List of cultural monuments in Ratzeburg

The list of cultural monuments in Ratzeburg includes all cultural monuments of the Schleswig-Holstein city of Ratzeburg (Duchy of Lauenburg district) and its districts (as of 2020).

Factual entities

ID	location	Official name	description	image
36795	At the stone dam	Cemeteries at the Steindamm	Cemeteries on Steindamm; from 1788; park-like complex, consisting of two cemetery areas, with a classical row of crypts, historical graves and a four-row lime tree avenue
40581	Barlachplatz 7	Church of St. Petri (town church) with furnishings
37186	Cathedral courtyard 3-9	A. Paul Weber House	Ensemble consisting of a residential building built in the middle of the 17th century, today's A.-Paul-Weber-Haus, and the surrounding garden area
46567	Cathedral courtyard 11-13	Ratzeburg cathedral provost	Cathedral provost; 1764-66; built as the residence of the Dukes of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, baroque complex consisting of a mansion, two outbuildings, courtyard with a fence and two linden trees - consisting of: mansion (Domhof 11-12), northern outbuilding (Domhof 13), southern outbuilding (Domhof 12) ; Enclosure, main courtyard, two linden trees (Domhof 11-13)
40582	Domhof 14, 15, 18, 30, 31, 33, 40, 42 Cathedral courtyard 18	Ratzeburg Cathedral	Ratzeburg cathedral with furnishings, cathedral monastery, old chaplaincy (organist's house) with former stable building, former hospital (residential building), residential building (stone gate), residential building (former bishop's hostel), residential building Domhof 33, former director's house (cathedral school) with former stable building , former parish widow's house, churchyard, tombs, crypts, Welfendenkmal, churchyard wall, churchyard gate, linden wreath
36823	Dorotheenhof 1	Dorotheenhof	Dorotheenhof; from 1902, master mason Herrmann Rautenberg; historical manor complex consisting of the main house, two barns, a horse stable and a linden avenue leading to the main house
35293	Mechower Strasse 79	former Georg Picker nursery	former Georg Picker nursery; 1920–22, architectural association Carl Arp and Fritz Basedow; Courtyard-like three-part complex with a residential house, stable and farm building, flower and orchard
30045	Neuvorwerk 1, 3, 5	Domain Neuvorwerk	Domain Neuvorwerk; 19th century; Composition of tenant house, dairy and stable barn as well as access avenue, park and courtyard paving, shaping the cultural landscape and forming the silhouette for Ratzeburg
36828	Seedorfer Strasse 7	Seedorfer Strasse cemetery	Seedorfer Strasse cemetery; 1860; consisting of the cemetery area, the cemetery chapel, the Barlach family grave, the "Memento Mori" mausoleum and the Spehr mausoleum
36773	Seekenkamp 2, 10, 14, Bergstrasse 45	Seekenkamp residential development	Seekenkamp residential development, 1928–30, architects Carl Arp and Fritz Basedow; Ensemble of single-family houses, high-quality design with borrowings from Expressionism and Heimatschutz style (residential houses Seekenkamp 2, 10, 14 with garage, Bergstrasse 45)
40583	Wedenberg	Church of St. George on the Mountain	Church of St. Georg auf dem Berge with furnishings, churchyard (old cemetery), granite embankment walls, paved road and retaining walls, stairs on St. Georgsberg
45494	Wedenberg 11, 12, 13, 15	Old district office	Assembly of the old district office; 18./19. Jh., 1862; Construction group around the official building built under Danish rule in 1862, consisting of existing and younger residential buildings and a farm building

