Dettmannsdorf: Recknitz Landscape and Building History in Kölzow

Two themes give Dettmannsdorf a distinct character: the protected landscape along the Recknitz and the architectural history of Kölzow. If you plan your trip around nature and historic architecture, you can consider these highlights separately and weigh them against each other when choosing where to stay. This takes you from a river boundary with protected status to two different buildings and a park.

The natural landscape along the Recknitz

The Recknitz forms the southeastern boundary of the municipality of Dettmannsdorf. The river and the surrounding areas are protected as a Site of Community Importance and a European Special Protection Area for birds. This makes the Recknitz a specific point of reference when choosing a trip focused on nature. The boundary places the river at the southeastern edge of the municipal area; the protected status also covers the river and the surrounding areas.

Church, manor house, and park in Kölzow

Kölzow village church is a fieldstone church. Construction began in 1205, commissioned by the local von der Lühe family of locators. Kölzow Manor House was built in the Neoclassical style in 1850 and is surrounded by a park of about 8 hectares. This brings different periods of construction and types of buildings together in Kölzow: the fieldstone church, whose construction began in 1205, and the Neoclassical manor house dating from 1850. The park adds a distinct landscape feature to the architecture. If you are interested in historic townscapes, you can consider the architectural history and surrounding parkland together when planning your trip.

Vorpommern-Rügen as a wider setting

The wider travel destination of Vorpommern-Rügen offers a range of landscape and cultural attractions beyond the local highlights. The district includes the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula chain, Rügen, and the offshore islands of Hiddensee and Ummanz. On Rügen, the beech forests in Jasmund National Park form part of the UNESCO World Heritage site Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe. The Rasender Roland is a historic narrow-gauge railway on Rügen. These examples broaden the picture from riverside and park landscapes to island nature and a historic railway. This lets you weigh different interests within the larger travel destination of Vorpommern-Rügen.

Arts and culture in the district

Vorpommern-Rügen is estimated to have about 60 museums. In Stralsund, the Old Town is part of the UNESCO World Heritage site Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar. In Ribnitz-Damgarten, the Galerie im Kloster mainly presents contemporary art from the region, as well as a permanent exhibition of prints by Lyonel Feininger. The district’s art collection is also preserved, maintained, and administered there. It comprises about 500 works of painting, prints, sculpture, ceramics, silk painting, and textile design, dating from the late 19th century to the present. Visitors can see works from the collection in changing exhibitions. If you plan a visit, check the current visitor arrangements in advance.

In Putbus, the gallery in the Orangery offers another cultural highlight. It presents up to eight exhibitions a year in a historic building in the heart of the arts and culture town of Putbus; readings and concerts are also held there. Traditionally, at the end of the year, the gallery presents works from the collection of the Kulturstiftung Rügen, which comprises more than 1,500 exhibits. If you would like to plan your trip around an exhibition or event, check the current program in advance.

Discover more destinations: Deyelsdorf, Drechow, Eixen, Lindholz, Hugoldsdorf, Grammendorf, Bad Sülze, Tribsees.

For the wider travel overview: Amt Recknitz-Trebeltal.