The Strandhalle is a listed building in

Ueckermünde Ueckermünde () is a seaport town in northeast Germany, located in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, Western Pomerania, near Germany's border with Poland's Police County. Ueckermünde has a long and varied history, going back to its foundi ...

which is used as a restaurant.

History

The beach pool was built in 1926 by swim club Ueckermünde. In 1938, a terrace was added. In

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times it was a HO-run self-service restaurant, and in 1990 it was acquired by the

Treuhand The ("Trust agency"), colloquially referred to as , was an agency established by the government of the German Democratic Republic to reprivatise/ privatise East German enterprises, Volkseigene Betriebe (VEBs), prior to German reunification. C ...

. In 1994 it was transferred back to the city Ueckermünde and leased to the

Radeberger brewery Radeberger started in 1872 when the brewery was founded as ''Zum Bergkeller'', in Radeberg, a town in the vicinity of Dresden. Radeberger ranks No. 9 among Germany's best selling beers. History This beer was also brewed for a period for the K ...

. The beach facility was operated until 2000 as a restaurant and had to be closed because of water damage and general structural defects. In 2004, it was sold to a private investor. The Strandhalle was renovated and has now a total floor space of about 1001 m², split into a restaurant, a terrace, a large and a smaller hall.

References

Swimming venues in Germany Restaurants in Germany Buildings and structures in Vorpommern-Greifswald Building and structure articles needing translation from German Wikipedia {{MecklenburgVorpommern-struct-stub