Ahrenshoop
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Location of Ahrenshoop within Vorpommern-Rügen 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 a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany on the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula of the Baltic Sea. It used to be a small fishing village, but is today known for its tourism and as a holiday resort.
Early history
Ahrenshoop was first mentioned in 1311 as the defining point of the border of the town of
Treaty of Westphalia in 1648 the Eastern part of the village became part of Swedish Pomerania until 1815, when Sweden ceded Pomerania to Prussia. Until the Grand Duchy of Mecklenburg-Schwerin joined the German Zollverein
in 1868 one had to pay taxes crossing this border. Most of the inhabitants were fishermen or sailors at that time.
Modern times
In 1889 the artist painters
Karl Rettich. In 1894 Ahrenshoop counted 150 tourists, a number growing to 2158 in 1928. Several artists of the second generation also lived in Althagen and Niehagen, small villages on the Mecklenburg side of the border, among them Gerhard Marcks in Niehagen or Dora Koch-Stetter and her husband de: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
References
- ^ Feststellung der Wahlergebnisse zur Wahl der Gemeindevertretung und der Wahl des Bürgermeisters in der Gemeinde Ostseebad Ahrenshoop, 29 May 2019.
- Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
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