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Update my browser now Integrator IBB Elektronik installed an array of tech in new learning spaces at the German university An Atlona OmniStream networked AV system is at the heart of a major upgrade to the learning infrastructure at Stralsund University which specialises in technical education fields such as engineering and computer science also chose an array of technology from Biamp The university hired a regional electrical contractor to run a network cabling infrastructure for two new but it needed to find the right technology partners to create infrastructure for the AV and IT system upgrades The answer came when a representative from Atlona shared a concept that connected with the university’s vision IBB Elektronik then brought the conceptual design to fruition Two Wacom Cintiq Pro pen displays contribute to a dynamic learning experience in each classroom Instructors leverage them as annotation devices One display is larger than the other (one Cintiq Pro 24 and learning content from both pen displays can be added to the network on demand through an interactive touch screen Instructors can also draw and adjust content before sharing An Atlona OmniStream networked AV system feeds that content to three ceiling-mounted Panasonic laser projectors flexible switching providing instructors to feed the projectors in any combination with immediate results The system includes AT-OMNI-111 AV encoders and AT-OMNI-121 AV decoders the latter of which receive and prepare the signals for presentation through the projectors The projectors display the content on a white wall behind the instructor’s desk and the instructor can choose the layout (standard mode cinematic mode and more) that represents the most effective presentation for each lesson said: “The AV system is managed by a centralised Velocity Gateway on the network with an 8in Atlona touch panel Content from the source PCs in the room can be routed to the projectors over the network via OmniStream The content is fed through one or more projectors depending on the subject and the goal of the instructor OmniStream’s fast-switching capabilities ensure that the instructor can switch between sources and display modes with no latency which creates a consistent learning experience for students free of distractions.” the middle projector offers wider image projection and will be used when the instructor wants to present information in what Bade calls “cinematic mode”; that projector can be turned off when the learning content is best presented through the smaller projectors at left and right with different content appearing on each Wacom panel Instructors can choose these and other projection layouts using an Atlona Velocity AT-VTP-1000VL 10-inch touchpanel which serves as the control surface for many additional AV functions in the room Bade added: “It is also possible to create an individual video distribution for any of the three projectors Some professors just want a standard template for educational lessons they can quickly call up and use across all classes Others want very specialised templates they can use with the interactive panels or individual layouts they can easily modify The Velocity control environment provides that flexibility to support different workflows.” The “individual video distributions” Bade speaks about often come from the Atlona AT-HDVS-CAM added to the back wall “This is the visual element that makes online education possible,” he said they can take advantage of six preset positions that will allow remote learners to see individual screens or a complete classroom overview It can also be adjusted to focus on the instructor during a lecture.”  Bade installed an Atlona Omega AT-OME-MS42 4×2 matrix switcher that is often used when a professor wants to bring his laptop into the visual environment or use other media such as a document camera “When instructors connect to the OME-MS42 switcher they have immediate access to the camera and That provides an audio and microphone solution in the smaller auditorium and the OME-MS42 can extra the audio as needed.”  The larger room features a Biamp Nexia DSP conference system which offers 10 mic/line inputs and six mic/line outputs The OmniStream system generates an AES67 audio stream to move audio sources on and off the network Bade continued: “We have wireless microphones with headsets and a cable microphone on a stand These and other audio sources are combined into the DSP to present clean sound for those physically in the room as well as for hybrid learners Instructors can also active different audio presets on the Velocity touchpanel.” The OmniStream networked AV ecosystem also supports longer distance signal distributions including USB connections from the Atlona camera and the Nureva system OmniStream AT-OMNI-311 USB to IP adapters prepare the signals for transport over the network and AT-OMNI-324 convert the IP signals back to USB at the destination The entire OmniStream distribution