Ahlbeck is a village (''

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'') of the

Heringsdorf Heringsdorf is a semi-urban municipality and a popular seaside resort on Usedom Island in Western Pomerania, Germany. It is also known by the name Kaiserbad ('' en, Imperial Spa''). The municipality was formed in January 2005 out of the former ...

municipality on the island of Usedom on the Baltic coast. It is the easternmost of the so-called ''Kaiserbäder'' ("Imperial Spas")

seaside resort A seaside resort is a town, village, or hotel that serves as a vacation resort and is located on a coast. Sometimes the concept includes an aspect of official accreditation based on the satisfaction of certain requirements, such as in the Germ ...

s on the German part of the island, situated right next to the border with

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and the town of

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(''Swinemünde''). Both communities are freely connected by the longest beach promenade in Europe spanning more than from Bansin to Świnoujście. SeebrückeAhlbeck1

First mentioned as ''Ahlebeck'' ( Low German for 'eel creek') in 1693, fishermen settled the side after Usedom had passed under Brandenburg-Prussian rule upon the 1720 Treaty of Stockholm. In the 19th century, the settlement quickly rose to a stylish seaside resort. Major attractions include the famous long '' Seebrücke'' and the oldest preserved

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in Germany. Ahlbeck has numerous scenic houses and mansions in the German ''

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'' style of resort architecture. The bathing resort ''OstseeTherme'' is a popular tourist attraction; close to it, there is the architecturally noteworthy Observation Tower Ahlbeck with three observation decks and an elevator.

References

External links

Ahlbeck website
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