Baltic Sea Resort Ahrenshoop Visitor‘s Guide Information Site plan Adresses ostseebad-ahrenshoop.de Ahrenshoop, ... Content Page … situated between the range of sophisticated Bodden waters and the sea, exhibitions and events, Tourist Information 4 this district cast its spell on excellent hotels and the first landscape painters restaurants. History 6 over 125 years ago. Im- Sandy beaches and steep Art galleries 8 pressed by the unique light cliffs, the Bodden meadows, and the originality of the the forest and well-designed Events 18 landscape, some of them cycle and hiking paths settled here and founded invite you to experience Event halls 24 a colony of artists. the unique landscape. The artists’ town and its We wish you a pleasant The Art Trail 26 thatched houses display stay in our special home. their special flair to this Library and archiv 27 day. Here you’ll find a wide Hans Götze, Mayor Active relaxation 28 Weddings 33 Experience nature 34 Cuisine 38 Wellness 44 Site plan 48 A – Z 53 Getting here 57 3 THE RESORT CARD Tourist Information The landlord of your holiday property will give you your resort card. The card is valid throughout the FIND US HERE entire Fischland-Darß-Zingst provides you with H 2 Kirchnersgang 2 holiday region. It also a wide range of discounts. 18347 Ostseebad Ahrenshoop Tel. 038220-6666 10 Fax 038220-6666 29 which identifies beaches ostseebad-ahrenshoop.de where the water quality [email protected] meets the necessary standards. Efforts to SERVICE ensure the health of the Ticket sales ecological environment Information about the THE BLUE FLAG and safety are important region The blue flag is an criteria required for Cycle maps, hiking maps environmental symbol receiving this distinction. OPENING HOURS and postcards High Season Guest PC SIGNAL FLAGS ON LIFEGUARD TOWERS 15/06 – 15/09 Free Wi-Fi Please be sure to note these signs. They are displayed on Mon – Fri 9 am – 6 pm Arrangement of holiday supervised bathing beaches at the passages 8, 12 and 15. Sat, Sun 10 am – 3 pm resorts Low Season EXPERT ADVICE 01/04 – 14/06 The “I” mark of the German 16/09 – 31/10 Tourism Board guarantees Mon – Fri 9 am – 5 pm quality when it comes to Sat 10 am – 3 pm advice about the holiday region in terms of features Winter Season and infrastructure. The Red/yellow: Additional yellow Single red flag: 01/11 – 31/03 tourist information has been Lifeguards are flag:No swimming for No swimming due Mon – Fri 9 am – 4 pm a certified tourist information on duty untrained swimmers, to acute hazard Sat 10 am – 3 pm office since 2015. children and the elderly 4 5 The History of Ahrenshoop Until the 1880s, the people an increasing number of The quaint painters’ colony of Ahrenshoop, Althagen summer holidaymakers soon developed into a cha- and Niehagen lived primari- travelling to Wustrow. The rismatic and artistic town. ly off fishing, farming and holidaymakers, which also In 1994, the site became maritime industries. included artists seeking in- a member of EuroArt, the spiration under the endless association of European Baltic Sea skies, artists’ colonies. settled in Ahrens- Today, life in Ahrenshoop hoop. The first is shaped by numerous ex- artists who sailed hibition halls, studios and Page 6: to Ahrenshoop cultural events. In 2013, Advert of the painting school St. Lukas, arround 1910 from 1892 included the site welcomed a new Paul Müller-Kaempff attraction, the museum of Page 7: Historical postcard (1861–1941), who art (page 10). The beach, early 20th century founded the artists’ Elisabeth von Eicken, late 19th century colony. In 1894 he founded the first pain- ting school, the Künst- lerhaus Lukas (page 12) which is over 120 years old. At the same time, the site developed into a Baltic seaside resort. The presence of the artists The decline of the was always formative in sailing shipping industry this. In 1909, the “Kunstka- meant that new sources ten” (art exhibition rooms, of income were required, see page 11) was built in which ultimately led to the traditional style. 6 7 Ahrenshoop Art Galleries In Ahrenshoop, art greets you at every turn. From the founding fathers of the painters’ colony to the fellows at the Lukas Art House or the studio of the resident creatives – there is so much to discover in Ahrenshoop. Painting, sculpture, cera- mics, music, dance, litera- ture and, last but not least, the unique landscape create the special Ahrenshoop atmosphere. 8 KUNSTKATEN Nature, landscape, sea, Ahrenshoop Art Galleries people reflected in art – In 1909, the showroom was that is the general theme of opened, designed in the the exhibitions. Works from local style by the painters the more than 125-year been unjustly Paul Müller-Kaempff (1861– history of the painters’ forgotten. 