environment Bade concluded: “OmniStream is the reliable transport mechanism for all this longer distance traffic and really makes it possible to present visual content in so many flexible ways With a Velocity hardware gateway at the centre of it all to map and control signals the Straslund team has achieved precisely what it set out to do.” David Smith David has been writing about various forms of technology where he works remotely and enjoys life in the historic City he's spent a lot of time writing for magazines and websites about cricket © 2025 Future Publishing Limited Quay House England and Wales company registration number 2008885 Commissioning of "Rügen" in the harbour of Stralsund The magazine MarineForum is published ten times a year The publication of the Naval Officers' Association (MOV) is published by the German Maritime Institute (DMI) non-partisan and is neither directly nor indirectly supported by ministries or other German authorities This independence gives the magazine the character of a forum in which contradictory opinions are also discussed 20 Mar 2025 | 0 Kommentare ICC germany publishes the current situation of maritime piracy: Significant increase in crime in the first quarter The number of incidents worldwide .. and website in this browser for the next time I comment A brand from German Maritime Institute (DMI) e.V. 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The 2025 Speedway European Championship calendar has been revealed as riders battle it out for a spot in the 2026 Speedway GP series The four-round championship gets underway at the famous Polonia Stadium in Bydgoszcz before the action moves to German venue Gustrow on July 26 Leszno’s storied Alfred Smoczyk Stadium hosts round three on August 23 with the championship concluding at iconic Czech club Pardubice on the opening night of the city’s Golden Helmet weekend on September 19 Latvian racer Andzejs Lebedevs defends the SEC crown he won for a second time in Chorzow last September – a result which guaranteed his place in the 2025 Speedway GP World Championship He is joined in the competition by 2024 runner-up Leon Madsen who bids for his third European title and an instant return to the Speedway GP line-up for 2026 after being forced to settle for the first reserve spot for this year Last year’s SEC bronze medallist Kacper Woryna of Poland also qualified automatically along with Speedway GP newcomer Anders Thomsen in fourth place and Poland’s Piotr Pawlicki in fifth A further five riders will make it into the line-up via the SEC Challenge which takes place at German track Stralsund on May 31 riders will compete in qualifiers staged in Brokstedt (Germany) Debrecen (Hungary) and Mureck (Austria) on May 1 as well as French track Lamothe-Landerron on May 17 The remaining five places in the SEC series will be permanent wild-card picks nominated by promoter One Sport and FIM Europe EKSTRALIGA | VACULIK LEADS GORZOW TO DERBY DELIGHT ZMARZLIK LANDS MAXIMUM POINTS IN LANDSHUT AFTER SPEEDWAY GP & SPRINT DOUBLE ZMARZLIK TAKES SPEEDWAY GP WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP LEAD AFTER WINNING LANDSHUT SPRINT RACE The constellation of German shipyards built up by the now-bankrupt cruise operator Genting Hong Kong is gradually being sold off for new purposes The MV Werften shipyard conglomerate took form in 2016 when Genting bought three shipyard locations from Nordic Yards Genting's plan was to use these sites for the construction of its own cruise ships filling its need for tonnage at a time when cruise yard orderbooks were fully booked out with the onset of the pandemic in March 2020 MV Werften ultimately filed for bankruptcy in January 2022 triggering cross-default clauses that sent Genting Hong Kong into liquidation.  MV Werften's physical assets do not appear slated for bankruptcy purgatory The Wismar yard's cabin-module subsidiary has been snapped up by German life sciences company Eppendorf The new owner plans to use the facility to make specialized lab consumables made of high-end polymers Production will begin by the end of the year and the new owner plans to recruit and retrain workers who previously were employed at MV Werften.  The MV Werften-owned Volkswerft yard in the former East German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has been sold to the city of Stralsund where the yard has long been a mainstay of the economy The city paid $17 million for its 985-foot-long assembly hall and about 85 acres of space and it is setting up a "maritime industrial and commercial park" at the site with multiple tenants "We take the fate of our Volkswerft into our own hands," said Stralsund Mayor Alexander Badrow The city of Stralsund has already leased the main yard facilities to Norwegian shipbuilder Fosen Yard A/S which plans to use the Volkswerft site for new construction The hall can accommodate vessels up to 950 feet long and it comes with a ship lift capable of hoisting up to 25,000 tonnes Steel forming and fabrication company Ostseestaal has also leased a part of the site for use in manufacturing vessel hatches and other components MV Werften's biggest assets could become part of a grand plan for the consolidation of German defense shipbuilding. Oliver Burkhard, the CEO of Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems, told Welt in a recent interview that TKMS wants to lead in the creation of a "German champion" by joining up with competitors and adding new capacity.  