Orth

Marina near Fehmarn

Last edited 26.09.2023 at 08:00 by NV Charts Team

Latitude

54° 26’ 45.9” N

Longitude

11° 3’ 0.7” E

Description

Small idyllic yacht and commercial harbor on the northwest coast of Orth Bay.

NV Cruising Guide

Navigation

The approach to the fired port is unproblematic day and night. One keeps 349° in the white sector of the fire, which passes through the buoyed dredging channel, 3 m deep. Shoals of less than 1 m extend to the vicinity of the channel, which is only 15 m wide and tends to silt up. The set nets in the western part of Orth Bay are located near the fairway.

In the entrance there is a risk of siltation, so water depths of 2.1 - 2.8m between the piers should be expected. A sufficient distance must be maintained from the east pier.

Berths

Guests will find their berths on the west pier (with stern pilings). Larger yachts are also moored at the Handelskai. However, anyone wishing to moor at the Handelskai should arrange this with the harbormaster.

Surroundings

Shopping facilities are available in Petersdorf (about 5 km).

The harbor offers only various gastronomic facilities and surf stores.

NV Land Guide

Once a loading point for the agricultural goods of the fertile island, the tube-like harbor is now used exclusively by pleasure boats. The cozy village on the semicircular Orther Reede is a suitable starting point for excursions to the nature reserves of West Fehmarn.

The nature reserve and the inland lake Sulsdorfer Wiek (see map) are located immediately northwest of the village. From the dike path south of it, the shallow lake can be overlooked. Further west, the dike leads to the Flügge lighthouse and the Krumm Steert nature reserve. The lighthouse was built in 1915 and is the largest on the island at 42.5 meters. Its fire reaches up to 28 nautical miles.

The special thing about the Krumm Steert headland, located southeast of the tower, is that it grows in length by a few meters every year. From 1879 to 1983, it was 900 meters that closed the bay more and more.

On Fehmarn, water and wind have always worked particularly hard to change the land and coast. Seepage and easterly storms, for example, have broken off and washed away the cliffs in the east. Currents and winds straightened the once bay-rich north and west coasts, creating inland lakes. This is how the Wallnau Waterfowl Reserve, which is well worth seeing, came into being. The breeding area for 60 bird species is located a good three kilometers northwest of Orth on the west coast dike (see map). It consists of six larger and about 30 smaller ponds as well as marshes and shallow water meadows. A bird care station, information center and nature trail are located in the northwest of the nature reserve, which can be walked around on dikes, paths and roads. The beach northwest of the bird sanctuary is frequented by friends of the free body culture.

By the way: 7000 years ago Fehmarn and Lolland were separated only by a narrow inland lake; Langeland could be reached on dry feet. The ice age had bound so much water that the sea level at the 25-meter depth line was 60 meters below today's level. 3000 years before Christ, the shoreline in the western Baltic Sea was already identical to today's nine-meter depth line.

The name Orth has a particularly good sound among surfers. The Orther Reede is considered the best surf spot in Germany with south and west winds. What belongs to surfing is offered around the harbor. If board sailing is not your thing, you can stop at the cafe "Die Villa" or have a bite to eat at the snack bar directly at the harbor. A monument at the harbor quay commemorates the time of Kaiser Wilhelm I. Petersdorf. 

There are bus connections to Petersdorf and Kopendorf.

Marina Information

Contact

Phone +49 174 67 64 167
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Website https://www.hafen-orth.de/

Surroundings

Electricity

Water

Toilet

Shower

Crane

Internet

Boatyard

Ramp

Public Transport

Bikerental

Garbage

Comments

Timo, CADIZ
Super gemütlicher Hafen, wie man ihn sich aus dem Bilderbuch vorstellt. Leider muss man den einen Fahrradverleih erstmal finden. An Diek 6 (54.4484041, 11.0509788)
04.07.2022 15:54
Steffen, Grote Bim Bam
schön, an den äußeren Plätzen manchmal sehr verblasen, aber tolle Atmo, Cafe, Grieche, Burger-Laden, Surfshop. Durch die Surfer nicht so rentnerlastig. Automat, einchecken jederzeit.
22.06.2022 22:53
Crew Heitmann, Anke
Brötchen gibt es im Café, vorbestellen lohnt sich. Ansonsten gibt es keine Versorgung mit Lebensmitteln. Lediglich mehrere Restaurants. Darunter ein hervorragender Grieche und ein Burgerrestaurant mit Fleisch von den Inselrindern. Duschen geht nur mit geladener Hafenkarte (4 min, Zeit zählt auch runter wenn das Wasser nicht läuft), Strom muss ebenfalls mit der Hafenkarte bezahlt werden. Beim Ablegen daran denken das Restguthaben wieder auf die Karte zu buchen.
26.08.2021 09:14
Chris, Ocean‘s 3
sehr schöner kleiner Hafen. Es gibt Gastplätze, die mit grünen Schildern markiert sind. Sowie für Boote ab 10m die Möglichkeit an der Mole anzulegen. Hafen am Wochenende häufiger gut besucht, dann liegt man oft im Päckchen.
13.07.2020 07:42

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