Karsibór

Also known as Karsibor

Karsibór ( or Caseburg) is an island in the Szczecin Lagoon, Poland, which was created by the cutting of the Piast Canal which separated it from the island of Usedom. The island was named after its largest village (now district of the town of Świnoujście).

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Islands.name: Karsibór
Islands.image_name: Karsibor Island, view from Piastowski Bridge.jpg
Islands.image_caption: Karsibór, view from Piastowski Bridge
Islands.map_image: Wolin-Topomap.png
Islands.map_caption: Map of the Wolin and Karsibór islands
Islands.location: Szczecin Lagoon
Islands.area_km2: 14
Islands.country: Poland
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title: Voivodeship
Islands.country_admin_divisions: West Pomeranian Voivodeship
Islands.country_admin_divisions_title_1: County
Islands.country_admin_divisions_1: Świnoujście (city county)
Islands.population: 703
Islands.population_as_of: 2010
Islands.ethnic_groups: Poles

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Population: 1200
Area: 14
Image: Karsibor Island, view from Piastowski Bridge.jpg
Width: 6.7
Length: 7.1

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In 1880, the Kaiserfahrt (Piast Canal) channel was opened providing a water route with a depth of connecting the lagoon with the Baltic Sea bypassing the eastern part of the Świna arm (Old Świna) of the Oder River, allowing large ships quicker and safer enter the lagoon and the seaport of Szczecin than on the natural river. The canal, approximately long and deep, was dug by the German Empire between 1874 and 1880, during the reign of the first Kaiser Wilhelm (1797–1888) after whom it was named.