Fischland (literally "fish land") is an
isthmus on the southern
Baltic Sea coast on the
Bay of Mecklenburg in northeastern Germany. It is part of the peninsula of
Fischland-Darß-Zingst. Fischland was an island until the 14th century and was bounded by the navigable estuarine branches of the
River Recknitz: the
Permin in the south and the
Loop in the north. In more recent times its southern boundary has usually been considered to be the Recknitz Meadowland (
Recknitzer Stadtwiesen) and the
Rostock Heath (
Rostocker Heide). To the west and east its boundaries are more obvious: on the one side is its active
cliffed coast on the Baltic, and on the other the coastline alongside the
Saaler Bodden, only a few centimetres above sea level. Fischland is about 5 km long, between 500 metres and 2 km wide and runs from southwest to northeast.