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The Achterwasser is not very deep, and is a popular surfing and sailing area. The beach sand on the Achterwasser on the peninsula of Gnitz is not as fine-grained as that on the Baltic Sea beach of Usedom. The bottom of the Achterwasser is very stony.
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On some maps from medieval and early modern times, the lagoon is named as "Lassansches Water" or as plural "Lassansche Waters“. The description is related to the town of
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In past centuries the barrier protecting the lagoon was sometimes breached by the Baltic Sea during
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that flooded across the island of Usedom, when the narrowest part of the land bridge between
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resting on dead trees by the shore in the Lieper Winkel
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Villages and geographical features on the Achterwasser
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Low German
lagoon
Peenestrom
Baltic Sea
island of Usedom
spit
Ückeritz
Zinnowitz
Gnitz
Lieper Winkel
Balmer See
Krienker
storm surges
Zempin
Koserow
Lassan
Lieper Winkel
Krienker

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