Görmitz

Görmitz is a small island in the Achterwasser lagoon or bodden on the island of Usedom. The island is a nature reserve, which is managed by the Jordsand Society for the Protection of Seabirds and Nature (Verein Jordsand zum Schutze der Seevögel und der Natur).

Görmitz
Geography
LocationAchterwasser, Baltic Sea
Coordinates54°1′27″N 13°55′20″E
Area99.14 ha (245.0 acres)
Length1.7 km (1.06 mi)
Width0.938 km (0.5828 mi)
Administration
Germany
Capital cityGörmitz
Demographics
Population4 (farmers)

Görmitz belongs to the parish of Lütow in the Amt of Am Peenestrom. In the south of the island there is an inhabited farm, the remains of a holiday home and a beacon.

In the 1960s Görmitz was linked to Usedom near the village of Neuendorf by an embankment. Its construction was connected with oil extraction in Lütow; oil was also extracted on Görmitz in the 1970s and 1980s.

At the end of 2016 the controversial dismantling of the causeway was agreed.

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