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Kiel bay, Germany, 2012
Kiel bay, Germany, 2012. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- Kiel bay, Germany, 2012
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- original
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- Open-licence photograph
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- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
BEFORE MODERN SPORT
Kiel
How working water, access and organised sailing shaped Kiel.
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Kiel ( KEEL; German: ) is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein.
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1665
A working shore
The University of Kiel, founded in 1665, is home to the GEOMAR – Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.
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1911
The route to the water
The Rathaus (Town Hall), which was built in 1911, has an operating paternoster lift and the design of its tower was based on one in Venice.
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German Sailing Grand Prix 2006 Germany
German Sailing Grand Prix Kiel 2006. United Internet Team Germany. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
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- German Sailing Grand Prix Kiel 2006. United Internet Team Germany
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- Open-licence photograph
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1887
Sailing becomes organised
The Kiel Yacht Club was established in 1887 with Prince Henry of Prussia as its patron.
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THE LIVING MAP
The mapped place
Kiel is recorded at 54.330° N, 10.150° E as a coastal open venue. A course drawn here is temporary: wind, current, shore and marks determine the water that sailors actually meet.
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Open ledger · AOD.EU.KIEL.V00 · ORIGINALClose ledger · AOD.EU.KIEL.V00
Ledger AOD.EU.KIEL.V00
Kiel bay, Germany, 2012
Kiel bay, Germany, 2012. This photograph is used as a geographic witness to the place, not as evidence of the historical date shown in the chapter.
- Visual description
- Kiel bay, Germany, 2012
- Nature
- original
- Medium
- Open-licence photograph
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
TODAY
Kiel now
Kiel is one of Germany's major maritime centres, known for a variety of international sailing events, including the annual Kiel Week, which is the biggest sailing event in the world.
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THE LEDGER
Sources and credits
This exhibition is built from local, institutional and sporting records. The source ledger keeps the claims visible and leaves space for correction as further local evidence emerges.
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Artefacts in order of appearance
Kiel bay, Germany, 2012
AOD.EU.KIEL.V00 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0
German Sailing Grand Prix 2006 Germany
AOD.EU.KIEL.V01 · original · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 2.5
Editorial record
Full European Beta edition. Place evidence is adapted from the linked Kiel overview under CC BY-SA 4.0 and remains subject to named historical and local review. Cartography is generated from the PeakWave location catalogue.