Heringsdorf spa architecture

The 3 Kaiser Resorts on the Island of Usedom

The names of the three seaside resorts Ahlbeck, Heringsdorf and Bansin are synonymous with elegance, comfort and exclusivity. Like pearls in a chain, the lavish summer homes of Berlin’s high society of the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century line the longest promenade in Europe, creating a unique ensemble of resort architecture. To walk from one pier to the next is to travel in time. A journey back to the early days of resort life, a time when it was considered chic to stroll in elegant attire along the promenade, where "seeing and being seen" was just as important as it is today.

The location of the 3 Kaiser resorts

on the Island of Usedom

In den drei Kaiserbädern Bansin, Heringsdorf und Ahlbeck erwartet Sie eine Fülle von anspruchsvollen Übernachtungsmöglichkeiten. In den wärmeren Jahreszeiten pulsiert hier in den historischen Ostseeorten das Leben – und nebenan im Heilwald Heringsdorf finden Sie herrliche Ruhe. Eine wunderbare Kombination, um zu sich selbst zu kommen oder um gesund zu werden ...

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The air of Heringsdorf is filled with the song of innumerable birds, which frequent the lilac bushes and the branches of the pine trees shaped into fantastical forms by the wind. The elegant villas with their columns and outdoor staircases in the midst of the spacious park landscapes along the promenade seem almost surreally beautiful.

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Glowing red, the sun rises in summer behind the Ahlbeck pier from the sea. Then, when everything is still quiet and the day carefully stretches out its rosy tendrils, the Grande Dame is at its most elegant.

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The North-East wind blows through the crowns of pine trees in Bansin. In bizarre contortions, they have stubbornly defied sea storms over the centuries in the dunes. Nowhere else in the Kaiser resorts are the villas built in resort architecture style so closely juxtaposed with the Baltic as here.

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