The new "champion" could include a combination between TKMS and Lürssen or German Naval Yards Kiel as well as the acquisition of new shipyard locations MV Werften's former Wismar location is of particular interest "The shipyard would be suitable for any form of additional orders be it submarines or surface ships," he told Welt.  Top image: Volkswerft Stralsund (Martin Kraft / CC BY SA 3.0) | Copyright 2025 FIM Europe | Terms of use - Privacy statement | KG has been commissioned by Hafenprojektgesellschaft Helgoland mbH with the development and construction of an all-electric ferry The so-called dune ferry will connect the German North Sea island of Heligoland with the neighbouring island of Dune It will replace the ‘Witte Kliff’ ferry which has been operating on the approximately one kilometre-long route since 1997 and is powered by conventional marine fuel The new electric-solar ferry will be 15.2 metres long and 5.6 metres wide and offer space for 95 passengers The new zero-emission and fully electric ferry is being built by Ostseestaal and its sister company Ampereship we are realising another project for the use of zero-emission electric solar ships on the German coast,’ says Dirk Zademack the Stralsund-based companies have delivered very differently designed electric solar ferries which operate between the mainland and the island of Usedom on the river Warnow in Rostock and on the river Trave in Lübeck The ship design and engineering of the new ferry comes from Ampereship The ship has a battery bank with a capacity of 1175 kWh and a drive power of 2 x 125 kW It can travel at a maximum speed of ten knots Ostseestaal and Ampereship have become Europe's leading manufacturer of electric solar-powered vessels for professional inland shipping two electric solar ferries were delivered for Lake Iseo in northern Italy These are the first fully electric ferries in Italy The Stralsund-based companies Ostseestaal and Ampereship have built a total of 22 electric solar-powered ships for various purposes to date With the construction contract for the new dune ferry for Heligoland Ostseestaal and Ampereship are realising their 23rd shipbuilding project to date Construction of the Heligoland ferry is scheduled to take one year The offshore rig market recovery appears to have taken a pause with demand tapering off and marketed utilization hitting… Fast-growing energy demand is driving the need for technical support and guidance in new locations French energy giant TotalEnergies and OQ Exploration and Production (OQEP) The Mediterranean Sea Emission Control Area (ECA) for sulphur oxides enters into effect on 1 May.This will make the Mediterranean… we excel in creating stunning illuminated yacht names and logos and cutting-edge LED and fiber optic 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clear that it is not possible to reach an out-of-court solution supported by all stakeholder groups.” In a statement P+S Werften says it is seeking debtor’s self-administration in a bid to keep the available know-how in the company and to continue to build as many ships as possible The company owns two sites in Stralsund and Wolgast P+S Werften said it hopes that the sale of its Peene shipyard in Wolgast will be conducted within a structured investor process Danish shipping and logistics company DFDS A/S (DFDS.KO) who has two ro-ro newbuildings on order with P+S Werften has already expressed concerns over whether or not the vessels on order will be delivered Dominic Chopping from Dow Jones contributed to this article Sign up for gCaptain’s newsletter and never miss an update and updates delivered daily straight to your inbox In a move that could redefine the global energy landscape and eventually bring emissions-free energy to shipping Rolls-Royce has inked a deal with the Czech 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Subscribe to gCaptain Daily and stay informed with the latest global maritime and offshore news Stay informed with the latest maritime and offshore news For general inquiries and to contact us,please email: [email protected] To submit a story idea or contact our editors, please email: [email protected] For advertising opportunities contactEmail: [email protected]Phone: +1.805.704.2536 Essential news coupled with the finest maritime content sourced from across the globe The house in the German city of Stralsund was once home to a Jewish family named Blach and its leather business It stood through Nazism and the rise and fall of the Berlin Wall a married couple moved to the east German city