St. Mary's Church, Rostock - 4 Things to Know Before Visiting

Rostock Zoo is a zoo in Rostock city, established in 1899 on 56 hectares with 4,500 animals from 320 species. and it is the largest zoo on Germany's east coast. Rostock Zoo has a 20,000 m² living museum that contains over 80 kinds of animals.

A neogothic church building in Warnemünde. The church of Warnemünde stands for over one hundred years in the middle of the town and is the center of the Evangelical Lutheran congregation. In addition to being a place of rest and prayer, it has also even given protection from flooding. The church also has votive ships inside: they are a votive offering often given to churches in gratitude for the preservation and protection on the high seas.

A lighthouse located near Warnow river, Warnemünde. The lighthouseis 36.9 meters high and was put in service in 1898. The lighthouse can be climbed by a granite spiral staircase and the tower has two galleries used as panoramic viewing platforms for visitors. Each year a large lighthouse show with laser light and music is celebrated on New Year's Day.

The Staberhuk lighthouse is located in the southeast of the island of Fehmarn, a few kilometers east of the Fehmarnsund Bridge. Together with the Flügge lighthouse, it marks the route in Fehmarnsund. The tower is equipped with the original belt lens from the English lighthouse on Heligoland, which was dismantled in 1902. It has a height of 2.41 m and a focal length of 925 mm. It was one of the main attractions in this area.

Stralsund Museum of Cultural History, established in 1859 and located in Stralsund, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It houses permanent exhibitions and special exhibitions on various subjects and houses extensive collections of folklore and cultural and art history in the region of Vorpommern. It is the oldest museum of its kind in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

The church is the oldest of the three major parish churches in Stralsund in Germany and dedicated in 1279 to St. Nicholas of Myra, the patron saint of sailors. It is an Evangelical Lutheran church since 1524. The wealth of the city of Stralsund was reflected in the very large number of altars in the church. There were no less than 56 altars in the chancel, nave, and between the buttresses of the aisles. The bulk of the altars were removed from the church after the Bildersturm of 1525.