Western Pomerania - Vorpommern

Map of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania with identification of the historical border between the regions of Mecklenburg and Pomerania

Western Pomerania is the eastern and smaller of the two historical parts of the country Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as well as the western part of the polish Voivodeship West Pomerania. The east closes on the other Oderside the historical Western Pomerania at. This guide focuses on the mainland areas. The islands to reprimand (With Hiddensee), Wollin and Usedom as well as the peninsula Darß-Zingst also belong to Western Pomerania, but are regarded as independent travel regions.

Regions

places

Germany

Stralsund: old market
Greifswald market
  • Anklam - hometown of aviation pioneer Otto Lilienthal; Old town with various historical buildings.
  • Demmin - on the Peene, south of Stralsund.
  • Greifswald - University and Hanseatic city.
  • Grim - Former district town of Northern Pomerania with three still existing city gates, water tower.
  • Pasewalk - Small town with brick Gothic churches and city gates.
  • Recknitz-Trebeltal - with Tribsees and Bad Sülze
  • Ribnitz-Damgarten - City merged in 1950. Historically, Ribnitz is the Mecklenburg part, Damgarten the Western Pomerania part.
  • Stralsund - the gateway to Rügen with the old town, which is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
  • Ueckermünde - seaside resort on Szczecin Lagoon before Usedom.
  • Wolgast

Poland

Szczecin market square
Stargard Cathedral

Other goals

Wollin National Park

background

language

In Germany, German is spoken in Poland in Polish.

getting there

The closest transportairports are the Rostock AirportWebsite of this institutionRostock Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaRostock Airport in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsRostock Airport (Q820223) in the Wikidata database(IATA: RLG) (almost 100 km southwest of Stralsund), the Berlin Brandenburg AirportWebsite of this institutionBerlin Brandenburg Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaBerlin Brandenburg Airport in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsBerlin Brandenburg Airport (Q160556) in the Wikidata database(IATA: BER) and the Heringsdorf AirportWebsite of this institutionHeringsdorf Airport in the Wikipedia encyclopediaHeringsdorf Airport in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsHeringsdorf Airport (Q531664) in the Wikidata database(IATA: HDF) on Usedom (almost 70 km east of Greifswald). The small one is in northern Western Pomerania Stralsund-Barth Baltic Sea AirportOstseeflughafen Stralsund-Barth in the encyclopedia WikipediaOstseeflughafen Stralsund-Barth in the media directory Wikimedia CommonsOstseeflughafen Stralsund-Barth (Q317619) in the Wikidata database(IATA: BBH), which is only used by private and charter flights.

Intercity trains run every two hoursTrains from Hamburg (partly from Kassel / Hanover, partly from Cologne / Ruhrgebiet / Bremen) in 2:45 hours to Stralsund. With the RE 3 Vorpommern can also be reached directly from Berlin. He holds, inter alia. in Pasewalk (1:45 hours from Berlin Hbf), Anklam (2:20), Greifswald (2:45) and Stralsund (3:05). An IC only runs twice a day, an ICE once a day on the route, which is not much faster (Berlin - Stralsund in 2:45 or 2½ hours).

With the continuous opening of the A20 In 2005, Vorpommern had an extensive one for the first time Highwayget connected. It branches off the A 11 (Berlin - Stettin) at the Uckermark junction and leads past Pasewalk, Anklam and Greifswald, further parallel to the Baltic Sea towards Rostock and Lübeck. From it branches off the highway B 96, which has been developed like a motorway and leads to Stralsund and the Rügen dam. Those who prefer to travel more leisurely can German avenue street take that of Brandenburg and the Mecklenburg Lake District Coming through northern Western Pomerania (Demmin, Grimmen, Stralsund) leads to Rügen.

The lead through Western Pomerania Baltic Sea Cycle Route and the one running at the same time Iron Curtain Europe Cycle Route as well as the Mecklenburg Lakes Cycle Route.

mobility

Tourist Attractions

  • The Old town of the Hanseatic city Stralsund is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, including in particular the Old Market with the imposing Gothic town hall and the double-towered parish church of St. Nikolai as well as a diverse ensemble of Gothic, Renaissance, Baroque, Classicist, historic and modern buildings as well as the three-aisled St. Mary's Church in the style of the Late Gothic.
  • Anklam: Otto Lilienthal Museum and Monument for the aviation pioneer and most famous son of the city; two three-aisled hall churches of the brick Gothic: Marienkirche and Nikolaikirche, Gothic gabled house, late medieval city gate
  • Bad aspic: extensive spa park, in summer (June – September) thousands of dahlias of various varieties
  • Brandshagen Gothic Marienkirche from the 13th century, one of the largest village churches in Northern Germany (municipality Sundhagen, 11 km southeast of Stralsund)
  • former Cistercian monastery Neuenkamp in Franzburg (16 km northwest of Grimmen)
  • Greifswald: Pomeranian State Museum; Old town with large market square, Gothic-Baroque town hall, medieval-Hanseatic town houses, three large Gothic brick churches (St. Nikolai Cathedral, St. Marien and St. Nicolai); University campus with baroque main building and library; romantic ruin of the gothic Cistercian Monastery of Eldena (known as a motif from paintings by Caspar David Friedrich)
  • Grim: Early Gothic brick church St. Marien, three preserved medieval city gates
  • Karlsburg baroque palace (Office Züssow, 16 km southwest of Wolgast)
  • Landskron castle ruins near Neuendorf B, romantically dilapidated Renaissance castle, idyllically situated in a wooded area (25 km west of Anklam, not far from the A 20 motorway)
  • Quilow moated castle (Office Züssow, 12 km northwest of Anklam)
  • Richtenberg: Romanesque-Gothic stone and brick church St. Nikolai (18 km southwest of Stralsund)
  • baroque to classical Griebenow Castle with castle park (municipality Süderholz, 11 km west of Greifswald)
  • Tribsees: partly medieval old town, brick-Gothic town gates, St. Thomas Church with late medieval carved altar

  • Marienkirche Stralsund

  • Otto Lilienthal Museum Anklam

  • Brandshagen village church

  • Monastery ruins Eldena (Greifswald)

  • St. Marien Grimmen

  • Karlsburg Castle

  • Landskron castle ruins

  • Quilow moated castle

  • St. Nikolai Richtenberg

  • Griebenow Castle

  • Mill Gate Tribsees

activities

golf
  • Two 18-hole golf courses, a driving range and overnight accommodation in hotels, holiday flats or apartments can be found in Strelasund Golf Park in Kaschow

kitchen

The Western Pomeranian cuisine is famous for its hearty cuisine, e.g. the Tollatschen, Plumm and Tüffel, buckwheat dumplings, Klopp ham and much more.

More on the topic of kitchen can be found at: Eating and drinking in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

nightlife

The nightlife is largely concentrated in the university towns of Greifswald and Stralsund, and during the summer season on the tourist resorts such as Usedom. In the hinterland it is rather calm. Szczecin is the stronghold of nightlife.

security

climate

trips

literature

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