Olpenitz
The harbour, which was expanded by 70 berths last year, is now temporarily equipped with sanitary facilities in containers, and new floating sanitary facilities will be added in winter. Anyone still looking for a berth on the Baltic Sea - in Olpenitz there are still some larger boxes available!
Damp
Now that the lease for the harbour has been terminated at the end of 2024 and the municipality can once again make its own decisions, planning for the renovation, which will cost around 24 million euros, is progressing. The municipality is currently waiting for the promise of financial support from the flood fund of the state of Schleswig-Holstein, as it would otherwise not be possible to finance the reconstruction. If this is approved, an EU-wide invitation to tender will have to be issued, which will take time. The municipality is now targeting 2027 as the time frame for the renovation. In the meantime, the harbour will be opened with 100 berths in the southern section, similar to last year.
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Keel
Demand for berths remains very high in the nine harbours operated by Sporthafen Kiel GmbH. And this year, permanent berth holders could not avoid a price increase: the people of Kiel had to pay 12.5 per cent more, while the daily prices remained the same, having already been increased in 2024. Although the state contributed 75 per cent of the approximately three million euros in damage to the facilities in 2024, 750,000 euros is still a lot of money. The maintenance of the facilities also continues: this year, the access road to the old Düsternbrook Olympic harbour will be renovated.
Due to structural defects, the small Schwentine marina with around 35 berths was unexpectedly closed shortly before the season. As the operator is unable to raise the funds to renovate the harbour, it is unlikely to reopen in the foreseeable future.
Highlight on the Baltic Sea: Kiel Week 2025
Everyone on the fjord is probably eagerly awaiting the week from 6 to 10 August. That's when the eight Open 60's of the Ocean Race Europe come to Kiel for the start in the Baltic Sea, including Boris Herrmann's Team Malizia. The foiling IMOCAs will spend a week moored and sailing in the fjord on the Kiellinie. There will be an in-port race, speed runs and, of course, a colourful fan mile.
On land, there is plenty of programme in the Race Village, the start of the leg to the next destination port of Portsmouth is on Sunday at 1 pm. According to Sporthafen Kiel GmbH, there have already been initial enquiries about reserving places in the marinas in Kiel, but as the date is during the summer holidays, they are optimistic enough to have places available.
Laboe
The construction of the new south pier, where the fishermen and sea rescuers are moored, was originally due to start in winter 2024, but has now been delayed further. Following a surprising change to the project plans from a pier slab standing on pillars, which was to be shorter than the original, a solution with sheet piling is now favoured. It now costs 4.1 million euros instead of 3.7 million euros. The start of construction is still unclear.
Wendtorf
The quayside of the harbour has been redesigned and new lighting has been installed. Behind the dyke facing the Baltic Sea, another car park is currently being created for permanent berths. The sanitary facilities on a floating pontoon have been given new wooden panelling.
Lip
The small, cosy harbour was closed at the beginning of the year. The owner of the harbour, Count Franz von Waldersee, whose Waldersee Lippe estate also operated the harbour, cancelled the berths of all permanent berth holders with effect from March 2025. The operator cited heavy infestation of mussels as the reason for the cancellation, stating that he was unable to bear the costs of remediation. This actually came as a surprise, as the problem had previously been the constant silting up of the entrance, but this was solved when an initiative succeeded in having Lippe categorised as an emergency harbour and the state financed the dredging work.
Lippe was a convenient weekend destination and strategic stop between Kiel and Fehmarn. A DGzRS boat was also stationed there, which was withdrawn in the winter as the approach was already completely silted up. According to the DGzRS, the loss of this station on the Baltic Sea is to be compensated for by the rescue cruisers in Laboe and a new fast boat in Burgstaaken.
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Orth
Long-term berth holders and visitors to the harbour will soon no longer be able to park directly on the quay in front of the mast crane and café. The large car park will be closed. In future, cars will have to use the day car park behind the end of the harbour. It is not yet clear what will happen to the space gained. Burgstaaken In the marina opposite the submarine museum, the entire centre jetty has been renovated and equipped with new power columns, which now also have higher fuse protection (16 amps).
Großenbrode
The Großenbrode water sports centre has completely replaced its breakwater jetties surrounding the harbour with more stable concrete floating jetties to better protect the harbour from swell. There are also still berths available: as fewer anglers are coming this year due to the cod fishing ban on the Baltic Sea, there are still a few places up to eight metres in length free. There will be additional space for yachts up to 11 metres in length next year. Interested parties can get in touch.
Scharbeutz
Two of the popular beaches in the Bay of Lübeck now have new piers: The new 19 million euro building near Haffkrug was opened in autumn 2024 and even has a small jetty for dinghies, dinghies and small motorboats. There is a sun deck with loungers and a passenger jetty. This was followed on 1 May by the inauguration of the even larger 276-metre-long pier near Scharbeutz.
New town
In the Ancora Marina, the jetty including the sheet piling and petrol station, which had a small kink, has been rebuilt and straightened in the course of this.
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