Grömitz

Grömitz (German pronunciation:[ˈɡʁøːmɪts] ⁱ ) is a municipality in the district of Ostholstein, in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is situated on the Bay of Lübeck, approximately 35 km northeast of Lübeck, and 23 km east of Eutin.

Grömitz is a settlement on the Baltic Sea. In fair weather one can see buildings on the about 15 kilometer distant shore.^{[clarification needed ]}

The town name contains the Slavic root grom ("thunder") and means "a place of thunder".^{[citation needed ]}

The sei whale was described after a whale stranded near Grömitz in 1829.

There were three ligers in the local zoo, but the last one had to be put to rest in February 2008.^[2]

• Bernhard Ernst von Bülow (1815–1879), Danish and German statesman

• Website of Grömitz