One of the traditional homes of theGerman Navy'sBalticfleet, and continues to be a major high-techshipbuildingcentre, Kiel isthe capital and most populous city in the northernGermanstate ofSchleswig-Holstein.Water has been important to the history of Kiel and continues to be so. Be it the annualKieler Wocheor the fact that the German Navy used to be stationed here and still enjoys a major presence in the city.
Kiel
