Wagria is a peninsula on the Holstein Baltic Sea coast. It is on the one hand by the Hohwachter Bay, on the other hand from the Bay of Lübeck framed. The island lies in front of the tip of the peninsula Fehmarn, which is connected to Wagrien via the Fehmarnsund Bridge. The main town of the peninsula is Oldenburg in Holstein.
places
- Oldenburg in Holstein, Capital and transport hub of the peninsula
- Dahme (Holstein)
- Gremersdorf
- Groemitz
- Grossenbrode, at the tip of the peninsula, just before the Fehmarn Sound
- Heiligenhafen
- Heringsdorf (Ostholstein)
- Kellenhusen
- Lensahn
- Neukirchen (Ostholstein)
- Neustadt in Holstein
- Wangels velvet Weissenhauser Beach - The seaside resort basically consists entirely of a holiday park that was created in the 1970s; It was named after Gut Weißenhaus.
Other goals
- Bungsberg, with 167 meters highest elevation in Schleswig-Holstein, at the transition from Wagrien to Holstein Switzerland
background
The peninsula, which is also called Wagerland or Waierland, takes its name from the Wagriern, a Slavic tribe that settled in the Baltic Sea region between the Kiel Fjord and the Trave in the 9th to 12th centuries. Then they assimilated to the immigrant German-speaking population, but the tribe name was retained in the name of the area. Since the definition of "Wagrien" is imprecise and can vary, the Oldenburg peninsula is also used in geographical contexts. In the tourist context, it is also marketed as the “Ostseespitze” holiday region.
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getting there
The journey is usually made via the central city of Oldenburg, which is on the ICE and Intercity line Hamburg – Fehmarn (–Kopenhagen). The ICE takes a little over an hour from Hamburg. In the summer season there are also regular direct connections from the Rhine-Ruhr area. The regional train that runs every two hours Lübeck–Puttgarden also stops in Lensahn and Großenbrode (travel time from Lübeck 1–1: 15 hours).
The A1 Hamburg – Lübeck – Puttgarten motorway runs right across the peninsula. From the direction of Kiel, the B 202 leads to Wagrien.
Cyclists can use the Baltic Sea Cycle Route from Lübeck or Kiel as well as on the Mönchsweg out Stormarn and Holstein Switzerland (Plön, Malente, Eutin) get to the peninsula.
The European long-distance footpaths E1 and E6 lead past the southern edge of the peninsula (Neustadt i.H., Bungsberg). The Way of St. JamesVia Scandinavica leads along the east coast of Wagrien on its way from Fehmarn to Lübeck (and further towards Hanover and Eisenach).
mobility
While the Baltic Sea Cycle Route circles Wagrien's coasts, the Mönchsweg leads more inland.
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Oldenburg Wall Museum.
Reconstruction and documentation of the Slavic heritage of Wagrien, on Wallsee in the north-west of Oldenburg. - 2 Cismar Monastery.
former Benedictine abbey (13th to 16th century), the brick-Gothic monastery church with its art-historically significant winged altar from the early 14th century is particularly noteworthy Groemitz and Kellenhusen (5 km each). - 3 Altenkrempe Basilica. late Romanesque brick basilica from the early 13th century.
- 4 Zoo Noah Grömitz's Ark
