Manley (DD 940) - Naval Cruise Book

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A wwf - elf, machines, diesel locomotives of advanced design, rolling stock, and motion picture projectors, Fishing is igiin becoming important. Kiel is located in the deep and protected Kiel Bay, 'W t tural hcrbor The town located which forms an eXcel-en ne e . . on the three sides of the foot of the hey. The lend is low and, though slightly rolling, is essentially flat. The Baltic entrance to the Kiel cenel is on the west Side of the bay about e mile from the center of the town. I, Kiel was 857, destroyed and is During World War I still in the process of being rebuilt.

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A f -Ax ficrffikyijyqj 1 5 I4 1-.-H l eiiiiifwas W1 Q L - ji 4 ?fqWMfuL3yn S .- ' if FWF' KIEL Kiel, formerly the main German naval base on the Baltic, is a town of the Prussian province of Schleswig-Holstein. The name Kiel appears as early as the lOth century in the form of Kyl fprobably from the Anglo-Saxon work Kille - meaning safe place for shipsl. ln l2L2, it received the Lubeck rightsg in the lhth century it acquired various trad- ing privileges, having in l28L entered in the Hanseatic League. By the treaty of Kiel in l8lA, Norway was ceded to Sweden. In 1773 Kiel became part of Denmark, and in l866 it passed with the rest of Schleswig-Holstein to Prussia. It is situated at the southern end of the Kieler Forde, 75 km. north of Hamburg. It consists of an old town, lying between the harbour and a sheet of water called Kleiner Kiel, and a new town. In the old town stands the palace, built in the l3th century, enlarged in the l9th and restored after a fire in 1838. Other buildings are the church of St. Nicholas Crestored in 1877-l88LQ , dating from l2hO, with a lofty steepleg the old town hall on the market square, and the church of the Holy Ghost. Farther to the north and facing the bay is the university, founded in l665 by Christian Albert, Duke of Schleswig. The new buildings were erected in l876, and connected with them are a library and a school of forestry. The university has a good medical school. The Schleswig-Holstein museum of national antiquities is conf tained in the old university buildings. From its establishment as a naval base until after World War Il, Kiel's principal industry was the Navy. After its demilitarization, the city was left with a population swollen by DP!s to over 272,000. The basic economy of Kiel has risen and fallen with the fortunes of the German Navy. After Wwrld War II, the industry of Kiel, built to serve Naval needs, was modified to meet the demands of peace and a swollen pope ulation. The city now has several manufacturing concerns engaged in the production of precision machinery, weaving

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CURRENCY German Deutschemarks are used in the local economy. Exchange can be made at any bank by sale of Treasury checks or exchange of U.S. currency. Current rate of exchange is A marks, 20 pfenning to one U.S. dollar. The monetary unit is the MARK which is composed of lO0 pfennig. No difficulty will be encountered in exchanging currency if exchanged in multiples of 35.00, which permits rapid and accurate exchange. In securing marks for exchange, it is recommended that one coin in the denomination of U1 Marku be obtained for each bill in 20 Mark denomination. Recommended rate of exchange is: 55.00 2l Marks 10,00 L2 Marks 15.00 63 Marks 20.00 Sh Marks 25.00 105 Marks 30.00 etc. British military scrip Ccalled BAFS for short? will be re- quired for making purchases of provisions from NAAFI, for use in the Kiel Yacht Club, Qxford House, YMCA, canteen, etc. These may be obtained from the Naval Liaison Officer at Kiel. MAIL International mail service is available. MEDICAL FACILITIES There are five principal German hospitals in the area. TRANSPORTATION The roads are generally good, suitable for heavy traffic and large vehicles. Good roads lead out of the city in all directions. The roads in the back country are mostly clay and sand which becomes muddy and difficult to travel in rainy weather. There are several railroad lines to such places as Hamburg, Rendsburg, Sohoneburg, Segebur, Lubeck, Flensburg and various