Stralsund

American  

[shtrahl-zoont] / ˈʃtrɑl zʊnt /

noun

1. a seaport in NE Germany: a member of the medieval Hanseatic League; besieged by Wallenstein 1628.

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Stralsund British  

/ ˈʃtraːlzʊnt /

noun

1. a port in NE Germany, in Mecklenburg-West Pomerania on a strait of the Baltic: one of the leading towns of the Hanseatic League. Pop: 59 140 (2003 est)

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Example Sentences

"Compared to traditional ship recycling, we're very, very low carbon," says Mr Lawrence as he explains how machinery at Leviathan's Stralsund facility on Germany's Baltic coast will be powered by electricity, not on-site fossil fuels, and that recovered steel will be transported to mills around Europe on electrified trains.

From BBC

Mr Lawrence explains that the Stralsund facility will feature a containment area designed to capture jet water and toxic substances that have been blasted off the ships.

From BBC

Mr Lawrence says that Leviathan hopes to license its system to other shipbreaking yards - though he insists that he would only allow this in safe, controlled environments with the same capacity for capturing hazardous substances that he says is in place at Stralsund.

From BBC

Mr. Tovar, who is 74 and will retire from his post early next month, compares the partnership with Qingdao to those with Gdynia, Poland, and Stralsund in the former East Germany, which were developed in the late 1980s before the fall of Communism.

From New York Times

“This year we have to choose the lesser evil,” said Karin, 64, who was visiting Stralsund in Merkel’s home constituency this past week to see the chancellor appear alongside Laschet.

From Washington Post