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Right Visitors enjoying a walk on the pier
in Ahlbeck, Usedom Below left Ruins of
the 13th-century Cistercian monastery,
Greifswald Below right Alter Speicher –
the half-timbered granary in Wolgast

6 Greifswald 7 Wolgast
Mecklenburg-Lower Pomerania; 17489 Mecklenburg-Lower Pomerania; 17438
This former Hanseatic town is Now peaceful after being wrecked
situated 5 km (3 miles) from the Bay by war for centuries, the “Gateway to
of Greifswald. Caspar David Friedrich the island of Usedom” is an ideal stop
(1774–1840), the Romantic painter, on the drive. Visitors can walk behind
drew inspi ra tion from the town’s the 14th-century parish church,
Altstadt, with its gabled houses and St Petrikirche, which has part of an
picturesque spires. Representations early Slavic temple next to the rear
of the Gothic merchants’ houses on portal and a copy of 16th-century
WHERE TO STAY the Markt and the cathedral with its artist Hans Holbein’s Totentanz frieze,
striking twin-bulbed tower can be into the cosy Altstadt. Rebuilt after
GREIFSWALD seen on his canvases in the excel lent being burnt down by Peter the Great
Kronprinz moderate Pommersches Landesmuseum of Russia in 1713, the old town clusters
This old-fashioned four-star hotel near (closed Mon), which also has dis plays above a small harbour where grain
the cathedral has spacious but spartan on regional history. Drive 2 km ships docked in the 19th century.
rooms with reassuringly formal service. (1 mile) east on Wolgaster Strasse Other highlights include the Alter
Lange Strasse 22; 03834 79 00; to Wiek, a pretty harbour scented Speicher, an 80-m (262-ft) long
www.hotelkronprinz.de
with the smell of smoking fish, half-timbered granary, one of the
USEDOM then on to Eldena and the ruins of a largest buildings in the old town
Villa Oasis moderate 13th-century Cistercian monastery, and the family home of Philipp
Built for a Berlin industrialist, this is an another favourite subject of the artist. Otto Runge (1777–1810), the famous
Art Nouveau villa with elegant rooms ª Continue past Eldena to Kemnitz, Romantic painter.
and personal service. Some rooms are
in a smaller lodge in the garden. then to Pritzwald to reach the B111 to ª Continue on the B111 over the
Puschkinstrasse 10, 17424 Heringsdorf; Wolgast. Parking is available on Platz bridge on to Usedom. Turn left after
03837 826 50; www.villa-oasis.de der Jugend opposite St Petrikirche. 5 km (3 miles) to reach Peenemünde.

Where to Stay: inexpensive, under €70; moderate, €70–€150; expensive, over €150

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