Bay of Neustadt

In 1843 the Pelzerhaken Lighthouse was built by the Danes as a navigation aid in the Bay of Neustadt.

The Bay of Neustadt achieved tragic fame in 1945 when a ship carrying concentration camp inmates, the SS Cap Arcona, sank when the Royal Air Force bombed her, killing about 5,000 people.

[1] This was one of the greatest disasters at sea and one of the largest single-incident maritime loss of life in the Second World War.

Since January 2007 a speed limit has been introduced for pleasure boats in order to improve the safety of swimmers and sailors.

According to the regulation issued by the Waterways and Shipping Navigation Division North (Wasser- und Schifffahrtsdirektion Nord), the speed of motor boats and water scooters may not exceed 15 km/h within a 2-kilometre-wide strip along the coast from Travemünde to Neustadt.