Utsiktsplatser i Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Scenic Viewpoints & Towers

This collection features architectural landmarks across Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, ranging from medieval defensive structures to modern communications towers. Highlights include the 19th-century Schinkelturm at Cape Arkona, the artificial ruins of Reppiner Burg on Lake Schwerin, and the historic Fischerbastion in Rostock. These sites offer elevated perspectives of the Baltic Sea coastline, the Rügen peninsula, and the inland lake districts, showcasing the region's diverse maritime and military heritage.

Hans Weigel / Public domain

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Fischerbastion

Part of Rostock's 13th-century city fortifications, this site features historic cannons and provides views over the Warnow river and the city harbor.

Niteshift / CC BY-SA 3.0

B

Leuchtturm Buk

Built in 1878 on the Bukspitze headland, this 20.8-meter tower is one of Germany's highest-altitude lighthouses, offering panoramas of the Mecklenburger Bucht.

Niteshift / CC BY 2.5

C

Reppiner Burg

An artificial castle ruin constructed in 1907 on the southern shore of Lake Schwerin, designed as a scenic overlook and landscape feature.

Unukorno / CC BY-SA 3.0

D

Marinepeilturm

A former naval radio direction-finding station at Cape Arkona built in 1927. The renovated tower now houses an art gallery and an observation deck.

Niteshift / CC BY-SA 3.0

E

Aussichtsturm Wismar

Located in the Bürgerpark, this observation tower was constructed for the 2002 State Garden Show and provides views across the Hanseatic city of Wismar.

Olaf Meister / CC BY-SA 3.0

F

Lotsenturm

A modern observation and mobile communications tower in Thiessow, built on the site of a historic pilot watchtower on Rügen's Mönchgut peninsula.

Dirk Schmidt / CC BY-SA 3.0

G

Schinkelturm

Designed by architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel and completed in 1827, this brick lighthouse at Cape Arkona is the second oldest on the German Baltic coast.

Niteshift / CC BY 3.0

H

Fangelturm

A 14th-century round brick tower located in Stralendorf. Originally part of a medieval fortification system, it now serves as a local landmark and viewpoint.