[Mecklenburg-Vorpommern]

[german]


Did you know, that......

the resort of Ahlbeck on the Isle of Usedom has the oldest pier in Germany?
the first seaside resort in Germany was founded in Heiligendamm in 1793?
court basket maker Wilhelm Bartelmann made the first beach chair in Rostock in 1882?
the first horse racing course in Germany was laid in 1823 by the gates of the city of Bad Doberan?
there are 2,300km. of tree lined avenues in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern?
the oldest wild apple tree in central Europe (ca. 450 years old) is in Recknitztal?
the oldest beech wood in Germany lies in the nature park in the Feldberg Lake District
the fully functional grinding mill in Schwerin, which can produce granite pedestals from boulders, is unique in Germany?
the Isle of Rügen is the largest German island?
Saßnitz on the Isle of Rügen has the longest mole in Europe?
the emission level in the air in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is only 1/3 of the average in the rest of Germany?
the world famous painter and the most notable German Romance artist, Caspar David Friedrich, grew up in Greifswald?
the State Museum in Schwerin has the largest collection of works in the world by the French court painter Jean Baptiste Oudry?
the last planned and completed classicist town plan on European soil - is Putbus on the Isle of Rügen?
the world famous discoverer of Troy, Heinrich Schliemann, spent part of his childhood in Ankershagen?
the pioneer aviator Otto Lilienthal came from Anklam in Vorpommern?
the first rocket to become the forerunner of the space vehicle carriers was launched from the Isle of Usedom in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern?