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Road map E1. * 62,000.
The history of the most important German port in the Baltic Practical Information After Lübeck, Stralsund is the most interesting Hanseatic n Alter Markt 9 (03831-246 90).
has been turbulent. This prosperous Hanseatic town had Road map D1. * 200,000. town in northern Germany. During its history, it has had to ∑ stralsundtourismus.de
n Universitätsplatz 6 and
established trade links with distant ports such as Bergen Warnemünde, Am Strom 59. defend its independence against Lübeck, Denmark, Holland _ Sundschwimmen (Jul);
(Norway), Riga (Latvia) and Bruges (Belgium) as early as the (0381-381 22 22). ∑ rostock.de and Sweden. In the Thirty Years’ War, General Wallenstein Wallenstein-Tage (Jul); Stralsunder
Segelwoche (Jun).
15th century. In 1419 the first university in northern Europe _ Warnemünder Woche (Jul), vowed that he would take the town even if it was chained to
was founded here, and it flourished again in the 19th century. Hansesail (Aug). heaven – but he failed. Subsequently, Lower Pomerania Transport
£
After it suffered heavy damage in the Allied air raids of 1942, Transport stayed under Swedish rule for 200 years until 1815, when it
Rostock was rebuilt on a grand scale as the GDR’s showpiece. £ became Prussian. Despite its turbulent history, 811 protected
buildings survived in the old town, among them some truly E Deutsches Meeresmuseum
remarkable examples of architecture.
R Marienkirche correct time and date until 2017. Katharinenberg 14. Tel (03831) 265
Am Ziegenmarkt 4. Tel (0381) 492 33 Every afternoon its clockwork 0210. Open Jun–Sep 10am–6pm
96. Open phone to check times. & apostles parade for onlookers. Danish king signed a daily; Oct–May: 10am–5pm daily.
This church, meant to exceed the peace treaty here. Closed 24 & 31 Dec. &
height of its Lübeck counterpart, P Kröpelinerstraße The Nikolaikirche, built Highlights of this museum of the
was completed in the mid-15th The most popular street in the from 1270–1360, was sea, based in a former Dominican
century, after almost 250 years city is lined by 17th- to 19th- inspired by French convent and the Ozeanum
of construction. The century houses. In Gothic cathedrals as building, include almost 100
nave, built after the summer students well as the Marienkirche aquariums stocked with sharks,
original roof had congregate around in Lübeck. It has rare seahorses, coral fish and giant
collapsed, has an the “Brunnen der free-standing flying turtles, and a 16-m (52-ft) long
untypical, short body, Lebensfreude” buttresses in brick, skeleton of a fin whale. It is also a
while the massive (fountain of happiness) which are much more scientific establishment research-
western tower is as on Universitätsplatz unusual than in stone. ing the life of sea organisms.
wide as three naves. (university square). Inside there are several
Interconnected The main university The Rathaus with its small turrets intriguing furnishings, R Marienkirche
swathes of glazing building, dating from for example, the statue Tower Open 10am–noon & 2–4pm
Kröpelinerstraße – a promenade with decorate the exterior 1867–70, is in Neo- Exploring Stralsund of St Anna (around 1290), an Mon–Fri, 10am–noon Sat. Organ
17th century houses of the church, while Baptismal font in the Renaissance style. The The town centre of Stralsund astrono mical clock (1394), and concerts: summer: 11am Mon–Wed &
much of the white- Marienkirche southern part of the is surrounded by water on all fragments of the Novgorod stall Fri–Sun. &
Exploring Rostock washed interior square is occupied by sides – in the north by the with various fascinating scenes, Dominating the Neuer Mark is
A visit to the town is best features star vaulting. The main a palace with a beautiful Baroque Strelasund bay, and on the other including one of hunting for the town’s largest church, St
started from the Neuer Markt attraction is the astrono mical hall where concerts are hosted. sides by lakes formed in the sables. The Baroque main altar Mary’s, built in 1383–1473, with
(new market), from where the clock, built in 1472 by maestro A Neo-Classical annexe with a moats of the former bastions, was designed in 1798 by an octagonal tower (with good
most important monuments Düringer of Nuremberg. It was Doric colonnade (1823) stands Knieperteich and Frankenteich. renowned Berlin architect and views of Stralsund). Star vaulting
can easily be reached on foot. made to continue showing the nearby. A statue on the square All the most interesting sculptor Andreas Schlüter. lightens the impact of the
commemorates the town’s most historic monuments are monumental 99-m (325-ft) high
P Rathaus famous resident, Field Marshal easily accessible on E Kulturhisto risches interior. Main attractions are
The town hall, on Neuer Markt, Blücher, who helped defeat foot from here. Museum Gothic frescoes, carved wooden
has a Baroque façade (added in Napoleon at Waterloo. Mönchstraße 25/27. figures of saints and a late-Gothic
1727–9), from which seven P Alter Markt Tel (0381) 12 87 90. font. The huge Baroque organ is
Gothic towers of the original Environs The old market Open Feb–Nov: used for concerts in summer.
building emerge. At the rear Between Rostock and Stralsund square affords the 10am–5pm daily. &
of the building, in Große lies a delightful coastal area. The best view of the The Katharinen klos-
Wasserstraße, it is worth peninsula, with the three former filigree façade of the Portal of the Nikolaikirche ter, a former 15th-
seeking out Kerkoffhaus, the islands of Fischland, Darß and town hall, beyond century Dominican
best preserved Gothic house Zingst, attracts visitors to its which stands the vast abbey, now houses
in Rostock with a splendidly quiet, beautiful beaches and edifice of St Michael’s church. two museums. Its abbey rooms
ornate façade featuring glazed splendid natural scenery. It is surrounded by houses provide an appropriate setting
brickwork, dating from 1470. Particularly attractive are the from various eras, of which the for historic exhibitions – the
villages of Ahrenshoop, which two most important are the refectory has vaults supported
P Steintor was originally an artists’ colony, Gothic Wulflamhaus, and the by stylish columns – including
A few minutes south of Neuer Prerow, which has traditional Commandantenhaus, Baroque copies of the famous Viking
Markt is the Steintor, the best fishermen’s houses and headquarters of the town’s treasure from Hiddensee and a
known of the gates in the old churches, and Wieck, with its former Swedish commandant. collection of 18th- and
city wall. One of only three charming thatched houses. The Rathaus dates from the 13th 19th-century toys and dolls’
surviving gates of the original A national park has been century with a 14th-century houses. A branch of the
fortifications (at one time with established here, and includes façade and ground-floor Muse um, in Böttcherstrasse,
22 gates), it received its Darß and its magnificent forest, arcades, and resembles the one has a collection devoted
characteristic crowning feature The richly decorated pulpit in Zingst, the west coast of Rügen in Lübeck. In 1370 the Hanseatic to village life, folklore and Marienkirche with its dominant,
during the Renaissance. the Marienkirche and the island of Hiddensee. League and the defeated costumes of the Baltic region. octagonal tower
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