Majority of structures

ID	location	Official name	description	image
51196	Schmiedestrasse 1, 2, 6, 8, Gr.Kreuzstrasse 20, Kl.Kreuzstrasse 13, 15, Schmiedestrasse	Residential houses Schmiedestrasse / Kleine Kreuzstrasse	Small-scale residential development with single-storey half-timbered houses from the 18th century: residential houses (Schmiedestrasse 1, 2, 6, 8; Kl.Kreuzstrasse 13); Residential building with ancillary building (Kl.Kreuzstraße 15); Outbuilding (Gr.Kreuzstraße 20); Paving (Schmiedestrasse)
37193	Schulstrasse 7, 9, 11, 13	Residential buildings Schulstrasse 7-13	Residential buildings at Schulstrasse 7-13; 1842-1852; Small-scale development with single-storey, eaves half-timbered houses from the middle of the 19th century
37195	Töpferstrasse 12, 14, 16-18	Assembly group Töpferstrasse 12-18	Residential and commercial buildings Töpferstrasse 12-18; Mid 18th century; Self-contained development with two-storey, eaves-free residential and commercial buildings from the middle of the 18th century

Structural systems

ID	location	Official name	description	image
3593	At market 1	former town hall
34858	At the market 4-5	Bronze sculpture "The Pocket Man"	Bronze sculpture "pocket man"; 1957, sculptor Karlheinz Goedtke ; Life-size bronze sculpture in front of the main entrance of the Kreissparkasse on the historic market square of Ratzeburg
3566	At market 9	Alte Wache (formerly Hauptwache)
3567	At market 10	(Old) district house
10098	At the stone dam	Tomb row	Crypt row; from 1825; Lined up individual tombs with classical portals made of granite ashlars or plastered brickwork on the northern wall of the cemetery on Steindamm
6326	On the wall	Casemates
3596	At the brewery 1	Burgtheater: former residential building / brewery
10182	At the brewery 1	Burgtheater: casemates
3115	Railway station 1	Station building
22855	Bahnhofsallee 20	Ratzeburg tax office	Tax office; 1938-39; Two-storey, broadly laid brick building with two transverse wings, functional forms typical of the time and accentuated art-ceramic ornaments
3568	Barlachplatz 3	Barlachhaus Museum	Ernst Barlach spent part of his childhood in the house. The house was built around 1840 in the style of rural classicism.
3592	Barlachplatz 7	Church of St. Petri (town church) with furnishings
3569	Barlachplatz 12	retirement home
36693	Barlachstrasse 2	(New) district building	District house; 1977–80, Arch. Schüler / Schleiff; 1981, Karlheinz Goedtke ; Administration building on an E-shaped floor plan around three open courtyards, integrated row of shops, reinforced concrete skeleton construction with red clinker cladding, vertical and horizontal structuring and staggering of the building mass with regard to the small-scale urban environment, rich clinker cladding, inside a spacious stair foyer, meeting room and cafeteria. Outside area designed with plantings, fountains and steps. In the courtyard there is a bronze sculpture "Der Kranich" by Karlheinz Goedtke v. 1981
36527	Barlachstrasse 4	District Health Office	District Health Office; 1962–64, district building authority, Duchy of Lauenburg; Flat-roofed building on an approximately square floor plan with inner courtyard, two-storey main wing with visible reinforced concrete skeleton, one-storey U-shaped component with dark wooden formwork. Equipment; Green inner courtyard with a rectangular fountain and bronze sculpture "Boy washing himself" by K. Goedtke
23281	Barlachstrasse 5	former preparandeum	1907-08; two-storey, cubic structure under a hipped roof, brick-facing facades in the formal language of historicism
36737	Bergstrasse 66	Residential building	Residential building; End of the 19th century; Single-storey, eaves-standing masonry construction with a jamb storey under a gable roof, brick-facing facades with detailed belly decorations in the form language typical of the time
3570	Böterstrasse 11	Residential building
11937	Dermin 27	Dermin manor
3575	Cathedral courtyard 3-9	A. Paul Weber House	A. Paul Weber House; Mid 17th century; two-storey, eaves half-timbered building with a later bricked-up, classicist street facade, under a high hipped roof with bat dormers
36513	Cathedral courtyard 6-8	Residential building	Residential building; End of the 19th century; Two-storey, eaves corner building under a gable roof, brick-facing facades with historical plaster structure, tower-like building corner with balcony
8662	Cathedral courtyard 10	Residential building	Residential building; End of the 19th century; Two-storey, eaves masonry construction under a pitched roof with a central projectile, brick-facing facades with an elaborate, historical plaster structure
3576	Domhof 11/12	Dompropstei: mansion	Mansion; 1764-66; built as a residential palace for the dukes of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, two-storey brick building under a high hipped roof, a three-axis central risali on each of the long sides
11361	Cathedral courtyard 12	Dompropstei: southern outbuilding	southern outbuilding; 1764-66; single-storey, brick-facing masonry construction under a hipped roof, connected to the manor house by a wing wall
