IU382. ROSTOCK FISCHERBASTION

LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS To the north of the Kröpeliner Tor in Rostock, reached by way of the Wallanlagen (the gardens on the line of the old fortifications), is the 17th C. Fischerbastion. SOURCE Class: [ C ] Baltic Sea Region Cultural Heritage Properties Subclass: Monuments and sites Web pages: http://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/rostock/index_artikel_komplett.phtml?SID=ab070237e2c4180bd935922defe051cb&param=news&id=2611114 http://www.gemo-netz.de/rostock/rostock_bilder/stadt/Fischerbastion_2007-09-23.php http://www.gemo-netz.de/rostock/diesunddas/Fischerbastion/Fischerbastion_Bilder/Fischerbastion_2006-04-22_6.jpg

IU381. ROSTOCK HISTORICAL CENTER

LOCATION photo source ATTRACTIONS The city hall was built between 1270 and 1290 as a two floor double-gabled house with a vaulted cellar, which was also used as a market in the Middle Ages. St. Peter’s Church was built in the middle of the 14th century. The first reference to a church on this site […]

IU380. SCHWERIN THE TECHNISCHE MUSEUM

LOCATION Werderstr. 124 19055 Schwerin, Niemcy 0385 512878 photo source: ATTRACTIONS Schwerin: The Origin of Technology The main focus of the exhibition is on vehicles. Everybody knows that shipbuilding is an important sector in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern for several hundred years already. But only few people know that there has been railway, aircraft and automobile industry here […]

IU379. SCHWERIN THE STAATLICHES MUSEUM SCHWERIN

LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS The Staatliches Museum Schwerin is an art gallery and museum in Schwerin in Germany. It was established by Frederick Francis II, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in 1882 its historicist Haupthaus as the Staatsgalerie next to the Staatstheater. Its other locations are opposite the Schweriner Schloss and in the former residences at […]

IU378. SCHWERIN THE TOWN HALL

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.; […]

IU377. SCHWERIN THE ALTER GARTEN

LOCATION photo source: ATTRACTIONS The “Alter Garten” is one of the most beautiful and impressive squares in Schwerin. It is situated opposite the palace island and used to be the ducal fruit and vegetable garden. The prestigious buildings surrounding the square were all added in the 19th century: The State Theatre of Mecklenburg, the State […]

IU363. KAYAKING IN WARNOW RIVER

LOCATION Transportation to natural countryside in Eickhof. photo source: ATTRACTIONS Kayaking in Warnow river from Eickhof to Butzow lake (Bützower Sea). 20 km, around 5:00 h. Accomodation in camping at finish. SOURCE https://www.naturdorf-eickhof.de/weg-zu-uns/ www.kanu-warnow.de/index.html http://www.kanu-warnow.de/pdf/kanu-warnow.pdf http://kanu-camping-warnow.de/

IU350. MECKLENBURG

LOCATION Mecklenburg with Rostock, the biggest harbour town in this part of the Baltic Sea, is the historical Obodrite land, the arena of bloody Slavic-Germanic fights at the turn of the 1st and 2nd millennium, as well as area facing a medieval crusade against Pagans, finished with the Christianisation of Mecklenburg in the mid-12th c. […]

IU349. GREIFSWALD NEIGHBOURHOOD

LOCATION In the Middle Ages, the eastern part of West Pomerania was the heart of the Duchy of Pomerania. It was in Greifswald that the first university by the Baltic Sea was founded, and a few generations of Pomeranian princes used to reside in the no longer existent castle in Wolgast. Rich religious life was […]

IU348. THE ISLAND OF RÜGEN BELIEFS AND RELIGIONS

LOCATION By the time Rugia Island was conquered by the Danes in 1168, it was an important Slavonic Pagan worship centre. Its symbol was Arkona with Sviatovid’s Temple described by Danish chroniclers. Like in Pomerania, upon the introduction of Christianity monasteries founded in this place exerted significant impact on the conversion of the locals into […]