored under water everywhere. Die Welt , October 21, 2015, accessed on January 30, 2019 (with map of ammunition finds).

[Flensburg-2] Claus Böttcher, Tobias Knobloch, Jens Sternheim, Ingo Weinberg, Uwe Wichert, Joachim Wöhler: AMMUNITION POLLUTION OF GERMAN SEA WATERS - DEVELOPMENTS AND PROGRESS. (PDF) Ministry for Energy Transition, Agriculture, Environment and Rural Areas of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, July 1, 2016, accessed on January 30, 2019 .

[3] The "Kolberger Heide" in the Kiel outer fjord. An ammunition-contaminated, "unclean sea area". In: schleswig-holstein.nabu.de. Accessed January 30, 2019 .

[4] Heike Wells: Poisonous bombs in the Baltic Sea. After 50 years on the seabed, the old ammunition rots and releases chemicals. In: Abendblatt.de. October 5, 2011, accessed January 30, 2019 .