11360	Cathedral courtyard 13	Dompropstei: northern outbuilding	northern outbuilding; 1764-66; single-storey, brick-facing masonry construction under a hipped roof, connected to the manor house by a wing wall
3577	Cathedral courtyard 14	Alte Kaplanei (organist house)
3578	Cathedral courtyard 15	former hospital (residential building)
29330	Cathedral courtyard 17	House Höfer	Höfer house; 1934, architect Fritz Basedow ; single-storey brick-facing masonry construction under a mansard hipped roof; with a spacious house garden designed by garden architect Harry Massz
2009	Cathedral courtyard 18	Ratzeburg Cathedral with furnishings	The cathedral was built from 1160, it is located on the highest point of the northern tip of the old town island.
2669	Cathedral courtyard 24	Residential building
3579	Cathedral courtyard 27	Residential building
3580	Cathedral courtyard 28	Old Propstei
3581	Cathedral courtyard 30	Residential building (stone gate)
3582	Cathedral courtyard 31	Residential building (former bishop's hostel)
3583	Cathedral courtyard 32	Residential building
3584	Cathedral courtyard 33	Residential building
36516	Cathedral courtyard 34	Residential building	Residential building; Beginning 20th century; Two-storey plastered building with brick plinth and slate-covered short hipped roof, central projectile with standing bay window and dwarf house with wooden balcony and steep half-hipped roof, accentuated brick structure through friezes and window frames
3585	Cathedral courtyard 40	former director's house (cathedral school)	former director's house (cathedral school), former stable building
3586	Cathedral courtyard 41	so-called cathedral barracks ("House Mecklenburg")
3587	Cathedral courtyard 42	former parish widow's house
6333	Cathedral courtyard 44	Residential building
6305	Cathedral courtyard 46	Residential building
6410	Cathedral courtyard 48	House "Am Heinrichstein"
6334	Domstrasse 12	Residential and commercial building
26635	Domstrasse 24	Residential building	Residential building; first half of the 19th century; Two-storey, gable-independent masonry construction with a developed saddle roof, street facade with masonry dividing elements in the form language typical of the time
23291	Domstrasse 27	Residential and commercial building	Residential and commercial building; 19th century; two-storey half-timbered building with plastered facade, eaves, gable roof with wide central dwarf house
36833	Dorotheenhof 1	Main house	Main house; 1902/03; single-storey, eaves masonry construction under a crooked roof, plastered facades with richly detailed architectural decorations in the form language typical of the time
3589	Fünfhausen 1	Office administration
6329	Grosse Kreuzstrasse 9	Residential building
10881	Grosse Kreuzstrasse 9	Outbuildings
28612	Grosse Kreuzstrasse 10	former Hotel "Fürst Bismarck"	former Hotel "Fürst Bismarck"; in the core 1686; Two-storey half-timbered building with subsequently bricked up, partly plastered gable facade in historic or late classicist forms
6319	Grosse Wallstrasse 2	Commercial building
36692	Grosse Wallstrasse 5	Residential and commercial building	Residential and commercial building; around 1900; Three-storey, eaves masonry construction under a gable roof, the street facade on the ground floor presumably redesigned in the first half of the 20th century
23293	Grosse Wallstrasse 12	Residential and commercial building	Residential building; presumably 18th century; single-storey, gable-independent half-timbered building with masonry infill under a crooked roof
36806	Heinrich-Scheele-Strasse 1	Free sculpture "Balance"	Free sculpture "Balance"; 1957, sculptor Karlheinz Goedtke ; Life-size cast stone sculpture, located on the grounds of the Lauenburgische Seen community school
3590	Herrenstrasse 9	Land registry
13562	Herrenstrasse 11	District Court	District Court Ratzeburg ; around 1900; Two-storey brick building in neo-Gothic shapes on an angular floor plan with hipped roofs, entrance front with open staircase and gabled risalit, side stair tower with polygonal dome, side gable formerly with a stepped gable, now simplified, rear brick wall with crowned pillars
23294	Herrenstrasse 12	Post office	Post office; 1911-13; Two-storey, eaves masonry construction under a high, short hipped roof, representative facade design in the style of historicism, prominent corner location
23295	Herrenstrasse 20-22	Residential and commercial building	Residential and commercial building; 1926-27; Semi-detached house consisting of two two-storey building parts and an intermediate building, brick-facing facades with expressionistic details
2632	Hindenburghöhe 9	Water tower on the Hindenburghöhe
6328	Junkernstrasse 5	Residential building
8157	Junkernstrasse 7	Residential building	Residential building; around 1900; Two-storey masonry structure under a mansard gable roof with dormers and a dwarf house from the time of construction, street facade with detailed plaster ornamentation characterized by Art Nouveau
