Geography of Mecklenburg

Poel () or Poel Island (), is an island in the Baltic Sea. It forms the natural northern and eastern boundaries of the Bay of Wismar on the German coast. The northern coast of the island is also on the south side of the large gulf known as the Bay of Mecklenburg, which Wismar Bay enters into. Insel Poel thus forms on its northern side the unofficial latitude of the northern boundary of the Wismar Bay. thumb|Harbour, Kirchdorf thumb|Wismar Bay, Kirchdorf It is close to the cities of Lübeck, Wismar and Schwerin and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region.

largest coherent lake and canal region in Germany

The Recknitz (; historically known as Raxa) is a river in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in northeastern Germany. The Recknitz's glacial valley stretches as far south as the heights at Glasewitz near Güstrow. The river has no definite source, but rather builds up from streams and drainage ditches. The ditches of the Schaalbeke and Pludderbach have their water flow split between Liessow and Laage, but most of the water flows north as the Recknitz, while the lesser flow, called the Augraben, runs south to the river Nebel.

bay

thumb|Narrowest point on Fischland, near Wustrow