1941) and Theobald Schorn colony attract as much inte- The building, (1866–1913). It is one of rest as contemporary designed by Staab the oldest galleries in pieces. The rooms are also architects, has northern Germany. The art used year-round for received multiple cottage or “Kunstkaten” concerts, lectures and other awards for ar- was, however, only able to events. In the finest chitecture and serve as a meeting place for tradition, the showroom KUNSTMUSEUM lighting design. It was artists and those interested contributes significantly to honoured for its harmo- in art until 1918, and then the cultural life of Ahrens- The Ahrenshoop Museum of nious integration into the again from 1946. It has hoop. Art (“Kunstmuseum”) is the landscape and its transfor- been owned by the muni- Kunstkaten Ahrenshoop museum of the artists’ mation of a typical local cipality since 1993, and is I 2 Strandweg 1 colony and represents all of building into contemporary currently operated by the Tel. 038220-80308 the related artistic develop- forms and materials. tourist information. kunstkaten.de ments in Ahrenshoop and It is worth visiting the the surrounding coastal museum with its ever-chan- Page 8/9: Rainer Dörner paints Page 10: Ahrenshoop Museum of Art the Ahrenshoop Kunstkaten Page 11: Ahrenshoop Kunstkaten landscape. ging range of collections, It arose as part of a nation- special exhibitions, educa- wide civic initiative and tional offerings and operates under the sponsor- numerous events. ship of a charitable organi- sation without the benefit Kunstmuseum Ahrenshoop of public funding. G 3 Weg zum Hohen Ufer 36 The collection of art from Tel. 038220-66790 the late 19th and 20th kunstmuseum-ahrenshoop.de centuries on the Baltic Sea Opening times includes both notable items 01/04 – 31/10 11 am – 6 pm daily and many works that have 01/11 – 31/03 Tue – Sun 10 am – 5 pm 10 11 Ahrenshoop Art Galleries KÜNSTLERHAUS LUKAS NEUES KUNSTHAUS The Künstlerhaus (artists’ countries for sought-after The New Art Museum Page 12: showroom) Lukas is a place work stays. Special events (“Neues Kunsthaus”) Isaac Chong Wai video still from of artistic works and and monthly open-house Ahrenshoop is committed “Falling Exercise”, 2016 international encounters in days give visitors the to presenting the work of The Künstlerhaus Lukas, 2006 Page 13: a north-European context. opportunity to get an the fellows of the Künst- Iurii Selskii “POKEMON GO”, For over 120 years, artists interesting glimpse into the lerhaus Lukas, within the installation, photography, collage, have been coming to the latest artistic developments context of Northern Europe. 2016 Dana Neilson from the series “on showroom, which was in the studio, in lectures, This is completed by means the other side”, porcelain, 2016 founded by the painter Paul discussions, performances or of exhibitions, readings, Müller-Kaempff. In doing so, concerts of new music. performances, concerts he laid the foundations for and public discussions. the artists’ colony. Emerging Künstlerhaus Lukas Every year, four guest Neues Kunsthaus artists, authors, composers I 3 Dorfstraße 35 curators present special H 3 Bernhard-Seitz-Weg 3 a and choreographers come Tel. 038220-6940 features from the current Tel. 038220-80726 from the northern European kuenstlerhaus-lukas.de art scene. neues-kunsthaus-ahrenshoop.de 12 13 Ahrenshoop Art Galleries The unspoilt Dornenhaus, built in 1660, DORNENHAUS The gallery, which has been operating GALERIE PETERS- has always been a popular motif for in Ahrenshoop for 21 years, has been BARENBROCK painters and photographers. It also using its newly designed exhibition houses the pottery for the traditional rooms on the first floor of The Grand Fischland ceramics made by Friedemann since 2017. In 2018, the gallery will Löber. primarily be showcasing the artists that have been affiliated with the H 3 Bernhard-Seitz-Weg 1 gallery for many years. Tel. 038220-80963 dornenhaus.de J 3 Schifferberg 24 Tel. 0171-4902469 Fischland ceramics galeriepetersbarenbrock.de A view of the gallery The Galerie Alte Schule showcases works GALERIE Focus: old handicrafts in a modern GALERIE from the portfolio of Ahrenshooper ALTE SCHULE household – the complete riches of by- SCHNEPEL III Kunstauktionen GmbH. Changing exhi- gone cultures representing 15 countries bitions: works from the artists’ colony from Morocco to Eastern Europe. from the beginning of the 20th century, Pots, pans, vessels, jugs and pitchers, classical modernism and contemporary plates and cups, wooden planks and art. baskets, beautiful glasses, tablecloths, cookery books, and linen sheets. In I 3 Dorfstraße 16 addition, birds and fish made from a Tel. 038220-66330 variety of materials in the Nana Vossen galerie-alte-schule-ahrenshoop.de Art Studio. Wooden fish C 4 Weg zum Kiel 2 by Nana Vossen Jim Avignon, The reader at the beach, 2017 Tel. 038220-679575 galerie-schnepel.de 14 15 Ceramics workshop Since 1967, the craftsman Friedemann FISCHLAND The golden sphere is the trademark of MÜLLER-SCHOENEFELD Löber has been making distinctive blue- CERAMICS the ceramicist Cathrin Heistermann.