To the north may be seen the North Sea, the Elbe, the mouth of the Oste and the coast of Schleswig-Holstein with the Brunsbüttel nuclear power station and the large wind farm.
Due to Germany's shortage of fuel she saw no further combat and was decommissioned at Brunsbüttel in late April.
Peter Carstens (September 13, 1903 in Brunsbüttel – January 1945 in Poznań) was a German geneticist and animal breeder and SS-Oberführer for the Nazi Party (NSDAP).
In 1917, Hessen was withdrawn from active service, disarmed, and used as a depot ship in Brunsbüttel.
In May 1945, Quersee was seized by the Allies at Brunsbüttel.