page_title: Streckelsberg
section_title: Geology
hierarchical_section_title: Streckelsberg / Geology
caption_attribution_description: For documentary purposes the German Federal Archive often retained the original image captions, which may be erroneous, biased, obsolete or politically extreme. Koserow, Blick vom Streckelberg Zentralbild Biscan Wjk-Ku. 3 Motive 4.8.1954 Zum Gesetz zur Erhaltung und Pflege der heimatlichen Natur (Naturschutzgesetz) Ein Berg war in Gefahr Der Streckelberg bei Koserow ist die höchste Erhebung auf der Ostseeinsel Usedom. Der Berg ist ein wertvolles Naturdenknal. Er war gegen die anstürmende See 50 Jahre lang durch eine Betonmauer geschützt. Vor einigen Jahren zorbarst in Sturmtagen dieser Schutzwall, weil unter dem Hitlerregime nichts für die Instandhaltung getan wurde. Bei Sturm riss die See bis zu zehn Meter Land aus dem Berg. Der Vernichtungsarbeit der See wurde jetzt durch Ausbesserung der Bühnen vor dem Streckelberg Einhalt geboten. Den Naturfreunden wird der Streckelberg erhalten. UBz: "Über drei Kilometer zieht sich das Buhnensystem vor dem gefährdeten Streckelberg hin. Es muss aber ständig ausgebessert werden, um weitere Schäden zu unterbinden.
context_page_description: TheStreckelsberg is an approximately 58 metre high coastal cliff on the island of Usedom in North Germany. After the Golm and the Kückelsberg, the Streckelsberg is the third highest elevation on the island. The Streckelsberg is located half a kilometre southeast of the former fishing village and present-day seaside resort of Koserow directly on the Baltic Sea shore. To the southeast is the village of Kölpinsee; the B 111 federal road and Usedomer Bäderbahn railway run past the hill to the southwest.
context_section_description: The Streckelsberg was formed during the last ice age as a push moraine. At that time over 16,000 years ago large parts of central and northern Europe were covered by a massive ice sheet. During the gradual retreat of the ice, there were repeated smaller advances of the glacier that led to the formation of moraines. The Streckelsberg was formed during such an advance, when the glacier pushed loose sedimentary rock in front of it, piling it up. When the ice retreated further, the first Baltic proglacial lake was formed from the meltwaters and rising sea levels, later the Yoldia Sea and Ancylus Lake were created and, ultimately, the Baltic Sea in its present shape. Originally, the Streckelsberg was much larger than it is today, both in terms of size and height. Through erosion processes the Streckelsberg soon shrank, particularly as a result of breakers from the Baltic Sea. Wave and wind erosion has reduced the Streckelsberg by 250 metres (820 ft) in the last 300 years. This process still continues, despite coastal protection measures taken in 1995, including groynes, two breakwaters, a triple protective wall and the dumping of artificial sand. In strong storms, parts of the cliff frequently break off and slump down onto the beach.
caption: View from Streckelsberg in 1954
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