Bungsberg

The Bungsberg is the highest point in the north German state of Schleswig-Holstein (elevation: 168 metres (551 ft)). It lies in the region known as Holstein Switzerland in the municipality of Schönwalde am Bungsberg between Scheelholz and Mönchsneversdorf.

The Bungsberg telecommunications tower is located on the Bungsberg.

One of the longest rivers in Schleswig-Holstein, the Schwentine, rises on the Bungsberg.

Formation

The Bungsberg is an ice age terminal moraine. Unusually, though, it was formed in the Saale glaciation period about 150,000 years ago. During the subsequent Weichselian glaciation – only about 10,000 years ago – the ice sheet could not cover the hill due to its height, it could only flow around it, and it therefore formed a nunatak.

Leisure and recreation

Today the Bungsberg is a very popular viewing point, from which the Baltic Sea may be seen in good weather. An observation tower, the Elisabethturm, was built in 1863 and 1864 on the Bungsberg by the Grand Duke of Oldenburg and, after being increased in height by four metres in 1875, is 22 metres high. It is not open to the public today.

Bungsberg (ship)

Bungsberg (originally called Eva) is a shipwreck of a vessel built in 1924 at Howaldtswerke in Hamburg for China Reederei AG, now lying at a depth of 38 meters in Tallinn Bay, Estonia. It was sunk on 24 March 1943 by an impact of a mine laid by a Russian airplane. Factory body number 646. The last owner of Bungsberg was Aug. Bolten Wm Miller's Nachfolger (GmbH & Co.) KG

She had three sister ships:

Today Bungsberg is a popular wreck dive site for divers.

She lies on her keel, upright position. The funnel and after mast are gone. Also the upper structures of captain's bridge are missing. Damage from the mine explosion is clearly visible on her bow starboard side. All four cargo holds are empty. Some papers rescued from this ship and telegraph are kept in the Estonian Maritime Museum.

General characteristics