which had entered a new era after four decades of communist rule creating retail space on the ground level and apartments upstairs the story of the Jewish family that lived there before World War II emerged from the shadows coaxed from obscurity by Friederike Fechner a cellist who purchased and renovated the home with her husband What Fechner found was a tale of tragedy and survival on a global scale At least 10 members of the Blach family were murdered during the Holocaust Some descendants believed they were the last of their family while others couldn’t bear to revisit the past in search of relatives It wasn’t until Fechner delved into their story that some Blachs learned they didn’t walk this world alone “It was unbelievable to go from thinking you don’t have any relatives to learning that there are at least 40 people who are alive and well,” said Christina Blake Oliver when the restoration project earned a prize and she was asked to look into the house’s history for the awards ceremony went to the Stralsund archives and learned the home once belonged to the Blachs Julius Blach and his family lived in the home and his family operated the leather business a year before Adolf Hitler became German chancellor; four sisters who were killed in Nazi death camps in Poland; and another son a lawyer who escaped to the United States before the war began “It struck me,” Fechner said in an interview via Zoom I have to find this last owner who fled to the US in 1937.” Fechner happened to meet a genealogist and told her of the quest to identify Friedrich Blach’s descendants the genealogist sent her the manifest for the US-bound vessel St which Friedrich Blach boarded in Hamburg on Aug Christina Blake Oliver’s brother and a professor at Columbia University Fechner e-mailed Blake and heard back two days later I am the grandson of Friedrich and great-grandson of Julius Blach My grandfather Friedrich and my grandmother Kate managed to escape Germany during the Nazi period eventually settling in New York with their children.” Fechner had brought the Blach house back to life and had now found the family that carried its name “It was totally awful to eliminate the Jews in Stralsund and also to murder them,” she said photographed family graves in the local Jewish cemetery she and her husband met Blake in New York City Fechner’s research forged connections with more Blach descendants who were awakened to their ancestors’ history She felt a duty to preserve the Blach family name Blach,” a reference to the Blach leather business Brass memorial stones honoring three family members were placed outside Members of the younger generations traveled to Stralsund to meet Fechner and see their ancestors’ house Fechner has also given lectures about her research but she knew the history and felt ashamed of what the Nazis did to Jewish people Researching the Blachs became a way she could support families who carry the scars of Nazi Germany The Blach story could have easily been lost remained fearful of the Nazis well into the 1950s and demanded that she be baptized as an Episcopalian “He was afraid that the Nazis were going to get me,” she said changed his name to Peter Blake and mostly refused to discuss his childhood in Germany he wrote that most of his relatives who stayed in Stralsund were “murdered by the Nazi government.” Oliver said she eventually discovered that she shares her ancestry with another Newton resident was Friedrich Blach’s sister and died at Majdanek concentration camp in 1941 said her mother took her to Germany to visit her grandmother when she was a toddler that is something that I can sit and cry about,” she said The family’s heartache is etched in some of the documents Fechner has amassed operated the family’s leather company until June 27 when his “wish to preserve the business for my sons did not come true” and he closed down He made a plea to his “deceased ancestors.” “I call to YOU that I have always tried to preserve your heritage but that I had to give way to fate,” Carl-Philipp Blach wrote His two sons died in Auschwitz and he died in 1946 Fechner’s efforts were recognized earlier this year with an Obermayer Award. The honor is administered by Widen the Circle an organization based in Dedham that seeks to combat antisemitism and prejudice where she discussed her research before an audience that included members of the Blach family On Thursday, Fechner marked another milestone with the publication of an online book about Jewish people who were born or have lived in Stralsund since 1856 The book is sponsored by the Initiative for the Commemoration of Jewish life in Stralsund A gathering of Blachs in Stralsund is tentatively planned for next summer though the reunion has already been postponed twice because of the pandemic Fechner concludes her lectures with a question she often fields: Why are you doing this This is her answer: “The most painful rejection of these innocent and individual victims would be in the continued refusal to remember — in forgetting