More info: Kiel Fjord is an approximately 17 km long inlet of the Baltic Sea on the eastern side of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It reaches the city of Kiel, a major maritime centre and along its way has some massive shipbuilding works.
Laboe is situated on the Baltic Sea coast, approximately 10 km northeast of Kiel.
The naval memorial in Laboe was started in 1927 and finished in 1936 and is a memorial to the German marines who died in World War I. Later, the commemoration of the members of the Navy who died in World War II was added. Later on the memorial was simply christened to be devoted to all who died in all the World Wars.