Gettorf - Eckernförde

On this route you really come 'out of the Knick.' The special feature: walking on the Danish Wohld. That is the name of the peninsula between Eckernförde Bay and Kiel Fjord. After the clearing of the once impenetrable coastal forest from the 13th century, farming was carried out. In the 18th century, the Holsteiners began to plant hedgerows as field boundaries. They served as windbreaks, for wood production, and were meant to keep livestock within their own properties. For this, the shrubs were notched, bent, and woven into a living fence—hence the name Knick. The shrub strips still shape the landscape of the young moraine and are a habitat for many animal species. In their wind/sun protection, it usually remains very pleasant. At the end, always along the Baltic Sea beach, the Baltic Sea spa town of Eckernförde welcomes with beautifully designed flower beds in the spa gardens and the motto – joy of life like sand on the sea. Well then: on to the coast.