Monuments and sites
LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS Eldena Abbey (German: Kloster Eldena), originally Hilda Abbey (German: Kloster Hilda) is a former Cistercian monastery near the present town of Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Only ruins survive, which are well-known as a frequent subject of Caspar David Friedrich’s paintings, including the famous Abtei im Eichwald (“Abbey in the Oak Forest”). […]
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LOCATION Schloss Spyker Schlossallee 1 / Spyker 18551 Glowe Phone: +49 (3 83 02) 7 70 Faximile: +49 (3 83 02) 7 73 00 photo source: upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6d/Schloss_Spyker.jpg/779px-Schloss_Spyker.jpg ATTRACTIONS The castle and its magnificent grounds stand on the shores of Spyker Lake, set amidst the picturesque landscape of the nearby Baltic Sea and the Jasmunder. SOURCE […]
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS Kap Arkona is a cape in the north of Rügen. There’s quite a lot to see: two old lighthouses close together that are museums today, another tower that served as radio tower and can be visited as well, a bunker where you can take a guided tour , a rescue station […]
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS The Monastery of the Holy Cross was founded around 1270 as a convent for Cistercian nuns. The building was constructed in the first half of the 14th century. Following the Reformation, the building complex was used as a home for elderly gentlewomen (from 1562 until 1920), later as a residential complex […]
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LOCATION Kunsthalle Rostock Hamburger Straße 40 18069 Rostock Deutschland Telefon: ++49 (0381) 3817001 Telefax: ++49 (0381) 3819130 photo source: ATTRACTIONS The museum is now an art collection of about 520 paintings, 6000 graphic sheets and 200 sculptures mostly of East German art. The museum is now an art collection of about 520 paintings, 6000 graphic […]
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS (Local Name: Altstädtisches Rathaus) The historic streets and squares of the old town of Schwerin, including the Markt, have been restored and rebuilt in recent years. At the southeast corner of the Markt stands the Old Town Hall (Altstädtisches Rathaus), the oldest parts of which date from the 14th C.; […]
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS Glimmingehus, located in Simrishamn Municipality, Scania, in southern Sweden, is the best preserved medieval stronghold in Scandinavia. It was built 1499-1506, during an era when Scania formed a vital part of Denmark, and contains many defensive arrangements of the era, such as parapets, false doors and dead-end corridors, ‘murder-holes’ for pouring […]
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS Czersk’s main tourist attraction is its medieval castle, which is situated about one km from River Vistula. The castle was originally built in the 13th century but its present structure dates back to the 14th – 16th centuries. The castle ruins include three towers and their connecting walls. From the […]
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS The Cathedral Hill in Frombork is one of the highest class monuments. Many times destructed and reconstructed, it retained the basic elements of the Middle Age architectural conception. The exceptional importance of this place is raised by the historical traditions and the person of Nicolaus Copernicus. Many of the gathered monuments […]
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LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS The former seat of the Warmia bishops and the capital of the region, Lidzbark Warmiński’s pride is the bishops’ castle. One part of it called przedzamcze contains a baroque palace. Through the bridge over the moat visitors enter the Gothic, well-preserved castle from the 14th century. Its chapel has sumptuous […]
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