Kiel: Germany

Kiel: Germany
Kiel is a city in northern Germany, capital of the Schleswig-Holstein Bundesland. Located at the Baltic Sea (Bay of Kiel), the city has been one the country’s main naval bases since the 1860s. Kiel is a center for German shipbuilders.
Kiel was largely destroyed in the Second World War. It was rebuilt, but the city-planners failed to revive the former townscape; Kiel was less meticulously restored than other Schleswig-Holsteinian towns like Lübeck or Schleswig. Sights in Kiel include the Nikolaikirche (Saint Nikolai, 14th/15th century), the Schloss (Castle, 16th century, but destroyed and rebuilt in the 20th century), and the Rathaus (town hall, 1911). Outside Kiel, are beautiful seaside resorts such as Möltenort and Laboe. In Möltenort, at the smallest part of the Kieler Förde (Kiel fjord), a submarine (U Boot 995) monument was erected in 1972. Kiel is the eastern terminus of the Kiel Canal.
Kiel is famous for sailing events. Every year the “Kieler Woche� is held (since 1882), a series of sailing regattas with a cultural framework. In 1936 and 1972, when the Olympic Games were held in Berlin and Munich, respectively, the Olympic yachting competitions were held in Kiel.