Image credits

The photos on kop-kiel.de come from Wikimedia Commons and are published under free licenses (Creative Commons or public domain). Listed here is the author, the license and the original source for every photo we use, 39 source images in total. All of them have been scaled down from the original and compressed for the web.

Home page

• View across the Hörn to Kiel harbour
  Photo: Hannes Grobe/AWI · CC BY 3.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Home page

Attractions

• Laboe Naval Memorial on the Kiel Fjord
  Photo: W. Bulach · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Laboe Naval Memorial
• Submarine U-995 as a technical museum in Laboe
  Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: U 995 Submarine
• Kiellinie waterfront promenade on the Kiel Fjord
  Photo: Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Kiellinie Promenade, 3 Days in Kiel, event:kiel-marathon
• Hörnbrücke (bascule bridge) at the Hörn in Kiel
  Photo: Thomas Dahlstrøm Nielsen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Hörn Bridge, Hoernbruecke and harbor: a walk through Kiel's maritime heart, event:drachenbootrennen-kiel
• Town hall tower in Kiel
  Photo: Ralf Roletschek · CC BY 3.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Kiel Town Hall Tower
• St Nikolai Church on the Alter Markt in Kiel
  Photo: Virtual-Pano · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: St Nikolai Church
• Holtenau locks on the Kiel Canal
  Photo: Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Holtenau Locks, Kiel Canal Tour, Ship-watching in Holtenau: the season on the Kiel Canal begins
• Lock complex of the Kiel Canal at Kiel-Holtenau
  Photo: Dietmar Rabich · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Kiel Canal, Kiel by Bike
• Holtenau lighthouse at the entrance to the Kiel Canal
  Photo: VollwertBIT · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Holtenau Lighthouse, Holtenau
• Kiel Castle on the fjord
  Photo: flamenc · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Kiel Castle
• Museum quay with museum ships at the Kiel Maritime Museum
  Photo: Raimond Spekking · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Kiel Maritime Museum, Kiel in the Rain
• Kunsthalle zu Kiel art gallery
  Photo: VollwertBIT · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Kunsthalle zu Kiel
• Zoological Museum Kiel
  Photo: Matthias Süßen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Zoological Museum Kiel
• GEOMAR Aquarium on the Kiellinie
  Photo: Inselfreund · CC BY 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: GEOMAR Aquarium, Kiel with Kids, GEOMAR: new long-term study on the state of the Baltic Sea launched, event:geomar-tag-der-offenen-tuer
• Falckenstein beach in Kiel-Friedrichsort
  Photo: JLKiel · CC0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Falckenstein Beach, Friedrichsort, Fjord & Beaches, Summer on the fjord: Kiel's beaches start the bathing season
• The river Schwentine near Kiel
  Photo: Hans Joachim Kürtz · CC BY-SA 2.5 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Schwentine Estuary
• Street sign for Holstenstraße in the Kiel Vorstadt quarter
  Photo: Christian Alexander Otto · CC BY 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Holstenstraße, City Center, event:weihnachtsmarkt-kiel
• Botanical Garden of Kiel University (historical aerial photo)
  Photo: Friedrich Magnussen / Stadtarchiv Kiel · CC BY-SA 3.0 DE · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Kiel Botanical Garden
• Alter Markt square with St Nikolai Church in Kiel
  Photo: Christian Alexander Tietgen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Alter Markt, Kiel in One Day, event:kieler-umschlag
• Warleberger Hof, the city museum in Kiel
  Photo: Dguendel · CC BY-SA 3.0 DE · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Warleberger Hof City Museum
• Kiel Opera House on Rathausplatz
  Photo: Michael Brandtner · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Kiel Opera House, Kunsthalle and opera house: Kiel's cultural season picks up pace
• At the Seefischmarkt in Kiel-Wellingdorf (historical photo)
  Photo: Friedrich Magnussen / Stadtarchiv Kiel · CC BY-SA 3.0 DE · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Kiel Fish Market, Restaurant am Seefischmarkt
• Anschar Park in Kiel-Wik
  Photo: Christian Alexander Tietgen · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Anschar Park
• Cruise ship Mein Schiff 7 on the Kiel Fjord
  Photo: DixMartin · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Fjord Ferry (SFK), A Romantic Weekend in Kiel, Fjord ferry: summer timetable brings more frequent crossings of the fjord
• View across the Kiel Fjord with a sailing boat and a marina
  Photo: Cookaa · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Schilksee Beach & Olympic Center, Schilksee, Sailing in Kiel, Windjammer Parade: tall ships crown the Kieler Woche, event:camp-24-segeln
• Schreven Park in Kiel
  Photo: Michael Brandtner · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Schrevenpark, Schreventeich, Cafe am Schrevenpark
• The Hörn in Kiel in winter
  Photo: Jesper Zedlitz · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Hörn Campus & Germania Harbor, Maritime Kiel, Maritime economy: Kiel's shipyards between tradition and change

Neighborhoods

• Düsternbrook lido on the Kiellinie in Kiel
  Photo: Matthias Süßen · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Düsternbrook
• Gaarden district on the eastern shore of Kiel (historical photo)
  Photo: Friedrich Magnussen / Stadtarchiv Kiel · CC BY-SA 3.0 DE · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Gaarden, event:gaarden-lebt
• Naval harbour in the Wik district of Kiel (historical aerial photo)
  Photo: Friedrich Magnussen / Stadtarchiv Kiel · CC BY-SA 3.0 DE · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Wik
• Knooper Weg in the Brunswik district of Kiel
  Photo: Michael Brandtner · CC BY 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Brunswik
• Wilhelmplatz in the Ravensberg district of Kiel
  Photo: Siegbert Brey · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Ravensberg
• Bank of the Schwentine in Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf, Kiel
  Photo: Lasse Hänert · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Neumühlen-Dietrichsdorf
• Wellingdorf district on the eastern shore of Kiel (historical aerial photo)
  Photo: Friedrich Magnussen / Stadtarchiv Kiel · CC BY-SA 3.0 DE · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Wellingdorf

Travel planner

• Sailing ships at Kiel Week on the fjord
  Photo: senior master (Flickr) · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Kiel Week Guide, Kieler Woche 2026: program confirmed - nine days of sailing, music and the fjord, event:kieler-woche, event:kieler-woche-windjammerparade

News

• Holstein-Stadion in Kiel from the air
  Photo: Ichwarsnur · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Holstein Kiel begin the 2026/27 season with clear goals
• Campus of Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel with the Audimax
  Photo: Marvin Radke (Ichwarsnur) · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Kiel University: Kiel sharpens its profile in the marine sciences
• Kleiner Kiel-Kanal (Holstenfleet) at the Holstenbrücke in Kiel
  Photo: Christian Alexander Tietgen · CC BY 4.0 · Source: Wikimedia Commons
  Used on: Holstenfleet: how the blue ribbon is reshaping Kiel's city center, event:hafengeburtstag-kiel

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