32163	Hunter memorial	Memorial Lauenburg Jäger Battalion	Memorial of the Lauenburg Jäger Battalion; 1921; Slender sandstone stele with sculpted horse head as a memorial for those killed in World War I of the Lauenburg Jäger Battalion No. 9
12366	Kleinbahndamm / Am Mühlengraben	"Camel Bridge" footbridge	The reinforced concrete construction, which was put into operation in 1908, served as a pedestrian bridge over the route of the Ratzeburger Kleinbahn, which was closed in 1934, and is called the "Camel Bridge" because of its shape.
3588	Little Kreuzstrasse	Count Heinrich Stein
23298	Kleine Kreuzstrasse 3	Residential building	Residential building; 19th century; Two-storey, eaves half-timbered building with masonry infills under a gable roof, brick facade facing the street
6330	Kleine Kreuzstrasse 13	Residential building	Residential building; probably 2nd half of the 18th century; two-storey, eaves half-timbered building under a gable roof, ground floor facade bricked on the street side, former outbuilding of the Schmiedestrasse 6-8 property
2039	Kleine Kreuzstrasse 15	Residential building	Residential building; 1781; single-storey, eaves half-timbered building with masonry infill under a gable roof, facade walled up on the street side with a dwarf house; with outbuilding
28613	Klopstockweg 38	St. Georgsberg water tower	Water tower; 1927; More than 12 m high, brick-faced building on an octagonal floor plan, characteristic conical cubature with storeys receding in steps
23300	Königsdamm 1	Residential building	Residential building; 1910; single-storey, eaves brick building under a mansard roof, street-side dwelling with tail gable, exposed location at the western end of Königsdamm; with outbuilding
36518	Langenbrücker Strasse 4	Residential and commercial building	Residential and commercial building; Mid 19th century; Two-storey masonry building under a gable roof with a dwelling, street facade at the beginning of the 20th century redesigned in the style of Art Nouveau
6336	Langenbrücker Strasse 6	Commercial building
6310	Langenbrücker Strasse 17	Old bridge toll house, later "bridge pharmacy"
22773	Langenbrücker Strasse 18-20	Residential building	Residential building; End of the 19th century; two-storey, eaves brick building under a gable roof, semi-detached house in an exposed corner
4348	Lübecker Strasse 13	Residential building	Residential building; 1822; single-storey, eaves half-timbered building with masonry infills under a gable roof, around 1900 loft conversion for residential purposes with a wide dormer on the street front
36743	Lübecker Strasse 19	Residential building	Residential building; 1910 (inscribed); single-storey, brick-facing masonry construction under a mansard roof, building decor refers to regional half-timbered architecture; with enclosure
2834	Lübecker Strasse 25	Residential building	Residential building; 1911; Single-storey, brick-facing masonry construction under a mansard roof, with echoes of reform style and heritage protection architecture
36747	Luebecker Strasse 35	Residential building	Residential building; 1902 (inscribed); single-storey, gable-independent plastered building under a short hipped roof, representative "Villa Waldfriede" with glazed veranda and spacious balcony; with enclosure
30488	Mechower Strasse 79	Residential house nursery picker	Residential building nursery picker; 1920–22, architectural association Carl Arp and Fritz Basedow; single-storey brick building, designed with echoes of reform style and homeland security architecture
36751	Möllner Strasse 11	Residential building	Residential building, 1930s; single-storey, cubic masonry construction under a high mansard roof with a crooked hip, simply structured, but with a high-quality design in every detail
36754	Möllner Strasse 21	Villa Bertha	Villa Bertha; around 1900; Historicistic plastered building under a gable roof, on the north side adjoining transverse wing with bay window and balcony, in the gable open space; with enclosure
22859	Möllner Strasse 27	Residential building	Residential building; around 1900; Two-storey plastered building on a hillside, mansard roof with three dormers, three-storey on the lake side, facade simply banded, crenellated tower on the north side, surrounding enclosure wall and wrought-iron gate
23315	Neuvorwerk 1	Tenant house	Tenant house; 1826; One-storey brick building on a high quarry stone base with a pan-covered half-hipped roof, rear plaited style house door in second use from 1702
11288	Oelmannsallee 9	Residential building	Residential building; 1928, architects Carl Arp and Fritz Basedow; single-storey, cubic masonry construction under a crooked roof, brick-facing facades with expressionist details
36687	promenade	Boathouse of the Lauenburg School of Academics	Boathouse of the Lauenburg School of Academics; 1896; Single-storey timber construction with thatched pitched roof, historically closely linked to the famous rowing trainer Karl Adam from Ratzeburg
3594	Rathausstrasse 10	Residential building (southern part of the building)
