The Mönchgut Coastal Fishing Museum
at www.moenchguter-museen-ruegen.de. Accessed on 15 May 2012. (german: Mönchguter Küstenfischermuseum) in the German

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resort of

Baabe Baabe is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Sights * ''Baaber Bollwerk'' viewing point * Thatched houses * Mönchgut Coastal Fishing Museum The Mönchgut Coastal Fishing Museum

shows the methods of production used by fishermen living on

Mönchgut Mönchgut (''Monk's Estates'' in German) is a peninsula of 29.44 square kilometers with 6600 inhabitants in the southeast of Rügen island in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It lies just between the Greifswalder Bodden and the rest of t ...

, who were influential boat builders. The museum opened on 2 June 2001. The exhibits include, among others, the 9.20 m long motorboat ''Ossi''. The parish of Baabe acquired it after it was decommissioned, along with many other fishing boats built in Baabe. In addition, the museum displays so-called ''Motorreusenboote'' - motor boats with bow nets, including the ''Polk'' (an ''Anlandungsboot'') complete with its original traps. The exhibition also includes a herring sorting machine, information boards about fishing and boat building as well as personalities of the local fishery. The museum is open all-year round.

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The Coastal Fishing Museum
at www.moenchguter-museen-ruegen.de {{DEFAULTSORT:Monchgut Coastal Fishing Museum Museums in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Maritime museums in Germany Vorpommern-Rügen Mönchgut Rügen Museums established in 2001 2001 establishments in Germany Fishing museums Fishing in Germany