Bay of Greifswald

Historic sites and ruins in Bay of Greifswald

This collection spans thousands of years of history in the Vorpommern region, from the Neolithic megaliths of Lancken-Granitz and Ziegensteine to the 19th-century Granitz Hunting Lodge. It highlights the ruins of Eldena Abbey and the architectural remnants of the 20th century, including the massive Prora resort complex and the V-2 rocket test stands at Peenemünde. The list also features significant regional estates like the Renaissance Schloss Ludwigsburg and the unique 15-sided Baroque manor of Schloss Griebenow.

Historic Sites and Ruins — Map

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Test Stand VII

Test Stand VII was the principal V-2 rocket testing facility at Peenemünde Airfield and was capable of static firing of rocket motors up…

Lars0001 / Public domain

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Granitz Hunting Lodge

Granitz Hunting Lodge is located on the German island of Rügen in the vicinity of the seaside resort of Binz.

Steffen Löwe / Public domain

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Prora

The Colossus of Prora, commonly known as simply "Prora", is a building complex in the municipality of Binz on the island of Rügen, Germany.

Caspar David Friedrich / Public domain

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Eldena Abbey

Eldena Abbey, originally Hilda Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery near the present town of Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern,…

H. Th. Bussert (Inh. H. Berli) / Public domain

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Schloss Putbus

Former 19th-century residence of the Princes of Putbus. The main palace was demolished in the 1960s, leaving behind the original terrace, park, and surrounding neoclassical buildings.

Einsamer Schütze / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Lancken-Granitz dolmens

The Lancken-Granitz dolmens are a group of seven megalith tombs in the Lancken-Granitz municipality on Rügen, northern Germany.

Erell / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Schloss Ludwigsburg

A Renaissance castle built between 1577 and 1592. It served as a residence for the Dukes of Pomerania and remains one of the last preserved ducal seats in the region.

Erell / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Schloss Griebenow

Baroque manor house completed in 1709, notable for its unusual 15-sided ground plan. The estate includes a 14-hectare English-style landscape park.

Steffen Löwe / Public domain

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Prora - North Block 3

A preserved section of the Colossus of Prora, a massive 4.5-kilometer-long building complex commissioned by the Nazi regime as a seaside resort.

erell / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Schloss Wrangelsburg

A Neo-Gothic manor house constructed in 1880. It stands on the foundations of a 17th-century Renaissance castle built for the Swedish field marshal Carl Gustaf Wrangel.

Volker roesing / CC BY-SA 3.0

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Ziegensteine

A group of four Neolithic megalithic tombs located near Dummertevitz. These dolmens were constructed by the Funnelbeaker culture approximately 5,000 years ago.

Lukas Nevosad / CC-BY-SA

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Ruine Strandpromenade KdF-Anlage Prora

Concrete remains of the planned promenade and central festival hall at the Prora resort. These structures were left unfinished at the outbreak of World War II.

Marco Schneider / CC-BY-SA

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Prüfstand IV

A historic rocket test site within the Peenemünde Army Research Center, used for technical trials during the development of the V-2 rocket program.

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Prussia Columns

The Prussia Columns are two monuments, over 15 metres high, that were erected in the years 1854 and 1855 by order of the Prussian king,…

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