Schwentine

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Schwentine
The Schwentine near Kiel
Location
CountryGermany
StateSchleswig-Holstein
Reference no.DE: 9614
Physical characteristics
Source 
 • locationBungsberg
Kirchsee
  • Reservoirs: Rosensee

    • The Schwentine is a

    Kiel Fjord, a bay of the Baltic Sea. It passes through several lakes, including the Großer Plöner See, the largest lake in Schleswig-Holstein, as well as the towns Eutin, Malente, Plön, Preetz
    and Kiel.

    Water management

    The Schwentine is of great importance in the supply of drinking water managed by the Kiel Utilities Company. The Schwentine Valley Waterworks (Wasserwerk Schwentinetal) has been located near Klausdorf since about 1900.

    Although the Schwentine valley gives an exceptionally natural impression along virtually its entire length, it is closely linked to the

    cultural monuments, (one on the Rosensee
    ) were laid out by the shipyard founder, Bernhard Howaldt, and are still in operation today.

    The once great mill industry no longer exists today. The old Howaldt Shipyard (that was merged into the firm of

    EU's URBAN II [de
    ] programme) the region around the Schwentine estuary has gradually lost its character as an industrial wasteland.

    Apart from the immediate area of the estuary, no cargo boats use on the Schwentine. Instead there are excursion boats (5-Seen-Fahrt, Schwentinetalfahrt) and rowing boats.

    Nature conservation

    The

    ox bow lake
    , a tributary, hedgerows, wooded river banks and slopes, rich in herbs, and small ponds.

    History

    The name Schwentine comes from the Baltic Šventinė (meaning 'The holy one'; in German, die Heilige);[2] or from the Slavic word Sventana, of similar meaning.

    The original source of the Schwentine was not on the Bungsberg, but in the vicinity of Bornhöved. The source of the present-day Alte Schwentine is viewed by historians, natural scientists and linguistic researchers as the original source of the Schwentine. During the Early and High Middle Ages the little river marked the border between the German or Saxon region, which extended to the Baltic Sea near Kiel, and the Slav-settled regions in the present-day Ostholstein.

    In the Battle of Bornhöved on the field of Sventanafeld (Sventanapolje or "Schwentine field") near the village of Bornhöved near Neumünster in 798 the Obodrites, led by Drożko, allied with the Franks, defeated the Nordalbingian Saxons.

    See also: Wagria, Limes Saxoniae.

    Photos

    The mouth of the River Schwentine at Kiel Fischmarkt
    • Source of the Alte Schwentine near Bornhöved
      Source of the Alte Schwentine near Bornhöved
    • The Schwentine near Bad Malente
      The Schwentine near Bad Malente
    • The Schwentine in the area between Preetz and the Rosensee near Raisdorf
      The Schwentine in the area between Preetz and the Rosensee near Raisdorf

    Course

    List of lakes through which the Schwentine flows (in downstream order):

    See also

    References

    1. ISBN 978-3-529-05415-0
      , p. 13 (in German)
    2. Martynas Mažvydas Catechism, printed on 8 January 1547 by Hans Weinreich in Königsberg
      .
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