A lot of small cities in Germany have a special "fragrance", because the majority of these have rebuilt the medieval reminders of the Middle Ages and the Hanseatic League, concerning architecture and traditions. We will discover some of these lovely towns, namely Grimmen, Stralsund and Greifswald.
With a number of inhabitants of about fourteen thousand, Grimmen is a small town that has hundreds of years of history behind. It first appeared in a letter around the year 1267, which was a time when an official of the Principality of Rugen settled in and took office. The city doesn't have many things to see: though, 4 edifices are quite intriguing: the gates and the municipal building. The three gates are actually tall brick towers with a passageway at the base which have been raised about 700 years ago. They display an early Gothic type of architecture, being considered Grimmen's trademark. They have been named according to the places travelers discovered if they passed through each gate out of the town: number one is the Stralsund Gate, at the East is the Grefiswald Gate, and the last one, even if it didn't lead to a town, was just as important – the Mill Gate. They are truly magnificent and certainly worth admiring. The municipal hall has also been built on red bricks, it's a little bit younger than the gates, but it's equally astonishing.
If we get out of Grimmen and go east, after almost 40 kilometers we find the town of Greifswald. This is a bigger urban area than Grimmen (more or less 55000 inhabitants) and is more famous too, because of the University of Greifswald, which has around 5000 employees and 12500 students. It's as old as Grimmen, and it shares a lot of historical events with its small neighbor. Both of them have survived under the rule of the Swedish Empire, and both towns have been changed in many ways by the Hanseatic League for hundreds of years. Situated at the Danish Gulf of the Baltic Sea, Greifswald has a harbor with a unique setting, as you can travel by boat up the river Ryck exactly nigh the town central plaza, which renders the town an intriguing aura.
Stralsund, "the city of dream", is famous thanks to it's scientific, historical and cultural legacy. Placed roughly 40 kilometers North of Grimmen, this city is the top destination for men and women who want to go to a location where they could see medieval monuments and structures (the city center is packed with very old houses and churches), find out more about art and architecture (several museums will help a lot with that), observe the curiosities of the sea (at the Oceanographic Museum) or just take a break and relax at the Stralsund Water Park. This transforms the city into a real tourist "bait", and this is why, in the last years, there started to show up even a few 4 star hotels, in an endeavor to furnish visitors the best accommodation possible.
So remember: if you one day want to go to Germany and discover facts about its rich history and culture, or you just want to have fun and try the beer, choose one of these three cities; it will surely be worth your while.
With a number of inhabitants of about fourteen thousand, Grimmen is a small town that has hundreds of years of history behind. It first appeared in a letter around the year 1267, which was a time when an official of the Principality of Rugen settled in and took office. The city doesn't have many things to see: though, 4 edifices are quite intriguing: the gates and the municipal building. The three gates are actually tall brick towers with a passageway at the base which have been raised about 700 years ago. They display an early Gothic type of architecture, being considered Grimmen's trademark. They have been named according to the places travelers discovered if they passed through each gate out of the town: number one is the Stralsund Gate, at the East is the Grefiswald Gate, and the last one, even if it didn't lead to a town, was just as important – the Mill Gate. They are truly magnificent and certainly worth admiring. The municipal hall has also been built on red bricks, it's a little bit younger than the gates, but it's equally astonishing.
If we get out of Grimmen and go east, after almost 40 kilometers we find the town of Greifswald. This is a bigger urban area than Grimmen (more or less 55000 inhabitants) and is more famous too, because of the University of Greifswald, which has around 5000 employees and 12500 students. It's as old as Grimmen, and it shares a lot of historical events with its small neighbor. Both of them have survived under the rule of the Swedish Empire, and both towns have been changed in many ways by the Hanseatic League for hundreds of years. Situated at the Danish Gulf of the Baltic Sea, Greifswald has a harbor with a unique setting, as you can travel by boat up the river Ryck exactly nigh the town central plaza, which renders the town an intriguing aura.
Stralsund, "the city of dream", is famous thanks to it's scientific, historical and cultural legacy. Placed roughly 40 kilometers North of Grimmen, this city is the top destination for men and women who want to go to a location where they could see medieval monuments and structures (the city center is packed with very old houses and churches), find out more about art and architecture (several museums will help a lot with that), observe the curiosities of the sea (at the Oceanographic Museum) or just take a break and relax at the Stralsund Water Park. This transforms the city into a real tourist "bait", and this is why, in the last years, there started to show up even a few 4 star hotels, in an endeavor to furnish visitors the best accommodation possible.
So remember: if you one day want to go to Germany and discover facts about its rich history and culture, or you just want to have fun and try the beer, choose one of these three cities; it will surely be worth your while.