Laura Crimaldi can be reached at laura.crimaldi@globe.com. Follow her @lauracrimaldi. Home Delivery Gift Subscriptions Log In Manage My Account Customer Service Delivery Issues Feedback News Tips Help & FAQs Staff List Advertise Newsletters View the ePaper Order Back Issues News in Education Search the Archives Privacy Policy Terms of Service Terms of Purchase Work at Boston Globe Media Internship Program Co-op Program Do Not Sell My Personal Information Europe’s newest mega-cruise ship builder MV Werften says it has signed of Letter of Intent to build two Polar-class luxury expedition vessels for Crystal Cruises The LOI was signed with the engineering company Foreship who will be leading the design work The agreement marks the latest newbuild deal in one of the fastest growing segments in the robust cruise ship market.  MV Werften said in a press release that the ships will be 20,000 gross tons and measure 160 meters long by 23 meters wide They will be able to accommodate up to 200 passengers in 100 suites and the same amount of crew The vessels will be built at MV Werften Stralsund with production starting late 2017 and deliveries from spring 2019 The company said the LOI covers parts of the basic design purchasing and production assistance of the vessels “We are excited to build a series of the world’s first purpose-built expedition yachts with PC6 polar-class designation,” stated Jarmo Laakso “Our own staff at all sites and other subcontractors have already been fully involved in this project Foreship has proven to be a strong and reliable cooperation partner in numerous similar large-scale projects and will be a valued support in addition to our own workforce.” MV Werften was formed earlier this year after holding company Genting Hong Kong acquired Nordic Yards’ three shipyards in Wismar The new shipbuilding group has already clinched orders for ten vessels over the next five years including the two 201,000 GT Global-class cruise ships for Star Cruises the company has some of largest docks and covered cruise ship fabrication yards in Europe and is one of only a handful of shipyards worldwide with the capacity to build the world’s biggest cruise ships Foreship is one of the leading cruise ship design and engineering companies worldwide having been involved in projects such as “Quantum of the Seas” for Royal Caribbean “Norwegian Breakaway” for Norwegian Cruise Line as well as “Mein Schiff 3” and “Mein Schiff 4” for TUI Cruises April 9 (Reuters) – A company controlled by Hong Kong-based CK Hutchison has invested $1.7 billion in two ports near the Panama Canal surpassing the amount required under its contract China retaliated against new tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump by announcing it would raise duties on US goods roiling markets and deepening a trade war between the world’s largest economies President Donald Trump's "reciprocal" tariffs on dozens of countries took effect on Wednesday including massive 104% duties on Chinese goods as the European Union prepared retaliatory measures For general inquiries and to contact us,please email: [email protected] To submit a story idea or contact our editors, please email: [email protected] For advertising opportunities contactEmail: [email protected]Phone: +1.805.704.2536 The Israeli military said it carried out airstrikes against Yemen's Hodeidah Port on Monday Vard has secured a new contract with Taiwanese-based Dong Fang Offshore (DFO) for the design and construction of one Commissioning… Incat Hull 096 – the world’s largest battery-electric ship – has been officially launched in Tasmania a 170-year-old French family-owned company operating across a broad swath of maritime and offshore energy… Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Tranquil Rügen, off Germany’s Baltic coast, teems with nature – and naturists, as Kevin Rushby finds on the third stage of his journey. Next week: MecklenburgWeek one | week two Can the contrast between Britain and Germany be more stark than when it comes to public nudity I come across it on my cycling tour of Germany’s largest island almost as soon as I pedal across the bridge that connects it to the mainland and the elegant Baltic port of Stralsund I’ve done just a few miles through shady woodlands and sleepy villages of quaint thatched cottages There are cycle paths almost all the way and I’m enjoying myself I emerge by the water and take a coastal path that soon degenerates into a boulder field I carry the bike to a beach that is a metre wide is a middle-aged man with a pot belly that is almost a metre deep and sun-ripened to walnut brown He is the only person I can ask for directions A typical village cottage in Altensien.“Guten Morgen,” I say I am beginning to realise that all over this country a dialect that is sometimes so different from standard High German that it is effectively a different language it’s Hessisch; a little way east there’s Thüringische It makes the linguistic landscape far more fascinating than I had ever suspected The lighthouse on Hiddensee’s Gellen peninsula a national park and haven for migratory birds.