Yes,
name of this island in polish is "Lysa Wyspa" which means "Bald island" - implicitly treeless island.
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> In English: http://eucc.szc.pl/eng/podgrodzie.htm (without the
> pictures, though).
> Peter S.
>
> --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Smaardijk"
> <smaardijk@y...> wrote:
> > Apparently, Kahlenberg does have a Polish name: Łysa Wyspa
> (German
> > name: Bald mountain; Polish name: Bald island). It is mentioned at
> > http://eucc.szc.pl/podgrodzie/main.html ; it is 8 ha big and
> > completely overgrown with reed.
> > Still no mention of a breakwater or something similar.
> > Peter S.
> >
> > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Smaardijk"
> > <smaardijk@y...> wrote:
> > > Yes, that could be true. But I still think that there is more
> > chance
> > > of there being no breakwater. See the site from which the map was
> > > taken: http://tinyurl.com/2pzq7 . Note that the harbour approach
> > via
> > > the navigation channel is from the north.
> > >
> > > I find it very strange that I can't find any reference on the
> > > internet on the building of a breakwater across the border. I
> can't
> > > find anything on the island, too, apart from the name "Kahleberg"
> > on
> > > this map and a reference to "Kahlenberg" in a Polish text on the
> > > course of the DEPL boundary (Google cache of
> > > http://szczecin.slonca.net/teksty/granica.html ). Strange that
> this
> > > island doesn't seem to have a Polish name, being Polish. The
> other
> > > island in the Neuwarper See/Jezioro Nowowarpieńskie, the Riether
> > > Werder, does have a Polish name according to this text (Ostrów),
> > > although it is German. The old name of the island is Wozstra
> > > according to the website http://www.villa-
> > > rieth.de/html/gemeinde.html . This is clearly a Slavic name
> > > meaning "island" (cf. the Russian "ostrov"). The course of the
> > > boundary around this island is rather peculiar according to a
> > German
> > > map I have here: it looks like the boundary is following part of
> > the
> > > eastern shore of the island (where the straight boundary in the
> > > Neuwarper See is interrupted by the island). But my map is not
> very
> > > detailed so that could be wrong.
> > >
> > > Peter S.
> > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
> > > <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > > > Peter,
> > > >
> > > > Perhaps the breakwater is newer than the map and your photo.
> > > Clearly, the map
> > > > was made since the reunification of Germany, but the breakwater
> > > could be even
> > > > newer. It is in a position to protect the small harbor, and
> you
> > > can see in the
> > > > photo how shallow the water is. Since the German map shows the
> > > island in
> > > > Poland, any breakwater would cross the boundary and might have
> a
> > > monument on it!
> > > >
> > > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "Peter Smaardijk" <smaardijk@y...>
> > > > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 1:55 PM
> > > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: plde border near Nowe
> Warpno/Altwarp
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > And a picture of that harbour: http://tinyurl.com/3cayk
> > > > > Peter S.
> > > > >
> > > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Peter Smaardijk"
> > > > > <smaardijk@y...> wrote:
> > > > > > Looks like an error. See http://tinyurl.com/2qm2q (Altwarp
> > > Harbour).
> > > > > > Peter S.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Lowell G. McManus"
> > > > > > <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > > > > > > If you click on photo 3, you get this enlargement:
> > > > > > >
> > > http://www.szczecin.tvp.pl/parawpolske/lotnicze/nowe_warpno3.jpg
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > In it, you can see that the island is connected to the
> > German
> > > > > shore
> > > > > > by a
> > > > > > > breakwater or causeway.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Lowell G. McManus
> > > > > > > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > > > From: "Artur Kroc" <kroc@i...>
> > > > > > > To: <BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com>
> > > > > > > Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2004 9:58 AM
> > > > > > > Subject: [BoundaryPoint] Re: plde border near Nowe
> > > Warpno/Altwarp
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > --- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "Artur Kroc"
> > > <kroc@i...>
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > Here are some aerial pictures plde border. Photos #1
> > and
> > > #3
> > > > > are
> > > > > > > > > showing a little island. Two peninsulas belong to
> polish
> > > > > > community
> > > > > > > > of
> > > > > > > > > Nowe Warpno, and the next shore (visible on pic #3) is
> > > > > german.
> > > > > > This
> > > > > > > > > same area is seen at:
> > > > > > > > > http://www.pilot.pl/index.php3?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
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> > > > > > > > > 830&y_15=82355&form_t=0&tool=3&info=&lang=pl
> > > > > > > > > But I can not find any information about this little
> > > island
> > > > > > between
> > > > > > > > > both shores. Who is it's "owner"? Poland or Germany?
> > > > > > > > Pictures are here:
> > > > > > > >
> > > http://www.szczecin.tvp.pl/parawpolske/lotnicze_nowe_warpno.html
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