Leybucht

The Leybucht was formed after the first reliably recorded storm surge along the Dutch coast on 26 December 838.

[2] Following the storm surges of 1374 and 1376 the bay attained its maximum extent with an area of 129 km² and stretched from Greetsiel in the west to Marienhafe in the east and from the edge of the town of Norden as far as Canhusen (in the municipality of Hinte) in the south.

The last land reclamation took place in 1947–1950 with the construction of the Störtebeker dyke, which enclosed the Leybucht Polder and the coast line was straightened.

In the following years there were plans to reclaim the entire bay in order to shorten the line of dykes significantly and to improve coastal protection.

The Leybucht lies in the Lower Saxon Wadden Sea National Park (Nationalpark Niedersächsisches Wattenmeer) and belongs to Zone I.