“Bitte I have a long-held theory about travel: that the best experiences come when you get lost narrow path that winds delicately through the trees for a mile to reach a locked gate I glimpse huge broad wings as the bird turns jinking around the tree trunks and then perching I have recovered the true path and emerge from the woods by a wheat field in which a marsh harrier is hunting Two deer pop their heads up from the wheat and come leaping towards me Traditional merchants houses in Stralsund.I’m discovering that Rügen has a subtle charm but it conceals all manner of wonderful things it’s the white sandy beaches of the south-east it’s the 18th-century Granitz hunting lodge the neat Victorian elegance of the seaside town of Binz and an aerial combat between a rough-legged buzzard and a sea eagle For my fourth day, I leave the bike behind and walk from the coastal village of Lohme into Jasmund national park Unfortunately it’s raining heavily and the earth track through the tranquil ancient beech forest is slippery I slither down to the beach – a remarkable place that seems to be made entirely from flints and white feathers This is soon explained when I come across large bevy of swans dabbling about in a seaweed bed under chalk cliffs known as the Königsstuhl (king’s seat) The flints get larger: some bigger than an average swan. I find a path eventually and scramble up to the visitor centre The walk back along the top of the cliffs feels epic and magical: nothing beats an ancient beech forest Grosser Strand in the south-east corner of the island.Back on my bike the next day I am never very far from refreshments of some sort Signs for fish are everywhere – smoked herring or a fish roll usually maybe served with some sea buckthorn relish brewed in Stralsund and poured into a curved glass resembling a sail The big open skies and wholesome rural life have long been an attraction here, especially for writers and artists: Caspar David Friedrich painted here; Brahms loved it; Helene Weigel, Bertolt Brecht’s widow, settled in Putgarten village; and Hans Fallada hoping to wean himself off morphine with its pure sea air who scour the shoreline for the fossilised resin that often turns up on beaches after storms sparsely inhabited northern coast I lean my bike on a beech tree and clamber down to an empty beach I wander through the cliff-top woods and fill my pockets with delicious wild plums A boulevard of old beech trees near Kap Arkona.My final day starts with a 20-minute ferry ride to the island of Hiddensee On a sun-soaked day it looks wonderful: thatched cottages everywhere I’m soon hooked by this Baltic lotus-eater land myself Why didn’t I plan ahead and retire forever to a thatched cottage surrounded by heather and hollyhocks I have only a few hours to pedal the entire island finally running out of steam on an idyllic sandy beach in the south which runs hourly between Berlin and Stralsund (for Rügen) A “Stadt-Land-Meer” single ticket costs €27 Police patrol discovered the animal’s head outside Merkel’s constituency office in the Baltic sea town of Stralsund German police said on Saturday they found a pig’s head bearing an “insulting inscription” outside Chancellor Angela Merkel’s constituency office in the country’s northeast. A police patrol discovered the animal’s head outside the office in the Baltic sea town of Stralsund in the early hours of Saturday. Read moreA spokesman for regional police refused to be drawn on the nature of the insults saying only that they were directed at Merkel who was first elected to parliament in Stralsund 26 years ago The conservative chancellor has been criticised by many Germans over her welcoming stance towards the migrants that have poured into Europe over the past year The anti-immigration Alternative for Germany has been buoyed by concerns over the integration of the more than one million asylum-seekers that arrived in Germany in 2015 becoming the country’s third-biggest party Merkel’s migrant policies have also been contested by some members of her own Christian Democratic Union as well as its Bavarian sister party Please whitelist confidentials.com to continue to our site and enjoy an Ad-Light experience A GREY Baltic Sunday morning in Greifswald and I am setting off for Hamburg All along the train red-clad Polish football fans are sharing the same journey clutching six packs of Tyskie lager and flagons of vodka Ahead of their Euros kick-off against the Netherlands they are in good heart My cherished Hamburg goal is a painting of a faceless frock-coated man gazing out over a sea of mist Tread carefully along the tracery of footpaths into the deep forest If you are very lucky you might spot a white-tailed eagle or peregrine falcon is also the birthplace of Romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich A view of Der Wanderer über dem Nebelmeer (1818) in the Hamburger Kunsthalle is the perfect way