LOCATION “Molli” is the nickname of a historic steam-powered locomotive. It drives regularly from the seaside resort Kühlungsborn via Heiligendamm to Bad Doberan. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions in this region west of the Hanseatic city of Rostock. Coordinates (Bad Doberan): 56°6′N 11°54′E 1. Molli Railway HISTORY AND SCENIC CHARACTER In 1886 […]
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LOCATION The official name is “Strelasund Crossing” because the bridge crosses a lagoon (sound) of the Baltic Sea which separates the island of Rügen from the town of Stralsund on the German mainland. It is a one tower suspension bridge with 19 piers to carry the 3-traffic-lane street. Coordinates: 54°17′24“N 13°07′12“E SCENIC CHARACTER and DATA Rügen […]
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LOCATION The 20,8 meter high lighthouse is located on a hill (78 m) overlooking the bay of Wismar in the municipality Bastorf near Kühlungsborn. Although the lighthouse is one of the smallest in Germany, the location on a hill makes the light with more than 95 meter the highest German lightfire. Its functions are orientation […]
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LOCATION Schloss Bothmer is a palatial manor house ensemble, the largest in Baroque style Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is located in a small market town, named Klütz, with just 3.100 inhabitants, in the northwest of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, close to the coast of the Baltic Sea between the Hanseatic cities of Lübeck and Wismar. Coordinates: 53°57′33″N 11°09′32″E HISTORY AND SCENIC […]
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LOCATION The ruin of the Dargun Palace is located in a small market town, called Dargun, with just 4.400 inhabitants. Dargun belongs to the district of Mecklenburgische Seenplatte. Coordinates: 53°53′32”N 12°51′42”E HISTORY AND SCENIC CHARACTER First a Cistercian monastery was founded in 1172, then in 1552 secularised by a duke and converted into Palace with Renaissance […]
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LOCATION The Doberan Minster is located in the town of Bad Doberan, close to the Baltic Sea to the west of the Hanseatic city of Rostock. It is the remaining part of the Cistercian Doberan Abbey, nowadays used as Lutheran church. Coordinates: 54°06′28“N 11°54′35“E HISTORY AND SCENIC CHARACTER Architecturally is the Doberan Minster a mixture of […]
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LOCATION The town of Sassnitz is located on the island of Rügen directly at the coastline just besides the Jasmund National Park with the well-known chalk cliffs. Coordinates: 54°30’59”N 13°38’28”E History Sassnitz is a small town with less than 10.000 inhabitants. But in tourism season it is crowded by tourists because the town is well-known […]
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LOCATION The sea resort Binz is located on Rügen island in north-eastern part of Germany in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern – at the bay of the Prorer Wieck between the peninsula Jasmund, the biosphere reserve southeast Rügen, Granitz and the heathland. Binz is the no. 1 destination in tourism in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Germany: 54°24′N 13°37′E. SCENIC […]
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LOCATION The sea resort Heiligendamm is located at the coastline of the Baltic Sea between the Hanseatic Cities Wismar and Rostock. It is the oldest seaside spa in continental Europa. Coordinates: 54°09′00“N 11°50′00“E. HISTORY AND SCENIC CHARACTER The seaside resort was established in 1793, the guests were from high society and nobility from throughout Europe. After World […]
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LOCATION The town Ludwigslust is located in the German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, 35 km south of the state capital Schwerin, and is part of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. In the past this town has been an important political centre (residence town) for a short period, then for longer times until 1992 a garrison town. There are […]
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