Route of the North German Romanticism
The Route of the North German Romanticism is an approximately 54 km long nature trail in the Vorpommern-Greifswald district . It leads from Greifswald in the west to Wolgast in the east and connects a total of ten life and motive stations of early romantic painters in the region. There is a board with further information at each station.
Stations
Eldena monastery ruins
The western entry is in the Eldena district of Greifswald . There the Cistercians built the Eldena monastery in the 12th century , of which only a ruin has survived in the 21st century. This ruin was a frequently found motif of the painter Caspar David Friedrich . He also put the building in a different context, for example in his painting Eldena Ruins in the Giant Mountains .
Kemnitz village church and Ludwigsburg Palace
The Holy Cross Church is located around 6.1 km to the southeast . It stands in the historical center of the municipality of Kemnitz and was built in the 14th century. The painter, educator and writer Friedrich August von Klinkowström was baptized on September 3, 1778 in this sacred building . He was born around 7.3 km north on August 31, 1771 in Ludwigsburg Castle in Loissin . There he also spent his childhood and the years between 1806 and 1808 (at that time Swedish-Pomeranian ). Among other things, he wrote an altarpiece in the St. Mary's Church in Greifswald, which shows the birth of Jesus after Correggio .
Vierow harbor
The path continues north to the Greifswalder Bodden to Loissin-Siedlung and from there in an easterly direction past Gahlkow-Siedlung. There it branches off in a south-easterly direction and finally after 4.3 km it reaches Vierow or the port there. Earlier this was a stop on Caspar David Friedrich's honeymoon. There is a sketch by Friedrich from July 3, 1818, showing fishing boats and nets off the coast of Vierow.
Lubmin seaside resort
The Lubmin seaside resort is 2.3 km from the port of Vierow . Due to its relatively exposed location, it is easy to see from the opposite island of Rügen . Friedrich went there for the first time in 1801 and created views, the “view from the south coast of Rügen”. In addition to these views, numerous topographical information was created, including records from Wolgast, Wusterhusen and the island of Ruden .
Wusterhusen rectory
The municipality of Wusterhusen is located south of Lubmin. In the parsonage there, the future Pomeranian poet Karl Lappe was born on April 24, 1773 as the youngest son of the pastor . In his works he often addressed his place of birth as well as his other life stations in Greifswald and Wolgast. While attending the city school there, he met, among others, Philipp Otto Runge and Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten , who were to influence his later works.
Freest fishing village
From Wusterhusen the route leads back via Lubmin to the eastern Kröslin district of Freest . There is also a port in the small town on the Peenestrom . It is said that Friedrich stayed in Freest on his honeymoon in the summer of 1818.
Wolgast and Wolgast Harbor, Rungehaus Wolgast
The district of Wolgast with its harbor begins around a kilometer further south . This appears in two works: The drawing Landscape on the Peene von Runge from 1806 shows, among other things, the port facilities. The sketch was the basis for the painting Portrait of the Parents , in which he referred to the profession of his father Daniel Nikolaus Runge as a shipowner and businessman. The harbor was also part of a drawing that Friedrich made on his honeymoon in 1818.
Philipp Otto Runge was born on July 23, 1777 near the port. The house where he was born has been open to the public as a Rungehaus since 1997 . The city has set up a museum in the two-storey building in honor of the great citizen. This is also the tenth and last stop on the route.
See also
- Caspar-David-Friedrich-Bildweg , an 18 km long circular route in Greifswald
literature
- Tourismusverband Vorpommern eV (Ed.): Route of North German Romanticism , Flyer, Greifswald, October 19, 2017, p. 8.
Web links
- Vorpommern under the sign of romance , website of the Vorpommern Tourist Association, accessed on October 10, 2018
Individual evidence
- ^ Route of the North German Romanticism , website of the University and Hanseatic City of Greifswald, accessed on October 10, 2018.
- ↑ Cycling on the Route of North German Romanticism , NDR article from the series Nordtour, accessed on October 10, 2018.
- ↑ Route of North German Romanticism opens , report on welt.de from April 18, 2018, accessed on October 10, 2018.