Rostock & Vorpommern-Rügen (Germany)
Wismar / EDCW → Barth / EDBH.
Continuing along the Baltic Sea Coast we arrived in Bad Doberan, a medieval town surrounding a magnificient Gothic cathedral. Developing out of a monastery, the town grew in fame due to its Heiligendamm District becoming one of the first state-approved resort towns in Germany.
Further east we reached Rostock, the largest city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and one of the most prestigious due to its importance as a historical trade port, an university city and due to its pioneering role in German aviation history.
As we left Rostock we glimpsed another town to the north - Warnemünde at Warnow Estuary. Once an independent port, Warnemünde belongs to Rostock since the 14th century, being a prime seaside resort and a docking point for cruise ships touring the Baltic Sea.
The further we travelled, the more snow we saw. So we were able to take this nice winter-y shot of Ribnitz-Damgarten, a historical border town between Mecklenburg (Ribnitz) and Vorpommern (Damgarten), which was united in 1950 due to political concerns about the existence of a “Pomeranian border” after most of Pomerania became Polish in 1945.