Ahrenshoop | |
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Location of Ahrenshoop within Vorpommern-Rügen district  | |
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| Coordinates:54°22′53″N12°25′12″E / 54.38139°N 12.42000°E /54.38139; 12.42000 | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Vorpommern-Rügen |
| Municipal assoc. | Darß/Fischland |
| Government | |
| • Mayor(2019–24) | Benjamin Heinke[1] (CDU) |
| Area | |
• Total | 5.24 km2 (2.02 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 3 m (10 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[2] | |
• Total | 676 |
| • Density | 130/km2 (330/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 18347 |
| Dialling codes | 038220 |
| Vehicle registration | VR, NVP |
| Website | www.ostseebad-ahrenshoop.de |
Ahrenshoop is amunicipality in theVorpommern-Rügen district, inMecklenburg-Vorpommern,Germany on theFischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula of theBaltic Sea. It used to be a smallfishing village, but is today known for its tourism and as a holiday resort.
Ahrenshoop was first mentioned in 1311 as the defining point of the border of the town ofRibnitz´s property. In 1328 Duke Heinrich II ofMecklenburg donated the area east of this border to the monastery of Ribnitz. In 1395 forces of the City ofRostock destroyed a stronghold, built byBogislaw VI. of Pomerania, and the harbour of Ahrenshoop. In 1591 the border between Mecklenburg andPomerania was defined, which runs through the village, still existing today as the "Grenzweg" (border road). After theTreaty of Westphalia in 1648 the Eastern part of the village became part ofSwedish Pomerania until 1815, when Sweden ceded Pomerania toPrussia. Until theGrand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin joined the GermanZollverein in 1868 one had to pay taxes crossing this border. Most of the inhabitants were fishermen or sailors at that time.
In 1889 the artist paintersPaul Müller-Kaempff andOskar Frenzel "discovered" the village, deeply impressed by the landscape and started an artist colony which became increasingly popular among artists such asMarianne von Werefkin,Erich Heckel andGerhard Marcks. The first generation of members of the artist colony included the paintersElisabeth von Eicken,Anna Gerresheim,Friedrich Wachenhusen and, among others, as a guestKarl Rettich. In 1894 Ahrenshoop counted 150 tourists, a number growing to 2158 in 1928. Several artists of the second generation also lived inAlthagen andNiehagen, small villages on the Mecklenburg side of the border, among themGerhard Marcks in Niehagen orDora Koch-Stetter and her husbandde:Fritz Koch-Gotha in Althagen. These villages have been part of Ahrenshoop since 1950. Today Ahrenshoop is known as an "Artist Spa" and a popular place for artists and celebrities
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