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of the famous Dance of Death
by Hans Holbein in Basle.
Another notable artifact is the
epitaph of Duke Philip I, crafted
in 1560 by the Saxon artist
Wolf Hilinger.
Other attractions in the town
are the Alter Speicher, an 80 m-
(262 ft-) long half-timbered
granary (Burgstraße, 1836), and
the family home of Philipp Otto
Runge, famous romantic painter
and adopted son of Hamburg.
P Philipp-Otto-Runge-
Gedenkstätte Fishing boat on the beach at Usedom
Kronwieckstraße 45. Tel (03836) 20 30
41. Open May–Oct: 11am–6pm Tue– daily; Oct & May: 10am–5pm façade. During the past few
Fri, 11am–4pm Sat & Sun. Tue–Fri, 1pm–5pm Sat & Sun; years, the early 20th-century
Nov–Apr: 11am–3:30pm Wed–Fri, piers in all three spas have
1pm–3:30pm Sun. been rebuilt and restored.
The longest, in Heringsdorf,
is also the second largest in
t Usedom Europe, after one in Poland.
The Marienkirche, one of the
Road map E2. £ n Heringsdorf,
Kurverwaltung, Waldstraße 1 (038378- island’s main attractions, was
477 10); Ahlbeck, Kurverwaltung, erected in the 19th century.
Dünenstraße 45 (038378-244 14).
The island, named after the y Peenemünde
village of Usedom and Road map E1. * 650.
separated from the mainland
by the Peenestrom, is the Historically, the most
One of the models in the Otto second largest in Germany interesting spot on the island
Lilienthal-Museum in Anklam at 445 sq km (172 sq miles). of Usedom is the museum
A small corner in the east at Peenemünde, which is
r Anklam was incorporated into Poland located on military territory.
after 1945. Usedom is almost It demonstrates the evolution
Road map E2. * 16,400. £
n Markt 3, Rathaus (03971-835 154). as attractive as Rügen, posses- of space travel, pioneered
∑ anklam.de sing white beaches, forests, at this research station since
peat bogs and bays overgrown 1936. During World War II,
A former Hanseatic town, with rushes in the south. It long-distance rockets,
Anklam’s erstwhile importance is linked with the mainland powered by liquid fuel
is revealed by its vast defensive by two drawbridges (near and known as V-2 (Vergel­
walls, in which is set the mid- Anklam and Wolgast). tungswaffe; retaliatory
15th-century city gate, Steintor. The resorts follow one weapon), were produced
It is worth visiting the Gothic another like pearls on a here, which inflicted
Marienkirche. Inside, the string: Bansin, Heringsdorf heavy damage on the
church’s octagonal pillars and and Ahlbeck, known cities of London and
the arches of its arcades are as the “three sisters”, are Antwerp in 1944. After
painted with graceful figures, connected by a wide the war, the chief
which reveal a Lübeck influence. beach. At the beginning engineer, Wernher
A museum recalls the life and of the 20th century they von Braun, worked for
inventions of Otto Lilienthal, born evolved into elegant NASA and helped develop
here in 1848. After observing holiday resorts, with white the Apollo rockets.
storks, he built a flying machine villas, hotels and boarding
and completed his first flight in houses, as typical of E Historisch-technisches
1891. In total he created 2,000 seaside resorts. Worth a Museum
machines, none of which flew visit is the industrialist Im Kraftwerk. Tel (038371)
further than 350 m (1148 ft). Oechler’s house in 50 50. Open Apr–Sep:
Heringsdorf (Delbrück- 10am–6pm; Oct–Mar:
E Otto-Lilienthal-Museum straße 5), which has an 10am–4pm. Closed
Ellbogenstraße 1. Tel (03971) 24 55 antique appearance V-2 rocket Mon (Nov–Mar).
00. Open Jun–Sep: 10am–5pm with mosaics on its in Peenemünde ∑ peenemuende.de

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