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Ellerbek, Kiel — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Ellerbek is a Stadtteil of Kiel on the eastern shore of the Förde, between Gaarden-Ost, Elmschenhagen-Nord and Wellingdorf. It began as a fishing village.
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Ellerbek is a housing Stadtteil, and its coloured rendered façades are what people notice first, many of them altered by the owners themselves. The Kiel Süd to Schönberger Strand line runs through it, stopping at the Haltepunkt Kiel-Ellerbek. Gaarden-Ost and Wellingdorf lie either side.
About Ellerbek
What are the main landmarks in Ellerbek?
The Tröndelsee is Kiel's first nature reserve and it lies on Ellerbek's edge, with a circular path linking it to the neighbouring Stadtteile. A halt on the line carries its name. One house was kept as a museum of the old fishing village, and the Second World War destroyed it.
What is the history of Ellerbek?
Ellerbek was a fishing village, probably from the thirteenth century, and the name most likely comes from an alder brook that ran into the Kieler Förde. The Kieler Sprotte was devised here. When Kiel was made a naval port in 1871 the shipyards and the navy took the place over, and its people were moved to Wellingdorf.
The village was rebuilt almost entirely, and a single house was kept as a museum of what had been there. That house was destroyed in the Second World War, so nothing of the old fishing village is left.
Where is Ellerbek?
Ellerbek sits on the Kieler Ostufer, on the Förde, at the edge of Kiel's first nature reserve. The Tröndelsee is that reserve. Gaarden-Ost, Elmschenhagen-Nord and Wellingdorf surround it.
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Updated October 2026