10965	Röpersberg , at the Hundebusch	First World War Memorial	Since the Battle of Gravelotte in the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/1871 was probably the most glorious in the history of the Jäger battalion, August 18th was designated as the battalion's holiday in the 25th year of the unit's existence. Since this fell on a Sunday in 1891, it was first celebrated on August 17, 1891 and culminated on Sunday with the inauguration of the war memorial at Hundebusch. The significance of the remains of the monument is almost forgotten today.
36731	Röpersberg	Road bridge	Road bridge; 1907/08; brick-built, brick-facing bridge that crosses the former Ratzeburg small railway line with three arches and two slightly tapered piers
9595	Röpersberg 20	villa	1928-1937 as tuberculosis department of the neighboring Wilhelm-Augusta-hospital use
36713	Castle meadow 3	Bathing establishment	Bathing establishment; 1938-39; Elongated, single-storey masonry building in Heimatschutz style with thatched pitched roof, on a slightly curved, U-shaped floor plan with short side wings
3595	Schmiedestrasse 1	Residential building	Residential building; 18th century; single-storey, eaves half-timbered building under a gable roof, elongated, nine-axis street front with skylight door in the formal language of the plait style
6331	Schmiedestrasse 2	Residential building	Residential building; probably 18th century; single-storey, eaves half-timbered building with masonry infill under a crooked roof, facade walled up on the street side
8821	Schmiedestrasse 6	Residential building	Residential building; first half of the 18th century; single-storey, eaves half-timbered building with masonry infill under a gable roof, two-axis dwarf house on the street side
6332	Schmiedestrasse 8	Residential building	Residential building; around 1702; single-storey, eaves half-timbered building with masonry infill under a gable roof, two-axis dwarf house on the street side
2075	Schrangenstrasse 3	Hostel to home
31030	Seedorfer Strasse 7	Cemetery chapel	Cemetery chapel; 1963, architect Wilhelm Neveling; compact, brick-faced building on a square floor plan with a gable roof flush with the facade with roof turrets
26524	Seekenkamp	Cenotaph for those who fell in the world wars
36725	Seestrasse 6	former residential building Ernst Barlach	Residential building; End of the 19th century; Former Ernst Barlach's residential building, single-storey brick building with a gable roof, eaves with a wide central dwelling and plaster ornaments typical of the time, wood-clad gable side
22860	Seminar path 1	former teachers' seminar	former teacher training college (today: Ernst-Barlach School); 1896; Three-storey brick-facing masonry construction under a crooked roof, lateral transverse construction with stepped gables, design in neo-Gothic style
10183	Theaterplatz 1	Burgtheater: cinema
23312	Töpferstrasse 1	Residential and commercial building	Residential and commercial building; around 1900; three-storey plastered building under the mansard roof, with restrained plastering ornamentation typical of the time and historical vaulted cellar
9592	Töpferstrasse 9	Residential building
6335	Töpferstrasse 10	City pharmacy
6327	Töpferstrasse 14	Residential and commercial building	Residential and commercial building; around 1760; two-storey, eaves-standing half-timbered building with plastered street facade, covered by a gable roof, hipped on one side, with a wide bat dormer
3597	Unter den Linden 1	former school of scholars, today town hall
2631	Unter den Linden 1	former gymnasium scholar school, today library
36697	Under the linden trees, demolition	Bronze sculpture "Young grazing stallion"	Bronze sculpture "young grazing stallion"; 1962, sculptor Karlheinz Goedtke ; Life-size bronze sculpture on a green area on the western edge of the city island
23313	Waterway 3	Residential building	Residential building; 19th century; Two-storey, eaves half-timbered building with masonry infills under a gable roof, brick facade facing the street
6337	Waterway 7	Residential building
3591	Wedenberg	Church of St. George on the mountain with furnishings	The first church on this site was destroyed in 1066 during the Wende uprising in connection with the stoning of the abbot and martyr Ansverus and his 18 friars . It was the monastery church of the Benedictine monastery of St. George on the mountain, established in 1044.
2434	Wedenberg	Cobblestone street and retaining walls
2666	Wedenberg	Stairs on St. Georgsberg
3598	Wedenberg 11	Residential building	Residential building; 18./19. Century; single-storey half-timbered structure with a short hipped roof, at the gable on a hillside
3599	Wedenberg 13	Old district office	Old district office; built in 1862 as an office building, C. Lohmeyer, from 1882 district office; stately three-wing complex facing the Ratzeburg lake, one-storey yellow stone building with neo-Gothic ornamentation, wide two-storey side and central projections
3600	Wedenberg 15	Residential and farm buildings	Farm buildings; 18./19. Century; elongated single-storey half-timbered building with a half-hipped roof on the sloping slope side on a field stone retaining wall; Subsequent residential use in the western part

