Other sights in Mecklenburg Western Pomerania
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Nikolaikirche
Through the Rathaus' eastern walkway you'll come to the main portal of the 1270 Nikolaikirche, which was modelled on Lübeck's Marienkirche and is filled with art treasures. The main altar (1708), designed by the baroque master Andreas Schlüter, shows the eye of God flanked by cherubs and capped by a depiction of the Last Supper. Also worth a closer look are the high altar (1470), 6.7m wide and 4.2m tall, showing Jesus' entire life, and, behind the altar, a 1394-built (but no longer operational) astronomical clock.
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Rathaus Historical Exhibition
The large Rathaus at the square's northern end was built between 1817 and 1819 and today houses the excellent Rathaus Historical Exhibition in its basement. Displays include an original 15th-century Wandmalerei (mural) uncovered by archaeologists in 1985, a glass-covered medieval well, and the Wrangel tomb - the coffin of influential Swedish General Helmut V Wrangel and his wife, with outsized wooden figures carved on top.
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Staatliches Museum
In the Alter Garten, the Staatliches Museum has a substantial collection spanning the ages. The 15 statues in the Ernst Barlach room provide a small taste of the sculptor's work. There's also a typically amusing and irreverent Marcel Duchamp collection. Those with more traditional tastes will prefer the oils by Lucas Cranach the Elder, as well as works by Rembrandt and Rubens.
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Ducal Residence
Such was the allure of Ludwigslust's sturdy ducal residence that when the ducal seat moved 36km north to Schwerin in 1837, some family members continued to live here until 1945. Now part of the Schwerin State Museum, its high point is the stately, gilt-columned, high-ceilinged Golden Hall.
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St-Georgen-Kirche
The massive red shell of the St-Georgen-Kirche has been extensively renovated for combined use as a church, concert hall and exhibition space and is set to reopen in May 2010. In 1945 a freezing populace was driven to burn what was left of the church's beautiful wooden statue of St George and the dragon.
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Darss-Zingst Peninsula
Nature lovers and artists will be captivated by the Darss-Zingst Peninsula. This far-flung splinter of land is part of the 805-sq-km Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft (Western Pomeranian Boddenlandschaft) National Park, which also encompasses the island of Hiddensee and the west coast of Rügen Island.
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Marienkirche
The Neuer Markt is dominated by the massive 14th-century Marienkirche, a superb example of north German redbrick construction. You can climb the steep wooden steps up the tower (adult/child €4/2) for a sweeping view of the town, with its lovely red-tiled roofs, and Rügen Island.
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Ozeaneum
In a stylised arctic-white wavelike building that leaps out from the surrounding redbrick warehouses, the state-of-the-art Ozeaneum takes you into an underwater world of creatures from the Baltic and North Seas and the Atlantic Ocean up to the polar latitudes.
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St-Nikolai-Kirche
One of the great redbrick church that once rose above the rooftops before WWII, only the enormous redbrick St-Nikolai-Kirche, the largest of its kind in Europe, was left intact. Today it contains a font from its older sister church, the St-Marien-Kirche.
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Deutsches Bernstein- Museum
Baltic coastlines are the source of almost all the world's amber. As well as the jewellery on sale throughout Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, you'll find the Deutsches Bernstein- museum in the 'amber town' of Ribnitz-Damgarten.
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Dom
The tall 14th-century Gothic Dom is a superb example of north German redbrick architecture. You can climb up to the viewing platform (€1.50) of its 19th-century cathedral tower (118m), which is a mere 50cm taller than Rostock's Petrikirche.
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Johanniskloster
On Schillstrasse, reached via Külpstrasse, is the Johanniskloster, a former Franciscan monastery that's now a concert venue. It's famous for its 'smoking attic' (there was no chimney), chapter hall and cloister.
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St-Marien-Kirche
All that remains of the 13th-century St-Marien-Kirche is its great brick steeple (1339), which rises above the city. A multimedia exhibit on medieval church-building techniques is housed in the tower's base.
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Schabbellhaus
The town's historical museum is in the Renaissance Schabbellhaus in a former brewery (1571), just south of St-Nikolai-Kirche across the canal. Pride of place goes to one of the original Swedish Heads.
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Wulflamhaus
Wulflamhaus is a beautiful 15th-century town house named after an old mayor. Its turreted step gable imitates the Rathaus facade.
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Lighthouse
For a fabulous view from above, climb the spiralling 135-step wrought-iron and granite staircase of the 1898-built lighthouse.
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Meeresmuseum
The Meeresmuseum aquarium is in the basement of a 13th-century convent building, and is filled with colourful tropical fish.
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Schleswig-Holstein-Haus
The restored 1737 Schleswig-Holstein-Haus contains a gallery that features changing contemporary art exhibitions.
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Kunstkaten
The century-old Kunstkaten gallery is in one of the region's most strikingly painted reed-thatched houses.
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Schleifmühle
Schleifmühle is a small local history museum located in a carefully restored 19th-century mill.
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Prerow
The delightful town of Prerow is renowned for its seamen's church and lighthouse.
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Heilgeistkirche
Be sure to peek at the lovely ivy-covered face of the Heilgeistkirche.
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Neues Gebäude
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