to celebrate the 250th anniversary of one of Germany’s greatest artists numinous images etch themselves into your brain Not least for being a very different destination from the over-heated Med Anyone for herring and schnapps and bracing encounters with ancient forests pristine beaches and spectacular white cliffs A fair percentage make it to the chalk cliffs of Königsstuhl (King’s Chair) On our visit the heritage centre’s 185m skywalk A major reason for being here is the Friedrich painting the spot inspired In stark contrast to today’s ticketed tourism the work’s trio of figures are once more looking away – out into an infinite Baltic seascape who after early acclaim died in ill health and  penury Still the effort is made to make him ‘sexier’ Friedrich married late and in 1818 brought his much younger wife Caroline from their Dresden home for a honeymoon on his hallowed turf So our guided tour features a lass in period costume as Frau Friedrich who leads us to the view that inspired Chalk Cliffs Friedrich always sketched landscapes and then ‘arranged’ them later on canvas so you never get Impressionist-style replicas.  Nature is its own masterpiece in this neck of the woods Königsstuhl is inside the Jasmund National Park much of it populated by one of Europe’s few remaining beech forests 4,000 years ago these primeval trees covered swathes of Europe Nowadays this is a landscape to be protected but alongside there is heath and marsh and fecund water filled-hollows All this is home for an abundance of rare plants – notably lady’s slipper orchids plus giant horsetail and coralroot bittercress (no I couldn’t identify them either) so proceed with caution if you clamber down to the shingle a spring thaw caused a huge landslide at Wissower Klinken washing up the fossilised resin used in jewellery making Another Rügen treasure (this one nutritional) grows in abundance close to the Cape Arkona lighthouse complex on the island’s rugged northern tip The approach to Rügen gives no clue to all these riches arable landscape runs for miles after you’ve crossed over on the soaring Rügenbrücke road bridge from the mainland It initially feels a let-down after historic Stralsund.  In the Old Town alone there are over 800 listed buildings many dating back to the 14th century  – its trio of great churches Marienkirche and Nikolaikirche,  and the turreted Rathaus (13th century town hall) to smaller domestic gems.  It proudly bears the plaque ‘Europäische Route der Backsteingotik’ (European Trail of Brick Gothic) Such intense red brickwork is found all over the Stralsund including the remains of the defensive ramparts that secured the port’s strategic status across centuries.  For 200 years the Lutheran Swedish held onto it until Prussia prevailed What were once moats have swollen into lakes that surround the town on the three sides that don’t front onto the Strelasund Bay. It’s lovely to walk the parkland paths. Head for the harbour front past the ferries taking walkers out to the car-free holiday island of Hiddensee. Beyond the teeming marina and Gorch Fock I, a 1933 tall ship, you’ll come to the Ozeaneum Built 15 years ago as the main attraction of the German Oceanographic Museum it’s a swirling white counterpoint to all that brick Its educational focus is on the sea life of the North Sea and the Baltic So its 39 large aquaria are home to 7,000 animals from around those seas and it also features the world's largest exhibition devoted to whales the roof terrace offers not just the best view of the spired townscape but also a 10-strong colony of Humboldt penguins.  We lunched next door at buzzing Speicher 8 where we sampled surprisingly good white wine from Rügen with fish soup and soused herring were all doing a roaring trade in smoked fish rolls and locally brewed Störtebeker beer.  And it’s not just salt water codfish and herring you’ll find in this stretch of coast zander and perch appear on menus because of the phenomenon known as ‘Bodden’ I was paying attention to our guide in the Ozeaneum At this far end of the Baltic bodden are a kind of briny offshore lagoon where fresh water from the mainland meets salt water from the sea The Bay of Greifswald is that kind of low-salinity fishing spot… The handsome sailing ship is normally berthed on the Greifswald quayside beside the Fangenturm, a remnant of the medieval fortifications. From here it is a 10 walk up the hill to Greifswald’s main commercial drag, Langestrasse. There you’ll find the Caspar David Friedrich Centre.  from a family of candlemakers and soap boilers He was baptised in the nearby Cathedral of St Nicholas and his Christian faith bolstered him after tragedy struck he was ice skating with his 13-year-old brother Christoffer when the ice broke and Caspar fell through Christoffer dragged him free but in doing so drowned himself.  