The Dreikaiserbäder on the Baltic Sea

28 December 2013 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  6 minutes

Bansin Pier © Horst schlaemma/cc-by-sa-3.0

Bansin Pier © Horst schlaemma/cc-by-sa-3.0

Heringsdorf is a municipality and a popular seaside resort town on Usedom Island in Western Pomerania. It is also known by the name Imperial Spa (German: Kaiserbad).   read more…

The university and Hanseatic town of Greifswald

12 April 2012 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  8 minutes

Market Square with the City Hall © Axt

Market Square with the City Hall © Axt

Greifswald is a town in northeastern Germany. It is situated in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, at an equal distance of about 250 kilometres (160 mi) from Germany’s two largest cities, Berlin and Hamburg. The town borders the Baltic Sea, and is crossed by a small river, the Ryck. It is also located near Germany’s two largest islands, Rügen and Usedom as well as near three of the country’s 14 national parks. A former district-free town, it is the capital of the new district of Vorpommern-Greifswald since the September 2011 district reforms.   read more…

The Baltic island of Usedom

12 December 2011 | Author/Destination: | Rubric: General Reading Time:  7 minutes

Fisher boat © Mario Thiel

Fisher boat © Mario Thiel

Usedom (Polish: Uznam) is a Baltic Sea island on the border between Germany and Poland. It is situated north of the Szczecin Lagoon (German: Stettiner Haff) estuary of the River Oder in Pomerania. Most of the island belongs to the German district of Vorpommern-Greifswald in the Federal State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, with the exception of the eastern part and the city of Świnoujście (German: Swinemünde) which is in Polish West Pomeranian Voivodeship. Its area is 445 km² (the German part 373 km²; the Polish part 72 km²). Its population is 76,500 (the German part 31,500; the Polish part 45,000).   read more…

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