Maid's Well

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Maid's Well, © Erik Hart
Monuments and Sights

The "Mägdebrunnen" was recreated in 2003 on the site of a historic fountain by the German sculptor Günter Kaden. Its design details inspire(d) again and again to different interpretations.

Here, where Schillstraße flows into Fährstraße in the direction of the harbor, a well "am Schilde" stood for centuries to supply the surrounding population with water. It was the task of the maids to fetch the water from the well and carry it to the households of the patrician houses. The sculptor Günter Kaden took up this theme in an urban planning competition, won the competition with it and in 2003 designed the fountain from a granite block with a group of bronze figures. The bronze figures, which show three maids fetching water and whispering with each other, were quickly given the name "the chatty women" in the vernacular. This is how the fountain got the name "maids' fountain" - although this watering place was never given an official name by the sculptor himself.

The assumption that the maids at the fountain were whispering about a child murderer from Stralsund who was executed in 1765 also belongs to the realm of legends. A dramatic urban criminal case in the Swedish period, which (together with the case of a Frankfurt child murderess) served Johann Wolfgang von Goethe as a model for the character Gretchen in Faust.

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Mägdebrunnen Stralsund

Fährstraße 7
18439 Stralsund


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SEA MUSEUM Stralsund

  • Temporarily closed
  • Katharinenberg, 18439 Stralsund

The MEERESMUSEUM in Stralsund's old town is currently closed. The museum is expected to open in 2024 after extensive modernization work.

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As if you had a view of the open Atlantic Ocean - the large basin in the OZEANEUM, © Anke Neumeister/Deutsches Meeresmuseum

OZEANEUM Stralsund

  • Open today
  • Hafenstraße, 18439 Stralsund

With its five exhibitions and 46 aquariums, the OZEANEUM Stralsund invites you on an extraordinary underwater journey beneath the northern seas. Visit Humboldt penguins on the roof terrace, "Niki" the female sand tiger shark in the 2.6-million-litre pool "Open Atlantic" and the giants of the sea - real life replicas of whales.

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Playing card factory museum workshop

  • Open today
  • Katharinenberg, 18435 Stralsund

Today, the playing card factory is more of a workshop than a museum. Work is also carried out on all the historic machines, so that a vivid impression of the working conditions in an old print shop can be conveyed. As a visitor, you can look over the employees' shoulders or find out more in an exhibition.

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Gorch Fock I

  • Temporarily closed
  • An der Fährbrücke, 18439 Stralsund

Built in only 100 days! Thousands of cadets learned to sail on the German Navy's sail training ship. The Gorch Fock I is the type ship of a class of five sail training ships, which also includes the German Navy's sail training ship of the same name built in 1958.

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Children playground Küsterbastion

  • Knieperwall, 18439 Stralsund

Playground with a view of the Knieperteich. Recommended by us for children from 1 year.

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Children playground lido

  • Große Parower Straße, 18435 Stralsund

The playground directly on the beach! Play equipment: toddler slide, spring rocker, slide, balancing elements, swings, toddler swing and climbing frame, climbing element, climbing device with sand area, swing. Recommended by us for children from 3 years. Equipment: located in the greenery and the beach, benches

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Schiffer Company

  • Open today
  • Frankenstraße, 18439 Stralsund

In January 1488, the Schiffer-Compagnie Stralsund was founded by 50 skippers or citizens who were closely connected with shipping.

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St. Mary's Church Stralsund

  • Open today
  • Marienstraße, 18439 Stralsund

The Marienkirche, also called St. Marien, is the largest church in the city. From the 104 meter high tower (366 steps) of the Marienkirche you have a unique view over Stralsund to Rügen.

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Paddle professional canoe school Baltic Sea

  • Friedrich-Naumann-Str, 18439 Stralsund

Canoe course provider and kayak rental in Stralsund. The canoe school offers various courses for beginners, advanced and professionals.

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Restaurant "Zum Scheele

  • Open today
  • Fährstraße, 18439 Stralsund

The Hanseatic restaurant with winter garden and summer terrace in the middle of Stralsund's old town - in the special atmosphere of a medieval merchant's house.

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Störtebeker Brewery

  • Open today
  • Greifswalder Chaussee, 18439 Stralsund

More than just a brewery - an experience In the Störtebeker Brewery Quarter, you can discover the world of brewing specialties for yourself on daily guided tours.

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Störtebeker Brewery Inn

  • Closed today
  • Greifswalder Chaussee, 18439 Stralsund

The Störtebeker Braugasthaus in Stralsund offers regional specialties.

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Memory 8

  • Open today
  • Hafenstraße, 18439 Stralsund

From the stylish restaurant "Speicher 8" in the listed Türmchenspeicher, you have an excellent view of the Gorch Fock 1 and the Strelasund. At the same time, you can look forward to a variety of culinary delights.

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Central Station

  • Freely accessible at any time
  • Tribseer Damm, 18437 Stralsund

The second tour to the world with a very beautiful reception hall designed in the 1930s by the artist Erich Kliefert.

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Care products from the soap manufactory, © Duft-Noten-Ziolkowski

Soap manufactory fragrance Ziolkowski

  • Open today
  • Krummenhagener Straße, 18442 Krummenhagen

So that you feel good in your skin, we produce in our small family business natural soaps z. Bps. (Rügen healing chalk soap, shampoo soap, salt soap and much more) from goat's milk. These we obtain from an organic farmer from our region. All our natural soaps (cold-stirred) are without preservatives and artificial fragrances.

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