For fans the museum in his birthplace is well done, but there is a more vivid feeling of the artist in Greifswald’s outstanding Pomeranian State Museum with several exhibitions celebrating the anniversary year plus a gift shop where you can purchase Friedrich-branded wine and whisky Most of the artist’s major works can be found in Berlin but the gallery here has some exquisite examples including Ruins of Eldena in the Giant Mountains.  We visited the 13th century Cistercian abbey of that name that inspired the painting – it's near Wieck – but the atmospheric ruins among ancient oaks were populated on that particular Saturday afternoon by a Medieval Fayre whose tangled history is brilliantly charted in the eponymous museum As both small scale manufacturer and cutting edge restaurant Like Stralsund Greifswald is dominated by three churches – here nicknamed Little Jacob, Long Michael and Fat Mary (the Marienkirche with an amazing Renaissance pulpit homage to Luther and his ilk). The vast square of the Marktplatz has its own riot of brick and gables. I’d suggest booking into the Störtebeker Braugasthaus at No.13.  for dunkelbier and classic North German dishes in the 14th century Klaus Störtebeker was the leader of ‘The Victual Brothers’ a gang of Baltic pirates preying on Hanseatic merchantmen Eventually Störtebeker was hunted down and IN Stralsund he stayed at the Maakt Aparthotel, Tribseer Str. 22, 18439 and, just outside Greifswald, at the Hotel Stettinher Hof For all German tourism information visit this official link There are Caspar David Friedrich anniversary events across Germany until the end of 2024 Looking for a little lift through your letterbox Summer’s exhibitions provide opportunity to be immersed in work of the masters Co-founder of Bongo’s Bingo talks to us ahead of this weekend’s 10th birthday celebrations at.. Harley Young shares a handful of the best music festivals from across the continent tFollow me on Twitter @mbytimeinc gFollow us on Google+ Italian world Formula I circuit racing champion Guido Cappellini maintained his run of winning success at Stralsund on 4 August with his victory in the German Grand Prix Cappellini (Dac/Mercury) has now won five of the six rounds held so far and with a total score of 100 championship points with five rounds remaining it’s difficult to see how he can be toppled from his quest for a seventh world title window._taboolaSlots=window._taboolaSlots||[];window._taboolaSlots.push({"mode":"thumbnails-a-mid","container":"taboola-mid-article","placement":"Mid Article","target_type":"mix"}); Trailing 54-points behind is his nearest championship rival The French driver would have to win the next three races without Cappellini finishing at all to have any chance of turning the tables in his favour; given the Italian’s past record it is highly unlikely collecting pole position by setting the fastest lap in pre-race practice it was a performance he could not repeat in the Grand Prix He set the speed after reverting to his original Seebold rig following a disappointing performance with his new UAE-built hull Unfortunately he was unable to repeat his success in the race itself Gillman was not the only one to suffer disappointment The event became a race of attrition with only six of the 19 boats in the line-up taking the finishing flag Third slot was filled by Duarte Benavente (Burgess/Mercury) from Portugal who crossed the line two laps behind the overall winner An armed man is spotted in downtown Stralsund People react in horror – the shootings on the town hall square last year have not yet been forgotten He barricades himself in a souvenir store on the main shopping street Then the police are called to a crime scene Shots have been fired in the apartment of a family of three – father The body of a middle-aged man lies in their blood the dead man is not the head of the family but the father is quickly discovered: he is the silent suspect in police custody Almost all the circumstances of the crime speak against a family drama When the identification service presents its results Inspector Morolf sees the light – but initially remains silent The dead man is a colleague from the drug investigation unit in Frankfurt/Oder Thanks to the information from Brandenburg a first picture comes together: The family was in witness protection The background is an important statement in a trial against the drug mafia But it was not the silent man in the interrogation room who was supposed to testify – but his missing wife According to information from the LKA Brandenburg In addition to Katharina Wackernagel as Inspector Nina Petersen Wanja Mues and Andreas Schröders play the other team members Lars-Gunnar Lotz directs from a book by Sven Poser It is produced by Network Movie Film- und Fernsehproduktion GmbH & Co Filming took place in November 2015 in Stralsund Site developed by     Copyright © Yedioth Internet Specify the source of ""www.vietravel.com"" ® when using the information from this website Business license number: 0300465937 issued by Department of Planning and Investment of Ho Chi Minh City on 27 September 2010 Inbound And Outbound Tour Operator Licence No: 79-234/2014/TCDL-GP LHQT