Toldbodshuset - Assens, Denmark
N 55° 16.232 E 009° 53.423
32U E 556571 N 6125258
The 1872 Baltic Sea flood, often referred to as a storm flood, ravaged the Baltic Sea coast from Denmark to Pomerania, also affecting Sweden, during the night between 12–13 November 1872 and was, until then, the worst storm surge in the Baltic.
Waymark Code: WM12EZJ
Location: Denmark
Date Posted: 05/13/2020
Views: 5
Dansk: Ved indgangspartiet til den gamle Toldbodsbygning i Assens kan man se en linje, der markerer vandstanden under den fatale stormflod i Østersøområdet den 12-13 november 1872.
Engelsk: The 1872 Baltic Sea flood, often referred to as a storm flood, ravaged the Baltic Sea coast from Denmark to Pomerania, also affecting Sweden, during the night between 12–13 November 1872 and was, until then, the worst storm surge in the Baltic. The highest recorded peak water level was about 3.3 m above sea level.
Natural or man made event?: Natural
What type of marker?: Wall plaque
When did this occur?: 1872
Website related to the event..: [Web Link]
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Visit Instructions:
A picture showing the level along with any markers telling of what had occurred can be used. Better yet would be a picture of you or someone standing next to the high level mark, that would show if you would have been just wading or completely submersed.