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Putbus
thumb|Aerial view - the town is a prominent example of a town that is built almost entirely in Neoclassical architecture. Putbus () is a town on the southeastern coast of the island of Rügen, in the county of Vorpommern-Rügen in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, close to the Baltic Sea. The town has 4,741 inhabitants and is a significant tourist destination with numerous seaside resorts. It is the oldest resort on the island and has been formally recognised by the state as a resort town since 1997.
Key facts
- German location.type
- Stadt
- German location.image_photo
- Putbustheater.jpg
- German location.image_caption
- Theatre
- German location.image_coa
- DEU Putbus COA.svg
- German location.image_plan
- Putbus_in_VR.svg
- German location.state
- Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- German location.district
- Vorpommern-Rügen
- German location.elevation
- 50
- German location.area
- 66.69
- German location.postal_code
- 18581
- German location.area_code
- 038301
- German location.licence
- RÜG
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Article
39 sectionsContents
- Geography
- Municipalities
- Neighbouring administrative units
- Land use
- History
- Climate
- Politics
- Town council
- Mayor
- Coat of arms
- Flag
- Twinning
- Culture and sights
- Sights
- Palace park
- Orangery
- Royal stables
- Palace church
- Mausoleum
- Former Putbus Palace
- Residence theatre
- Circus
- Former Putbus Pedagogium
- August-Bebel-Straße
- Church in Kasnevitz
- Bath house and Goor Woods in Lauterbach
- Memorial to the Victims of Fascism
- Church in Vilmnitz
- Megalithic tomb near Lauterbach
- Technical facilities
- Regular events
- Transport
- Road
- Bus
- Boat
- Rail
- References
- Literature
- External links
thumb|Aerial view - the town is a prominent example of a town that is built almost entirely in Neoclassical architecture. Putbus () is a town on the southeastern coast of the island of Rügen, in the county of Vorpommern-Rügen in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, close to the Baltic Sea. The town has 4,741 inhabitants and is a significant tourist destination with numerous seaside resorts. It is the oldest resort on the island and has been formally recognised by the state as a resort town since 1997.
Putbus was founded in 1810 by Prince Wilhelm Malte zu Putbus as his town of residence and had it built in the Classicist style, so that the town formed a harmonious union with the park and palace (Schloss). Malte also introduced sea bathing to Germany at Lauterbach which is about 2 km from Putbus. The nickname of the place as the "White Town" (Weiße Stadt) comes from its white-painted houses, but it is also referred to as Rosenstadt ("Rose Town") due to the many rose bushes in front of individual buildings. The name Putbus is derived from the Slavic epod boz and means "behind the elder bush".
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