Kühlungsborn pier

The pier in Kühlungsborn

The Kühlungsborn pier is a pier on the Baltic Sea in Kühlungsborn in the Rostock district ( Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ).

History and architecture

Baltica when mooring at the pier

The first jetties were built from around 1895, they were the forerunners of the landing stages in Brunshaupten and Arendsee. Since the simple wooden structures could not cope with the strong ice drift in winter, they often had to be replaced. The first larger jetties were built in 1901, they made sailing boat trips possible. Steamships could dock at the jetties built in 1906 , so there was no need to disembark. A pier was built in 1929, this too, like the jetties, did not withstand the weather. The last pier was destroyed in the winter of 1941/42. During the GDR era, the ongoing shortage of materials and building capacity prevented a new building. This also prevented any escape routes.

The new pier was built in 1991 in the East district. It is 240 m long and axially related to the beach road. The pier is located directly on Germany's longest Baltic Sea beach promenade, which is around 3.2 km long, and was the first new pier to be built on the Mecklenburg Baltic Sea coast. It is one of the landmarks of the place and is one of 189 piers in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.

Bridge forecourt

Bridge forecourt with the listed sculpture Father and Son

The redesign of the bridge forecourt was carried out in construction phases. The head situation with forum and bastion was created in 1992. The bridge forecourt was designed in 1991. The running axes with ramps, the sidewalks and the play axis were added in 1995. On the forecourt of the bridge is the listed sculpture Father and Son, created by Reinhard Schmidt from 1966 to 1968 (according to the plaque placed in 1969).