Stagnieß

Marina near Ückeritz

Last edited 09.11.2023 at 11:34 by NV Charts Team

Latitude

54° 0’ 0.7” N

Longitude

14° 2’ 46.3” E

Description

Cozy harbour with 44 guest berths in scenic surroundings on the eastern shore of the Achterwasser

NV Cruising Guide

Navigation

The approach is only recommended during the day due to the unlit approach. Coming from the north or west, the shallow buoy "Wussow W" remains on the port side. From here, steer at approx. 60° towards the approach channel, which is protected on both sides by sheet piling.

Berths

The actual harbor is located at the eastern end of a 600 m long and 30 m wide inlet.

There are plenty of guest berths at a water depth of 1-2.2 m.

Surroundings

There are sanitary facilities and a restaurant, a natural campsite, a harbor snack bar, as well as shopping facilities and train connections in the village of Ückeritz.

NV Land Guide

Unfortunately, the development of the harbor apron has now been brought right up to the shore, which somewhat tarnishes the previous idyll.

In essence, Stagnieß is a camping area, a forester's lodge and a wooden café house and lots and lots of forest. Paddle and rowing boats are available for hire at the jetty of the small restaurant: a good opportunity to paddle into northern Ueckeritz (half a nautical mile) and take a close look at the reed-covered coastline.

A path runs along the shore and a hiking trail leads through the beautiful beech forest to Ueckeritz. The forest shields Stagnieß from the traffic noise of the "Bäderstraße", which connects Wolgast with the Usedom seaside resorts and is around one kilometer from the harbour. If you cross the road, which is very busy in summer, and continue the walk just another kilometer to the northeast, the white Baltic Sea beach lies at your feet.

A nature trail leads past the eastern side of Lake Wockninsee. It provides interesting information about the different vegetation zones around the lake and gives an insight into the stages of development. Over time, Lake Wocknin was cut off from the Baltic Sea by sedimentation. Originally, there was even a connection to the sea at this narrow land bridge on the island of Usedom, the narrowest part of which lies directly east of Zempin.

Ueckeritz has never been a fashionable seaside resort. Like Zinnowitz, it was considered a showcase resort for workers and employees under SED rule. Apart from the 600-seat concert square, there are no special sights here.

In contrast, there are three more sophisticated resorts further east, which have already merged into a single tourist resort on the outside: Bansin, Heringsdorf and Ahlbeck. Stagnieß and Kamminke are the ideal locations for excursions to these seaside resorts on the island of Usedom, at least as long as there is no marina in the resorts themselves. Compared to Kamminke, Stagnieß offers the advantage of a fast rail connection from Ueckeritz to the state-approved resorts, which sprang up at the beginning of the 19th century. Until then, a dense forest covered the area and only the farming village of Neuhof and the fishing village of Ahlbeck formed two small settlements on the sparsely populated coastal strip.

Ahlbeck became the forerunner of the Bansin-Heringsdorf-Ahlbeck trio around 1830, after the starting signal for the new fashionable spas had been given in Swinemünde. Aristocrats, high financiers and wealthy artists gathered here. This new form of summer resort was considered a particularly chic pleasure. Later, they were joined by the "ordinary rich", who did not want to lag behind their aristocratic role models. But famous literary figures such as Gorky, Tolstoy and Fontane also came to relax here.

Early on, the forbidden "Swedish bathing" - i.e. nude bathing - gained more and more followers. The police had a hard time collecting the fines, as some of those caught sprinted off light-footedly, while the law enforcement officers were unable to follow on the soft sand with their heavy boots.

In the meantime, the picture has changed so much that the naked law enforcement officer will probably soon be collecting fines from the clothed beachgoer. This idea is not so far-fetched, because the textile enthusiasts are already complaining that the nudists are increasingly "reclaiming land" while their beach area is shrinking.

So many of the feudal splendors had suffered greatly during the SED era. Today, the villas, often in a youth or colonial style, have been restored to their former beauty.

A good way to get to know the three seaside resorts in one go is the well-maintained, ten-kilometre-long beach promenade, which connects all three resorts.

While the tropical house is one of the sights in Bansin, the observatory on the sports field, the art pavilion on the western promenade and the Maxim Gorki memorial at Maxim-Gorki-Straße 17 are the main attractions in Heringsdorf. The socialist writer, who recovered from a lung disease in Heringsdorf in 1922, lived here in seclusion so as not to encounter the aristocrats at every turn, whom he had declared war on due to their parasitic lifestyle.

The Heringsdorf House of Culture is a cultural hub, while Ahlbeck's pier, built in 1898, is the number one attraction. Unfortunately, the wooden house built on stilts in the water is no longer in its original condition. The house used to have two floors, one for rainy weather and one for sunny days. Nevertheless, the renovated, historic bridge restaurant is undoubtedly a beautiful sight. And the clock standing in front of it on the beach promenade is another impressive remnant from the golden days of the seaside resort, when the beach was adorned with several wooden bridges.

It goes without saying that there is no shortage of spa facilities in all three towns, with Ahlbeck being particularly well-known for its brine cures. However, the fine sandy, stone-free beaches along the entire outer coast of Usedom remain the main attraction. No beach between Lübeck and Flensburg can compete with them, especially as a no less beautiful forest stretches along the beaches between Bansin and Koserow.

One of Usedom's most important nature reserves is the moor and the pond in the middle of the forest northwest of Bansin. The area is unaffected by humans because the moor here has neither been drained nor peat extracted from it. The pond was probably formed shortly after the Ice Age, when a large block of ice (dead ice) slowly melted here after the retreat of the ice masses.

A signposted nature trail begins at the Tropenhaus in Bansin. It leads through the Mümmelkensee nature reserve to a height from which you can overlook the lake and moor.

Marina Information

Contact

Phone +45 38 3752 5214

Surroundings

Electricity

Water

Toilet

Shower

Imbiss

Internet

Public Transport

Bikerental

Garbage

Comments

Martina / Martin Teterra, CONZISKA
Hier hat man seine Ruhe
16.06.2022 15:15

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