Dit & Dat about Usedom - "Beginnings of the bathing industry":

Today, the sand of the ice age brings many people their livelihood. The poor area on the Baltic Sea beach could feed only a few people. They lived almost only from fishing. Tourism began to develop around 1850. Shipping across the Swine River and the new railroad connection contribute to the development of the villages. The guests arrive well and quickly to the places. Beach chairs, piers and the construction of hotels and restaurants change the places and the people on the Island of Usedom. Lecture with the speaker Ingo Zander (tickets in the tourist information and under kaiserbaeder-auf-usedom.de - admission: 5,00 €)