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Market Square with Town Hall and City Church |
The Market Square (120 x 120 m) was designed by Christoph Julius Löwe and has been preserved as the Baroque heart of the city. Eight streets branch off from it in all directions. It was enlarged around a circus in 1866 on the design of the chief ducal town planner Friedrich Wilhelm Buttel, a student of Schinkel, and edged with two storey houses. Buttel also designed the Town Hall which was completed on the east side of the square in 1841. The Baroque church was built between 1768 and 1778 opposite the Town Hall and Buttel added a 45 m. high four storey tower in 1831. |
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Chateau Gardens | The former Chateau Gardens serve nowadays as
the municipal park and rank among the finest royal gardens in Germany.
The chateau was severely damaged by fire in 1945. The adjoining park
was laid out in Baroque style and changed into an English garden in
the 19th. century. The Orangerie, the Hebe Temple and the Luisen Temple are well worth seeing. |
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Orangerie | Belonging to the garden complex, it was built in 1755 by A. Seydel as a winter garden for exotic plants. It was converted by Buttel to a garden salon housing an antique collection in 1842. The walls of the rooms are covered with paintings on a Pompeian theme. There are replicas of classical sculptures in the niches. |
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Baroque Götterallee and 19th. century Götterallee |
Sandstone statues (copies)
of ancient gods and the seasons form the basis of the collection in
the Baroque Götterallee dating from the 18th. century,
in the north wing of the Orangerie. The 19th. century Götterallee houses cast zinc figures along the former exit passage. |
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Hebe Temple | The round Hebe Temple was built in 1840 by Buttel. It houses a copy of the famous statue of Hebe by Antonio Canova; the original is in the Berlin National Gallery. |
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Luisen Temple | The Luisen Temple is in the north west part of the former chateau park and was built 1891 by order of the Grand Duke Friedrich Wilhelm as a tomb for Queen Luise of Prussia, born Princess of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. |
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Marstall, Theatre | Completed in 1870, the Marstall and the theatre, built between 1926 and 1928 stand in the west part of the chateau park. |
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Hirschportal | The Hirschportal was designed by Christian Daniel Rauch as the entrance to the zoo park, opened in 1721 to house mainly indigenous quadrupeds. |
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Chateau Church | Built between 1855 and 1859 in the south east part of the chateau park. It is brick built and most notable for its ornate west tower and English Gothic style blind facades. |
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Rheinsberg (Brandenburg) |
Rheinsberg Chateau Frederician Rococo began evolving with the acquisition in 1734 of the supremacy by the Prussian King Frederic Wilhelm I (1688-1740), and the subsequent rebuilding and new erections carried out on the plain Renaissance buildings (built after 1566) to transform it into the residence. The Unit Castle Rheinberg and Grounds provided considerable impulses for buildings and gardens in Berlin and Potsdam Sanssouci. |
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DIE SCHEUNE (The Barn) in Bollewick |
Germany’s
biggest foundling stone barn, the market place for Mecklenburgian products with handicrafts, culture, stores and workshops. Thousands of people always and always flock to its varied program. |
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Mueritz-National Park | The Mueritz, the largest lake in Germany, and a hundred more lakes dominate the landscape with large tracts of woodland in this 310 km² national park. Ancient woodland conditions prevail here in the self sown beech, oak and conifer woods, with a rich variety of native flora and fauna such as black storks, cranes, cormorants, various deer and wild swine. |
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Nature Park in Feldberg Lake District |
This 360 km² nature park is notable for its wooded expanses crystal clear lakes, flat meadows and steep hills. 14 partially traditional nature reserves make up the nature park. Guided tours through the nature reserve are always eventful in the "Heilige Hallen", "Hullerbusch" and "Hauptmannsberg" as are the excursions through the Feldberg Country Park. |
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Museum "Alte
Burg" 17217 Penzlin |
A reconstruction of a castle
site with courtyard, gardens and city walls in a self contained
complex. The witch’s cellar is a historic rarity in Germany, an underground dungeon from the witch hunting era. |
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Hohenzieritz Chateau 17237 Hohenzieritz near Neubrandenburg |
Built by the Dukes of Mecklenburg-Strelitz from 1746 to 1751 in Baroque style. It served as a summer residence for the Ducal family. Queen Luise of Prussia (Princess Luise of Mecklenburg-Strelitz) died here aged 34. |
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Hans-Fallada-Memorial 17258 Carwitz Dorfstraße |
Hans Fallada (1893-1947) - world renowned for his novels "Kleiner Mann-was nun?", "Wolf unter Wölfen", "Wer einmal aus dem Blechnapf frißt", "Jeder stirbt für sich allein" - lived and worked from 1933 to 1945 in the hamlet of Carwitz near Feldberg. |
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Heinrich-Schliemann- Museum 17219 Ankershagen |
Heinrich Schliemann (1822-1890), the world famous discoverer of Troy and the royal tombs at Mycenae, spent part of his early life in Ankershagen (Müritz district). The museum is dedicated to the life and work of the great archaeologist. |