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 ( English: Imperial Spa ).
5-560: The Usedomer Bäderbahn (UBB) with its head office in Heringsdorf , northeastern Germany, is a 100 percent-owned subsidiary of the German national railway, Deutsche Bahn and the owner and operator of the railway network on the island of Usedom as well as the Züssow–Wolgast and Velgast–Barth lines. It refers to all the lines on which it runs services – i.e. Züssow–Stralsund–Velgast – as
10-576: Is the dominant economical sector of the Imperial Spas, with an increasing number of hotels and vacation homes every year. Heringsdorf is located on the Baltic Sea coast of the island of Usedom , about 10 km as the crow flies northwest of Świnoujście . Heringsdorf has been one of the most popular resorts on the German Baltic shore since its foundation. It consists of three parts: Ahlbeck on
15-817: The Polish border, Heringsdorf proper (central part) and Bansin in the west. These three Kaiserbäder were the favourite spas of the German Emperors , and also called the bathtub of Berlin . They feature clean beaches and numerous scenic houses and mansions in the distinct style of Bäderarchitektur (resort architecture). Heringsdorf is partnered with other towns and municipalities, namely Beckum in North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany), Folgaria in Italy , La Celle-Saint-Cloud in France ; as well as Grodków , Tolkmicko and
20-734: The Vorpommernbahn or “West Pomeranian Railway”. The UBB is a member of the Fare Association of Federal and Non-Federal Railways in Germany ( Tarifverband der Bundeseigenen und Nichtbundeseigenen Eisenbahnen in Deutschland ) or TBNE, albeit without voting rights, because it belongs to Deutsche Bahn. Heringsdorf The municipality was formed in January 2005 out of the former municipalities of Heringsdorf, Ahlbeck and Bansin . Until January 2006,
25-613: The municipality was called Dreikaiserbäder , literally meaning Three Imperial Spas , a reference to several vacation visits of the German emperor Wilhelm II until 1918. For the same reason, the fine sandy beach stretching about 12 km (7.5 mi) from Bansin over Heringsdorf to Ahlbeck and Swinemünde (nowadays a Polish spa), is also called Kaiserstrand (Imperial Beach). The continuous Baltic Sea beach of Usedom Island has an overall length of exactly 40 km (25 mi) and an average width of 40 m (130 ft). Tourism
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