Sights Fischland-Darss-Zingst

	Baltic Resort Ahrenshoop	Coast of Althagen, Habour Althagen, Seaman’s church, Seaman’s church yard
	Artists’ colony Ahrenshoop	Several artists discovered the individual and idyllic landscape around Ahrenshoop in the later decades of the 19^th century and founded an artists' colony there. Today, the houses of these artists are under preservation orders.
	"Artists’ cabins" Ahrenshoop	The painters Paul Mueller-Kaempff, Theobald Schorn und Fritz Wachenhusen had the "artists’ cabins" built in the style of fishermen’s huts with thatched roofs in1909. The resulting artistic landscape is still being used to full effect by artists from Ahrenshoop and the rest of the country right up to the present day.
	"Ahrenshooper Holz"	The Ahrenshooper Holz Nature Reserve covers 50 hectares and lies north east of the Baltic resort. Holly trees grow to a height of 4m. in the 400 year old forest.
	Baltic Resort Dierhagen	Protected forest along the coast (ghost-woods), peat bog, Church (Votive ship), cemetery with old seaman’s graves
	Baltic Resort Wustrow	Pier, harbor, heritage house - "Fischlandhaus", village church, captains’ houses, historical SAR-station, old barnyards in Barnstorf, Church yard with old seaman’s and artist's graves
	"Darsser Ort" Lighthouse near Prerow	The 35 m tall "Darsser Ort" Lighthouse stands at the northernmost end of the Darss Forest and was commissioned in 1848. The tower houses a permanent exhibition from the Deutsches Meeresmusum and a café.
	Darss-Museum in Prerow	The Darss-Museum is the regional heritage museum of the Fischland-Darss-Zingst peninsula. The exhibition includes many interesting items from the history and culture of Prerow and the Geology, flora and fauna of Darss.
	Seaman’s Church near Prerow	The Seaman’s Church was built between 1726 and 1728. It houses a collection of model ships on the walls which were donated as votive gifts.
	"Darsser Urwald" and Weststrand	The Darss peninsula is for the main part covered by the singularly beautiful and virtually undisturbed Darsser Forest with an area of some 4700 hectares. Prerow und Born lie in the very near vicinity and the area is served by a 50km long network of trails for riding, cycling, walking or coaching. The forest meets the romantic wind and wave swept west beach. The north point, with its lighthouse, is named "Darsser Ort" and is a popular place for excursions.
	The Captains’ Houses	Among the other attractions the handsome and well preserved captains’ houses with their typical Dutch gable roofs will interest visitors to Wustrow and Zingst. Many sea captains and seamen lived in these parts in the heyday of sailing ships (around 1880).
Trip Destinations:
	National Park "Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft"	The 805 km² National Park is the largest in the new states. It takes in a vast natural coastal landscape including the Darss peninsula and Zingst, sprawling fenland and even parts of West Ruegen and the island of Hiddensee. The greater part of the park, some 687 km² is marshland. Typical elements of the Baltic coastal landscape, such as steep and flat coastline, sandbars, coves, shallows, mudflats, dunes and beaches with their typical flora and fauna, can all be found in close proximity to each other there. Every year in autumn, parts of the park become the largest resting place for migrating cranes in Europe.
	Rhododendron Park 18181 Graal-Mueritz	The park was laid out between 1955 and 1961. It covers 4,5 hectares and is one of the largest of its kind. The 50 rhododendron species, some of them 10 meters tall, are an unforgettable sight when in bloom. The annual rhododendron-festival takes place one week after Whitsunday.
	Open-Air Museum 18311 Klockenhagen	Exhibits include typical examples of local building styles from the 17^th to the 20^th century, such as different farmhouses, a bake house and a trestle windmill.
	Amber Museum 18311 Ribnitz-Damgarten Im Kloster 1-2	Exhibition of nature, history and the preparation of amber. Demonstration workshop
	Natur-Schatzkammer und Paradiesgarten 18311 Neuheide	The privately run museum is the only one of its kind in Northern Germany. Shown are besides the 250 kind of mushrooms 200 preserved animal species.