Łebsko Lake

Lake Łebsko lies behind a sandy spit on the Pomeranian coast. Wind and sand separated its waters from the Baltic, but the Łeba river still connects the brackish lake to the sea. The river reaches the coast at Łeba, while farther upstream lies Lębork. In the fourteenth century the Teutonic Order established that town and its castle; after the Thirteen Years' War the surrounding land passed to Poland and was held as a fief by the dukes of Pomerania.