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LOCATION
The seaside resort Heringsdorf is located on the island of Usedom and belongs to the tri-destination-cooperation named “Kaiserbäder”, which are very well-known and attract millions of guests every year. The pier is the longest pier in Germany.
Coordinates: 53°57′25“N 14°10′19“E
HISTORY AND SCENIC CHARACTER
1891-1893 was a wooden pier constructed in front of the settlement of Heringsdorf, which was at those days already a well-known seaside resort. Ten years later the 400 m long pier was extended to 500 m. After World War II the pier and its beautiful and impressive buildings deteriorated and in 1958 a fire destroyed the entrance pavilion.
1995 a new pier – 50 m beside the historic one – was opened with a total length of 508 m which was the longest in Europe in those days.
ATTRACTIONS
The pier offers today a beautiful restaurant with a pyramidal roof in front at the Baltic Sea. Aside is a jetty for small boats for sightseeing tours to neighbouring resorts. About 300 m of the pier are roofed. At the entrance are buildings containing a shopping mall, restaurants and holiday flats.
On the promenade beside the pier you can use the “größten Strandkorb der Welt” (world biggest beach chair) which is well-known due to usage at “g8 summit” which happened in Heiligendamm/Germany (2007).
The resort Heringsdorf shows many villas with the typical spa architecture style and is part of the German-Polish cross-border promenade.
Since 2015 the forest surrounding Heringsdorf is named Europe’s first certified “Kur- und Heilwald” (“cure and healing forest”).
WEB PAGES
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heringsdorf_Pier
https://www.kur-und-heilwald.de/?lang=en
https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seebrücke_Heringsdorf (German language)
http://heringsdorfer-seebruecke.de (German language)
https://usedom.de/heringsdorf (German language)
