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Travel tips by Bremen sehenswert far from the Hanseatic City of Bremen
Hanseatic City of Rostock - A Travel Guide
The Hausbaumhaus
Hausbaumhaus
The Hausbaumhaus in Wokrenterstraße is one of the oldest merchant houses still largely preserved in Rostock. Officially named "Das Haus der Architekten" (The house of architects) since 1983, it was built around 1490. Originally, it served both as a residence and storage facility; after an expansion, it functioned solely as a residential building. Behind its late Gothic façade - featuring a decorative blind arcade gable and an ornate entrance door - lies the architectural uniqueness that earned the house its name: "Hausbaumhaus." A vertical oak trunk, artificially branched upward (the Hausbaum), located in the center of the house, bears the main load of the structure. To fulfill this static function without sinking into the ground, it rests on a boulder beneath the cellar floor. When the building was still used as a warehouse, goods were hoisted into the upper storage rooms via a pulley system attached to this massive wooden construction.
From 1981 to 1983, the historic brick building underwent restoration and was later taken over by the German Foundation for Monument Protection (Deutsche Stiftung Denkmalschutz) in 2002.
The door handle of Hausbaumhaus
The Hausbaumhaus is open for visitors from Monday to Friday, 10 AM – 12 PM and 1 PM – 4 PM.
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Rügen by the Baltic Sea
Active holiday featuring cycling and hiking
Enjoy an active holiday featuring cycling and hiking along the Baltic coast in Mönchgut on the island of Rügen. Long sandy beaches, rolling hills, and lush forests provide a varied and beautiful setting for your getaway. Often, the only thing breaking the peace is the distant whistle of the historic 'Rasender Roland' steam train. Despite its name (which suggests something "racing" or fast), it’s actually quite the opposite. A journey by train is simply part of the holiday experience.
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In the Probstei in late summer
Schönberger Strand and sea and more
Can you walk or ride a bike from Brasilien (Brazil) to Kalifornien (California) in just a few minutes, always with a view of the water? No, not with your finger on the globe or map, but in person. You’ll have to forgo Copacabana and the Sunset Strip with the Angels in Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels"). Instead, you get Germany’s "True North" with all its bright sides. Of course, there are sometimes shadows here too, but they belong only on the margins of this story.
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Wismar
The Hanseatic City on the Baltic Sea and its UNESCO World Heritage
The World Heritage House is a building with a stone front house and an attached timber-framed Kemladen on a foundation of loose fieldstones from a medieval predecessor building. This beautifully restored small building complex visually illustrates and provides information via text panels about the lives of past generations in the hall houses typical for Wismar, along with their outbuildings. Additionally, there is extensive information about the city’s history and numerous protected buildings in the old town - there are 1,754 in total, with 306 designated as individual monuments. In the old town, one is right in the middle of Wismar’s UNESCO World Heritage Site.
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