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Heringsdorf

• lv: Heringsdorfa • lt: Heringsdorfas
• uk: Герінгсдорф • bg, mk, ru, sr: Херингсдорф

Heringsdorf is situated at the Baltic Sea coast of the island of Usedom, directly at the border to the Polish part of the island, about 10 km northwest of Świnoujście. The municipality was formed in 2005 out of the formerly independent municipalities of (from west to east) Bansin, Heringsdorf and Ahlbeck and has a population of in total about 8,500 (2018). Upon its formation in 2005, the municipality at first was named Dreikaiserbäder ('Three Imperial Spas'), a reference to several vacation visits of the German Emperor Wilhelm II until 1918. In Januray 2006, the municipality was renamed Heringsdorf; the seat of the municipality's administration, however, is located in Ahlbeck.

3833 Heringsdorf: Ahlbeck

Ahlbeck

Ahlebeck was first mentioned in a written document dating from 1693. A watermmill was established around 1700, but as a consequence, the neighbouring meadows were flooded frequently, so that the mill was demolished in 1772. Two colonies, Ahlbeck königlichen Anteils (Ahlbeck, royal part) and Ahlbeck adligen Anteils (Ahlbeck, noble part) ewre subsequently established. Both parts of the community rapidly grew, starting from the mid-19th century. In 1908, Ahlbeck was granted the denomination Seebad (sea-side spa). Before the merger in 2005 of Bansin, Heringsdorf and Ahlbeck, the community has a population of nearly 3,400 (2003).

The Protestant church [background centre, barey visible] was built in 1894–1895 in Historistic Gothic revival style.

3814 Heringsdorf: Ahlbeck The historical Ahlbeck pier [left, no. 3814] is the oldest pier in Germany. A first platform, extending from the beach and housing a restaurant, was built in 1882. In 1898 works began to extend the pier for 280 metres into the Baltic Sea to function mainly as a jetty for sailing ships. In 1905, the pier was joined with the platform. In 1926, the canvas boardwalk located in the mid-section of the pier was replaced with wooden planks. Throughout the pier's existence it has undergone many renovations to replace any rotten elements. the wooden pillars and structure were replaced by steel girders in 1970–1973.

[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heringsdorf, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heringsdorf; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahlbeck_(Heringsdorf); https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahlbecker_Kirche; https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seebrücke_Ahlbeck, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahlbeck_Pier]

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