{{Short description|Fjord in Germany}} {{multiple| {{Unreferenced|date=October 2024}} {{Expand language|topic=|langcode=de|date=October 2024}} }} [[File:Kiel Luftaufnahme 02.jpg|thumb|View of the fjord from over Kiel (2009)]] [[Image:Kiel MKL Bd. 9 1890 (130810797).jpg|thumb|right|Map of Kiel and environs, c. 1890]] [[File:KielerFoerdeUndHDWKraene.jpg|thumb|View of the fjord from over the [[Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft]] shipyard (2003)]] The '''Kieler Förde''', also known in English as the '''Kiel Fjord''', is an inlet of the [[Baltic Sea]] on the eastern side of [[Schleswig-Holstein]], Germany. Beginning at the [[Bay of Kiel]], it extends inland for about {{convert|17|km|0}}, dividing the [[Dänischer Wohld]] from [[Wagrien]]. It terminates at the {{interlanguage link|Hörn (Kiel)|de|lt=Hörn}}, a sheet of water in the centre of [[Kiel]].
The [[Kiel Canal]], which allows ships to pass between the North and Baltic seas without rounding [[Jutland]], has its eastern terminus on the Kiel Fjord. At its narrowest point, the Friedrichsorter Enge, the fjord is only one kilometre wide. The river [[Schwentine]] enters the ford near Kiel-Dietrichsdorf.
== Locations == Locations on the Kiel Fjord:
=== Western shore === From north to south: * Bülk ([[Bülk Lighthouse]]) * [[Strande]] (fishery and sporting harbor) * Kiel-[[Schilksee]] (Olympic harbor) * [[Falckenstein, Schleswig-Holstein|Falckenstein]] (Kiel's duty-free beach) * Kiel-[[Friedrichsort]] (traditionsreicher Industriestandort) * Kiel-[[Holtenau]] ([[Kiel Canal]]) * Kiel-Wik * Kiel-[[Düsternbrook]] * Kiel-Zentrum (offices of the large Scandinavian cruise ships)
=== Eastern shore === From north to south: * Heidkate * [[Wendtorf (Probstei)|Wendtorf]] in Probstei (vacation site, large natural yacht harbor (Marina Wendtorf), fishing village) * [[Stein (Probstei)|Stein]] in [[Probstei]] * [[Laboe]] (vacation site, [[Laboe Naval Memorial]], [[Unterseeboot 995|U-Boat]], fishery, and two sport harbours) * Möltenort (fishery and sport harbour) * [[Heikendorf]] * Kitzeberg * [[Mönkeberg]] * Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf (trade harbour "Ostuferhafen") * Kiel-Wellingdorf (southern mouth of the [[Schwentine]]) * Kiel-Ellerbek (former fishing village, now Arsenal) * Kiel-Gaarden ([[Howaldtswerke-Deutsche Werft]])
== External links == {{Commonscat|Kiel Fjord|Kieler Förde|audio=1|video=1}} *[http://webcam-kiel.de/ Webcam Kiel] Data - Kieler Förde
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