Parts of structures

ID	location	Official name	description	image
31876	Herrenstrasse 19	facade	Facade; 1819; West facade of a two-storey plastered building under a crooked roof in a prominent corner position, simple, contemporary facade structure with square plaster on the ground floor

Green features

ID	location	Official name	description	image
20736	Barlachplatz 7	Churchyard
11938	Dermin 27	Landscape park
10879	Cathedral courtyard 18	Churchyard	Cemetery, tombs, crypts, Welfendenkmal, churchyard wall, churchyard gate, linden wreath
26522	Palmberg	Palmberg	Palmberg; 18th century; Its basic structure is a baroque green area with four historic linden avenues and the "Cross of the East" memorial from 1950
28841	Röpersberg	Memorial: Lindenallee
28842	Röpersberg	Cenotaph: Lindenkranz
13661	Röpersberg 20	Villa garden
26527	Seedorfer Strasse	Seedorfer Strasse cemetery	Seedorfer Strasse cemetery; 1860; Cemetery area with axially symmetrical path system typical of the time, historical tombs and old trees
26525	Seekenkamp	Military cemetery	Military cemetery, tomb v. Bessel, Berger tomb, tomb vd Oelsnitz, tomb v. Notz , Fritz Wolff tomb, Kanehls tomb, Cordes tomb, Johannes Wolff tomb, tomb v. Weber , Strutz tomb, Kille tomb
20733	Wedenberg	Kirchhof (old cemetery)	Kirchhof (old cemetery), granite embankment walls

Web links

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