Schwedenstrasse

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The Schwedenstrasse is a holiday route in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and Brandenburg with a cultural-historical theme. It comprises about 700 kilometers of tourist attractions that document the Swedish-German history from 1630 to 1815, the so-called Swedish Era in Northern Germany.

The Schwedenstraße consists of a coastal route, a west route and an east route. The concept was created in 2000 through a cooperation agreement between Sweden , the states of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the cities of Greifswald, Stralsund, Wismar and Wittstock / Dosse. The corresponding activities are coordinated by a working group, the representative of the Swedish Embassy in Berlin, the Ministry of Education, Science and Culture of the State of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, the Ministry of Research, Science and Culture of the State of Brandenburg, the Ernst-Moritz-Arndt- University of Greifswald , the Pomeranian State Museum in Greifswald, the Museum of the Thirty Years War in Wittstock / Dosse, the Swedish Institute in Stockholm and the cities mentioned.

Coastal route

Commandantenhus in Stralsund

The coastal route, which runs entirely in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, begins in Gadebusch , where, among other things, the tomb of a Swedish queen is located. In addition, in 1712, as part of the Great Northern War , Gadebusch was the scene of the last battle on German soil, which Sweden won victoriously. The route continues to Wismar , the former seat of jurisdiction for the areas in Germany that were then under Swedish sovereignty. From Wismar, the route continues to Stralsund , the capital of Swedish Pomerania from 1720 to 1815. Eight houses have been listed as objects on this tourist route since 2006, such as the Commandantenhus on the Old Market, the Government Palace, the Heilgeist Bastion and the inner courtyard .

Greifswald , the neighboring town of Stralsund, was the intellectual center of the Swedish area in Pomerania with its university founded in 1456. The route leads from there to Wolgast , the former residence of the Dukes of Pomerania and from 1665 to 1680 the seat of the Swedish administration and the Governor General. Near Peenemünde on the island of Usedom , only a few kilometers from Wolgast, the Swedish era began in Northern Germany with the landing of a large Swedish army on July 6, 1630.

Sights of the coastal route

West route

View of Wittstock / Dosse, copper engraving 1692

The western route also has its starting point in Gadebusch. It then leads to Wismar and from there in a south-east direction to Wittstock an der Dosse , the scene of a successful battle for Sweden in 1636 during the Thirty Years' War . From Wittstock the route continues to Fehrbellin . Here in 1675 the disputes between Sweden and Brandenburg were decided in favor of Brandenburg . Further to the south-east, Großbeeren is also part of the west route in the south-west of Berlin. In 1813 there was a battle between the Swedish troops and the Napoleonic army, the outcome of which in favor of Sweden cleared the way for the Battle of the Nations near Leipzig in the same year.

East route

The east route begins in Sassnitz on the island of Rügen . Spyker Castle is located here , which belonged to the Swedish field marshal and statesman Carl Gustav Wrangel from 1649 to 1676 . The route leads over the island of Rügen to Stralsund and Greifswald and from there to Prenzlau in the former Mark Brandenburg , part of today's state of Brandenburg. Due to its strategic importance, Prenzlau was occupied several times by Sweden. From Prenzlau the route continues to Großbeeren.

literature

  • Hans-Joachim Hacker, Harry Hardenberg: The Schwedenstraße. Hinstorff-Verlag, Rostock 2003, ISBN 3-35-600961-3

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