The village of Althagen on the peninsula of

Fischland-Darß-Zingst Fischland-Darß-Zingst or Fischland-Darss-Zingst''Fischland-Darss-Zi ...

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; nds, Mäkelborg-Vörpommern), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in po ...

has been a part of the municipality of

Ahrenshoop Ahrenshoop is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany on the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula of the Baltic Sea. It used to be a small fishing village, but is today known for its tourism and as a holi ...

since 1950. Until 1945, the border between

Mecklenburg Mecklenburg (; nds, label= Low German, Mękel(n)borg ) is a historical region in northern Germany comprising the western and larger part of the federal-state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The largest cities of the region are Rostock, Schweri ...

and

Pomerania Pomerania ( pl, Pomorze; german: Pommern; Kashubian: ''Pòmòrskô''; sv, Pommern) is a historical region on the southern shore of the Baltic Sea in Central Europe, split between Poland and Germany. The western part of Pomerania belongs to ...

ran between Althagen and Ahrenshoop along the border road, ''Grenzweg''. Malchin Carl@Landschaft Altenhagen

The Bakelberg knoll lies close to the

steep coast A steep coastBird, Eric (2008). ''Coastal Geomorphology: An Introduction'', 2nd ed., Wiley, Chichester, 2008. is a stretch of coastline where the mainland descends abruptly into the sea. There is a sharp transition from the land to sea as opposed ...

of Althagen/ Niehagen. At 17.9 metres above sea level, it is the highest point on

Fischland Fischland (literally "fish land") is an isthmus on the southern Baltic Sea coast on the Bay of Mecklenburg in northeastern Germany. It is part of the peninsula of Fischland-Darß-Zingst. Fischland was an island until the 14th century and was bound ...

. Althagen has a port on the

bodden Bodden are briny bodies of water often forming lagoons, along the southwestern shores of the Baltic Sea, primarily in Germany's state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. These lagoons can be found especially around the island of Rügen, Usedom an ...

coast.''Hafen Althagen''
at www.ostseebad-ahrenshoop.de. Retrieved 20 Jun 2019 Well known residents of Althagen include the designer, Gertrud Kleinhempel (1875-1948), the writer, Käthe Miethe (1893-1961) and (from 1944) the well-known artist couple

Fritz Koch-Gotha Fritz originated as a German nickname for Friedrich, or Frederick (''Der Alte Fritz'', and ''Stary Fryc'' were common nicknames for King Frederick II of Prussia and Frederick III, German Emperor) as well as for similar names including Fridoli ...

(1877-1956) and

Dora Koch-Stetter Dora Koch-Stetter (4 May 1881 – 16 January 1968) was a German landscape artist, portrait-painter and etcher. Life Dora Stetter already came into contact with art as a child. After the death of her husband and the retreat to Berlin in 1884, he ...

(1881-1968). Koch-Stetter's 1911 expressionist painting, ''The red house in Althagen'', is one of her most famous works to this day. From 1955, Fischland Pottery (''Fischlandkeramik''), was developed in their ceramics workshoops by the next generation of the artist family of Koch Gotha and -Stetter artist and potter, Barbara Klünder (1919-1988), and her husband, the artist Arnold Klünder (1909-1976) together with artist, Frida Löber (1910-1989) and the sculptor and potter, Wilhelm Löber (1903-1981).

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