Monuments and sites
LOCATION: Town Hall square – 17th-20th century urbanistic value. It’s embellished by an Independence monument in 1930. Coordinates: 55.888939, 21.241836 Address: Kretinga photo source: https://wikitravel.org/en/Krteinga ATTRACTIONS There is a monument built in memorial of the Kretinga city, church and monastery founder, The Great etemon of Lithuania and voivode of Vilnius Jonas Karolis Chodkevičius (1560-1621) […]
Continue ReadingLOCATION WWII fortifications on the Baltic sea coast near Giruliai village. Coordinates: 55.77768931638472, 21.073719263076782 Address: Pamario str, Kukuliškiai village, Klaipėda district ATTRACTIONS After joining Klaipėda region to Germany, two coastal artillery batteries were planned: one in Smiltynė, near Kopgalis – “Memel Sud”, and another – “Memel Nord” – near Giruliai, in Kukuliškės village, however, only […]
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LOCATION This lighthouse is located at the Northern tip of the island of Hiddensee. It is the landmark widely seen and surrounded by the scenic hill country formed during glacial age. Coordinates: 54°35′57“N 13°071′0“E HISTORY AND SCENIC CHARACTER The lighthouse was put into service in 1888. It is 28 m high, but due to the location […]
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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 An old castle of Stolpe is a residence situated at the southern end of the town of Stolpe in the Usedom Island, in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald in Germany. 54°00′N 14°00′E. 1.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schloss_Stolpe_2017.jpg#/media/File:Schloss_Stolpe_2017.jpg ATRACTION DESCRIPTION This manor house was built in Renaissance style by Otto von Schwerin between 1575 and 1590. Very probably the building of […]
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LOCATION Stargard Castle is located in a small town Stargard in the Mecklenburgische Seenplatte district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. 53°50′N 13°31′E. 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Burg_Stargard_Burg_2011-03-07_014_retouched.jpg#/media/File:Burg_Stargard_Burg_2011-03-07_014_retouched.jpg ATRACTION DESCRIPTION Stargard Castle is an extraordinary and unique building in Germany built in the XIII th century through the order of the Margraves Johann I and Otto III von Brandenburg. It is the […]
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LOCATION Spyker Castle is the oldest profane structure on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen. It is located in the area of the municipality of Glowe in the district of Vorpommern-Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.54°56′N 13°51′E. 1.https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schloss_Spyker.jpg#/media/File:Schloss_Spyker.jpg ATRACTION DESCRIPTION The Spyker Castle was first mentioned in XIV th century when it belonged to the Stralsund patrician family, the von Külpens. After the Thirty Years’ War, Pomerania, and hence Rügen, […]
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LOCATION Schwerin Castle also known as Schwerin Palace is a seat of the parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is located on the museum island in the center of Schwerin. 54°00′N 11°42′E. 1. https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Schloss-schwerin-teich-westen.jpg#/media/File:Schloss-schwerin-teich-westen.jpg ATRACTION DESCRIPTION The castle is situated in breathtaking nestled in a picturesque lake and parkland. In the past the castle was the residence of […]
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