Prerow

Description

NV Cruising Guide

Navigation

The approach through the strongly winding Prerower Strom is only recommended during the day. The target depth of 2m is sometimes significantly undercut (see Mindertiefen-NV.Aktuell). In addition, oncoming passenger ships must be expected, which require a lot of space in the narrow fairway and create a suction that should not be underestimated (observe the timetable).

Berths

Due to the height of the western sheet pile wall, pleasure craft should not moor there, as it is difficult to get ashore.

The south quay is used exclusively by passenger ships.

Surroundings

Sanitary facilities are available at the jetty. The village directly to the west offers good supply options.

Excursions to the Darßwald forest to the west of Prerow and to the pier (approx. 1 km away) are also possible.

NV Land Guide

The Baltic seaside resort of Prerow has a number of parallels to the neighboring Baltic seaside resort of Zingst. It is also connected to the Bodden by a stream, has a fine sandy beach on its northern side like Zingst and was no less important as a seafaring resort in the heyday of sailing ships than the spa east of the Meininger Bridge.

As in Zingst, some farmers began trading at sea in the 16th century with open vessels they had built themselves. Necessity turned them into sailors (much to the annoyance of the Hanseatic League), as the fields on the Darß only yielded meagre harvests that were not enough to make a living. In daring voyages to Denmark and Sweden, they transported fish and brought wood and peat to other shores of the Bodden. The fact that the Prerow Stream was open to the Baltic Sea in several places was an advantage. Well-known shipyards were built and respected Prerow captains sailed the world's oceans, but the emergence of steam shipping plunged the people of Prerow, together with the population of Zingst, into such severe economic hardship that many people emigrated - to the cities, to the North Sea, to America.

The parallels in the development of the two spas into tourist resorts are also striking. However, the far higher visitor numbers show that Prerow has one more ace up its sleeve: the car-free Fischland-Darß nature reserve to the west of the town, also known simply as "Darß". Its typical feature is the dune pine forest. However, the area, which is also covered in beech, oak, spruce, birch and bracken, is around ten kilometers wide from north to south and around eight kilometers wide from east to west at its widest point. In addition to heather and numerous berry varieties, all kinds of lilies and orchids grow in the clearings.

At the edge of the marked paths and hiking trails, ivy entwines the roots of the trees, forest honeysuckle and evergreen holly can be found, which grows abundantly here due to the high humidity. Moss carpets cover the younger beach embankments.

An almost eerie atmosphere emanates from the water-covered alder bogs. The spleenwort growing between the trees reflected in the water makes the alder forests look like an impenetrable primeval swamp.

The fauna of the Darß is as diverse as the flora. Weasels, martens, stoats, polecats and minks are just as much a part of it as wild boars. In addition, avocets, dunlins, numerous duck species and golden plovers feel at home here.

As recently as 20,000 years ago, the area lay under a meter-thick layer of ice, which gradually melted over a period of 8,000 years. At the same time, the sea level rose as a result of the melting process, creating a group of islands off the mainland coast around 4,000 years ago. The water areas in between slowly silted up, but 1000 years ago the Slavic natives were still able to cross from the bays into the Baltic Sea in many places with their open boats. And the coast was far more indented than it is today. After major storm surges, man helped with the silting up by closing the last connections between the sea and the Bodden and building protective dykes.

The northern tip of the Darß - which was only created in the past 800 years - has been declared a nature reserve. Alongside it, a 6 km long concrete road leads to the former military natural harbor Darßer Ort.

Sightseeing attractions in Prerow include several art galleries, some preserved sailors' and fishermen's houses and the sailors' church with its old cemetery. Maritime motifs on the weathered gravestones are reminiscent of the town's heyday as a seafaring resort.

The Prerow Museum on the corner of Bernsteinweg and Waldstraße (on the western edge of the town) is dedicated to this heyday in detail. Ship pictures, ships in bottles, ship models and navigation equipment bear witness to the "Ol'n Tiden". The nature and landscape conservation areas of the Darß, fishing, old building techniques, old traditional costumes and much more are among the other topics.

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Surroundings

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Restaurant

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Grocery

Public Transport

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