Discover 7 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Peenemünde (Germany). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Historical Technical Museum, Cämmerer See, and U-461. Also, be sure to include Flüssigkeitsrakete A4/V2 in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Peenemünde (Mecklenburg-West Pomerania).
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Historical Technical Museum
Also known as: Historisch-Technisches Museum Peenemünde
Museum in Peenemünde, Germany. The Peenemünde Historical Technical Museum, former "Peenemünde Information Centre for History and Technology" is a museum, founded in 1991, in the observation bunker and site of the former power station in Peenemünde on the island of Usedom in eastern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern in Germany. The museum is dedicated to the history of the Peenemünde Army Research Centre and the Luftwaffe test site of "Peenemünde-West", especially the rockets and missiles developed there between 1936 and 1945. Since January 2007 the information centre has become an anchor point on the European Route of Industrial Heritage, a Europe-wide network of industrial monuments, and a part of the ERIH themed routes for Energy and Transport & Communication.
In 2008 the museum had around 222,000 visitors including many school classes. Around €6.5 M were invested in the museum's renovation and expansion; a further investment of €3.9 M is planned. In 2002 the HTM was given the Coventry Cross of Nails and in 2013 the European Union Prize for Cultural Heritage / Europa Nostra Award.[1]
Address: Im kraftwerk, 17449 Peenemunde
Cämmerer See
Lake in Germany. Cämmerer See is a lake in Usedom, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Its elevation is 0.3 m and its surface area is 0.18 km2.[2]
U-461
Boat. German submarine U-461 was a Type XIV supply and replenishment U-boat of Nazi Germany's Kriegsmarine during World War II.
Her keel was laid down on 9 December 1940, by Deutsche Werke in Kiel as yard number 292. She was launched on 8 November 1941 and commissioned on 30 January 1942 with Oberleutnant zur See Hinrich-Oscar Bernbeck in command. Bernbeck was promoted to Kapitänleutnant by 21 April 1942, when he was relieved by Korvettenkapitän Wolf-Harro Stiebler.[3]
Flüssigkeitsrakete A4/V2
Kapelle Peenemünde
Peenemünde Chapel is a church building in Peenemünde in the north of the island of Usedom. In addition to its function as a chapel, it now serves as a memorial to the victims of Peenemünde.
Address: Bahnhofstraße 1, 17449 Peenemünde
Ehem. Sauerstoffwerk II
Oxygen Plant II at the Army Experimental Station in Peenemünde on Usedom was used during World War II to produce liquid oxygen for the propulsion of Aggregat-4 rockets.
Gedenkstein Gustaf Adolf 1630
Memorial