Dettmannsdorf offers two distinct starting points for planning your trip: the Recknitz on the municipality’s southeastern border and the architectural history of Kölzow. There you will find a fieldstone church, construction of which began in 1205, and the Schloss Kölzow manor house, built in the Neoclassical style in 1850. The river and its surrounding areas are protected. If you are looking for hotels, you can weigh up the landscape and historic architecture as different focal points for your stay.

The Recknitz and its protected river landscape

The Recknitz forms the southeastern boundary of the municipality of Dettmannsdorf. The river and its surrounding areas are protected as a Site of Community Importance and a European Special Protection Area for birds. This makes the river landscape a tangible natural feature within the municipality. Alongside the buildings in Kölzow, it offers you a different perspective on Dettmannsdorf: here, the focus is not on architectural history, but on the river, its course along the boundary and its protected status. The precise geographic context helps you consider nature and culture as distinct themes for your stay.

Architectural history and park in Kölzow

Kölzow village church is a fieldstone church. Construction began in 1205, commissioned by the local von der Lühe family of locators. Schloss Kölzow manor house was built in the Neoclassical style in 1850. This means Kölzow has two distinct historic landmarks: a church whose construction began in the Middle Ages and a 19th-century manor house. Their features also differ: “fieldstone church” describes the church’s construction, while Neoclassicism identifies the manor house’s architectural style. The two buildings thus offer different ways to explore the history of the village district.

Schloss Kölzow manor house is surrounded by a park of approximately 8 hectares. Its approximate area adds a landscape dimension to the architectural history: the manor house comprises not only the Neoclassical building, but also the park around it. This gives you another aspect to consider alongside the year it was built and its style, without requiring the park to follow any particular sightseeing itinerary.

Vorpommern-Rügen as the wider setting

The wider travel destination of Vorpommern-Rügen offers a broader cultural context. The district of Vorpommern-Rügen is home to an estimated 60 or so museums. The old town of the Hanseatic city of Stralsund is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Historic Centres of Stralsund and Wismar”. In Ribnitz-Damgarten, the Galerie im Kloster conserves, maintains and manages the district’s art collection. It comprises around 500 works of painting, graphic art, sculpture, ceramics, silk painting and textile design; the collection spans from the late 19th century to the present day. These examples place Kölzow’s local buildings in the wider cultural context of the Vorpommern-Rügen travel destination.

Nature and events are also among the themes of the wider travel destination of Vorpommern-Rügen. The beech forests in Jasmund National Park on Rügen are part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Ancient and Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and Other Regions of Europe”. In Putbus, the gallery in the Orangery presents up to eight exhibitions a year and hosts readings and concerts. If you would like to include a specific event in your travel plans, check the gallery’s latest information.

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For the main travel overview: Amt Recknitz-Trebeltal.