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Grevesmühlen Mill On the Mühlenberg |
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The 30m. high Dutch windmill dates from 1878 and reopened in 1970. After a five year reconstruction programme it is now a landmark of which the city is justly proud. Today you can find a glas-blower and a little galery there, which you can visit. | |
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Malt factory Börzower Weg 3 |
The malt factory built in 1893 is one of the largest and most interesting monuments northern German industrial country and modern administrative centre of the council Nordwestmecklenburg. |
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Museum and
Club House Kirchplatz 5 phone: 03881 723-260 |
The 1855 as a city school building as a museum, and club house. The Municipal Museum and the city information. |
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St. Nikolai Church | Has three naves; the towering 13th. century steeple was destroyed by fire in 1660. Parts of the valuable interior have been preserved. |
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Niels Stensen Church | The Niels Stensen Catholic Church was built between 1989 and 1991. |
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Water Tower | |
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Built in 1911, it served as the central water supply for the city until 1967. | |
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Town Hall | Today two buildings are used as town halls in Grevesmuehlen. |
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Ploggen-, Vielbeck and Santow Lakes | The lakes offer a charming contrast to the
partially wooded hills. Lake Vielbeck close to the city, boat hire available, hiking round the lake |
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Lake Ploggen close to the city, bathing, minigolf, fitness-center, paddle boat hire, restaurant and café "Fischerhuette", hiking round the lake and view from the bathing area across to Hamberge and watchtower |
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| Lake Santow lies north of Grevesmühlen and has a nature reserve |
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Questin Woods | Signposted hiking and nature trails |
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Everstorfer Forst | The largest enclosed forest area with historic sites near Grevesmühlen going towards Wismar. |
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Historic sites in
Everstorf Forest near Grevesmühlen |
The "Teufelsbackofen" and other neolithic Hun burial sites. Silent witnesses of early and prehistoric human settlement 5km. east of Grevesmühlen in the coniferous woods on both sides of the B 105/ E 22, above Naschendorf. There is a 40 metre long barrow and the legendary "Teufelsbackofen", a megalith grave consisting of nineteen monoliths, a so called "extended dolmen in a tumulus". |
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Expiatory stone south of Everstorf |
Dating from 1391 This stone was raised for the fallen Ludeke Mosellenburch. Expiatory stones can be found all over Mecklenburg. The majority, namely seven, in the Grevesmühlen region. |
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Plüschow Chateau near Grevesmühlen |
Plüschow Chateau Built in 1763 by the Hamburger businessman Philipp Heinrich Stenglin. The initials of Grand Duke Friedrich Franz IV. are engraved over the doorway and the sumptuous stairwell inside with the many valuable rococo style stucco ceilings are well worth seeing. The chateau now serves as a culture centre for the region, where lectures, modern art exhibitions and small concerts are held. |
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Bothmer Chateau near Klütz |
The largest Baroque Chateau in Mecklenburg A representative example of brick building, built in 1732 by Johann Friedrich Künnecke and modelled on Blenheim Palace near Oxford, England. There is a superb 300 m. long avenue of limes leading to the door. |
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Churches in Grevesmuehlen region | There are some 20 notable stone and brick built churches around Grevesmühlen and a well defined 800 year old lay line. |
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Palinger Heide | The nature reserve between Selmsdorf and Herrenburg is virtually undisturbed. This area lay in the former border zone for decades. |
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Iserberg | 4 kilometres east of Grevesmühlen, Iserberg offers a superb view over the fields and the Baltic Sea.( 99m) |
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Baltic Sea coastal strip between the Bays of Lübeck and Wismar |
An attractive leisure and holiday venue Flat coastal area with sandy beaches give way to the steep bluffs in this picturesque region. The coastal strip is 38 km. long and stretches from Priwall through Boltenhagen to the Wohlenberger Wiek. Behind lies the well known "Klützer Winkel". |
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"Klützer Winkel" Charming landscape between Priwall and Wohlenberger Wiek |
The name for the hinterland between the Bays of Lübeck and Wismar. Formed in the Ice Age, it is charming as the Baltic Sea coast. It has long been popular as leisure area and has a long tradition |
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Baltic beaches near Boltenhagen | The 4 kilometre long sandy beach between Tarnewitz and Redewisch with its shallow water and gentle surf is ideal for children and senior citizens. |
