1872 Baltic Sea flood

As a result, large quantities of water were able to flow into the western Baltic from the North Sea.

The winds now blew from the northeast, and drove the water masses back in a south-westerly direction.

The Danish island of Lolland, which still has areas enclosed by dykes today that lie below sea level, was badly hit.

Following a further flood in February 1874, in which the remains of the buildings were destroyed and a layer of sand up to 60 cm thick left behind, Damerow was abandoned.

A storm flood of similar dimensions today would cause far more damage because the coastal region is much more densely populated than at that time.