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Exploring Mecklenburg- Getting Around
Lower Pomerania International flights land at Hamburg and Berlin,
domestic flights at Rostock and Heringsdorf on
Usedom. Ferries go from Denmark, Sweden and
This is a large region with mostly minor roads so visitors Lithuania to Sassnitz and Rostock, and the E55/
are well advised to allow extra time to explore it. The A19 motorway runs from the south to Schwerin
area can be divided into three: the west, stopping off in and Rostock.
pretty Wismar or charming Schwerin with its fairy-tale
castle; the centre, with the major port of Rostock as a KapKap
base, and the east, which can be explored from Arkona Arkona
Stralsund or Greifswald. In the central Mecklenburger
Seenplatte is Müritz National Park, a vast area of lakes Mecklenburg’s glorious beaches HiddenseeHiddensee SassnitzSassnitz Rügen Island’s Kap Arkona towers over the Baltic coast
and forests that is ideal for camping, walking and sailing.
It is also a good plan to set aside a few days for PrerowPrerow R Ü G E N
R Ü G E N
relaxation on the sandy beaches of Darß, Zingst, DarssDarss ZingstZingst WaaseWaase
Usedom or Rügen. BergenBergen
Fischland AhrenshoopAhrenshoop BarthBarth STRALSUNDSTRALSUND PutbusPutbus
Fischland
Sights at a Glance MecklenburgerMecklenburger Ribnitz-Ribnitz- GreifswalderGreifswalder
BuchtBucht
1 Schwerin pp474–75 DamgartenDamgarten BoddenBodden
Kühlungsborn
2 Ludwigslust Kühlungsborn HeiligendammHeiligendamm PEENEMÜNDEPEENEMÜNDE
WarnemündeWarnemünde
3 Gadebusch BAD DOBERANBAD DOBERAN GrimmenGrimmen WieckWieck
Recknitz
4 Wismar LübeckerLübecker Recknitz
5 Bad Doberan BuchtBucht ROSTOCKROSTOCK GREIFSWALDGREIFSWALD WOLGASTWOLGAST
6 Güstrow PoelPoel GnoienGnoien HeringsdorfHeringsdorf
7 Neubrandenburg MECKLENBURG-MECKLENBURG- AhlbeckAhlbeck
9 Rostock p480 GrevesmühlenGrevesmühlen WISMARWISMAR DemminDemmin U S E D O M
U S E D O M
0 Stralsund p481 BützowBützow VORPOMMERNVORPOMMERN Peene
Peene
q Rügen pp482–3 ANKLAMANKLAM UsedomUsedom
w Greifswald LübeckLübeck GÜSTROWGÜSTROW TeterowTeterow KummerowerKummerower OderhaffOderhaff
SeeSee
e Wolgast GADEBUSCHGADEBUSCH Stepenitz SchwerinerSchweriner Groß-Raden MalchinMalchin UeckermündeUeckermünde
Groß-Raden
r Anklam SeeSee SternbergSternberg MalchinerMalchiner ReuterstadtReuterstadt Zarow
Zarow
Stepenitz
t Usedom SeeSee BasedowBasedow Uecker Uecker
y Peenemünde SCHWERINSCHWERIN FriedlandFriedland
SchaalseeSchaalsee Randow
GoldbergGoldberg NEUBRANDENBURGNEUBRANDENBURG
Excursions WarenWaren
Randow
8 Nationalpark Müritz HamburgHamburg NATIONALPARK MÜRITZ PasewalkPasewalk
TollenseseeTollensesee
Schaale
Schaale HagenowHagenow ParchimParchim PlauerPlauer MalchowMalchow StargardStargard
SeeSee MüritzseeMüritzsee
NATIONALPARK MÜRITZ
Müritz-Elde-Kanal
Müritz-Elde-Kanal
BoizenburgBoizenburg SzczecinSzczecin
Sude NeustrelitzNeustrelitz
Sude
LUDWIGSLUSTLUDWIGSLUST
MirowMirow
BerlinBerlin
Rögnitz
Rögnitz
WittstockWittstock
Meck lenburg is che Se enplatt
Meck lenburg is che Se enplatt e e
BerlinBerlin
PerlebergPerleberg
Alte Elde
Alte Elde
Elbe
Elbe
Key
Motorway
Main road
Minor road
Main railway
Minor railway
National border 0 kilometres 30
Neuer Markt, surrounded by charming gabled buildings, Rostock Regional border 0 miles 30 The attractive cloisters of Schloß Güstrow
For additional map symbols see back flap
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