Putbus () is a town on the southeastern coast of the island of

Rügen Rügen (; Rani: ''Rȯjana'', ''Rāna''; , ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic ci ...

, in the county of

Vorpommern-Rügen Vorpommern-Rügen is a Districts of Germany, district in the north of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is bounded by (from the west and clockwise) the Baltic Sea and the districts Vorpommern-Greifswald, Mecklenburgische Seenplatte (district), M ...

in the state of

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern ranks 14th in population; it covers an are ...

, close to the

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. 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

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since 1997. Putbus was founded in 1810 by

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Wilhelm Malte zu Putbus as his town of residence and had it built in the

Classicist Classics, also classical studies or Ancient Greek and Roman studies, is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, ''classics'' traditionally refers to the study of Ancient Greek literature, Ancient Greek and Roman literature and ...

style, so that the town formed a harmonious union with the park and palace (''Schloss''). Malte also introduced

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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".

Geography

The town of Putbus lies eight kilometres from

Bergen auf Rügen Bergen auf Rügen is the capital of the former district of Rügen in the middle of the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Since 1 January 2005, Bergen has moreover been the administrative seat of the '' Amt'' of Bergen au ...

and is located within the

Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve The Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve () is a biosphere reserve in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, which covers the southeastern part of the island of Rügen (including Granitz and Mönchgut), the lagoon of Rügischer Bodden betwe ...

. The terrain around Putbus is undulating and the coastline of the Rügischer Bodden, on which it lies, is characterized by an alternation of flat stretches of shore with steep banks. The cove of the Wreecher See makes a deep inroad into the coastline. The subdistrict of Lauterbach, with its approximately 500 inhabitants, has a

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and

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harbour. Near the forest of Goor, Prince Malte built the first seaside resort on the island. The island of Vilm in the

Bay of Greifswald The Bay of GreifswaldGüstelitz, Kasnevitz, Klein-Stresow, Ketelshagen, Kransevitz, Krakvitz, Krimvitz, Lauterbach, Lonvitz, Muglitz, Nadelitz, Neuendorf, Neukamp, Neu-Lanschvitz, Pastitz, Posewald, Strachtitz, Vilmnitz, Wobbanz, Wreechen and the island of Vilm.

Neighbouring administrative units

Putbus is bordered in the west by the town borough of Garz/Rügen, in the north by Sehlen and the town of

and in the east by Zirkow and Lancken-Granitz.

Land use

For a town, Putbus has an unusually high proportion of agricultural land and forest that covers 89% of the territory in the borough. The land use by type is detailed in the following table:Statistical Office for Mecklenburg-Vorpommern: SIS Gemeindedaten für Putbus 2008
accessed on 31 July 2010

History

Until 1326, the area around Putbus was part of the

Principality of Rügen The Principality of Rügen was a Medieval Denmark, Danish principality, formerly a duchy, consisting of the island of Rügen and the adjacent mainland from 1168 until 1325. It was governed by a local dynasty of princes of the ''Wizlawiden'' (''Hou ...

. Mentioned for the first time in 1286 as ''Putbus'', it was the seat of a noble family of Slavic origin. The lords of Putbus had the same status in terms of land ownership as the princes of Rügen and were regarded as a collateral line. Later a

feudal Feudalism, also known as the feudal system, was a combination of legal, economic, military, cultural, and political customs that flourished in Middle Ages, medieval Europe from the 9th to 15th centuries. Broadly defined, it was a way of struc ...

dependency arose. Following the extinction of the Rügen princes in the 14th century, Putbus went into the

Duchy of Pomerania The Duchy of Pomerania (; ; Latin: ''Ducatus Pomeraniae'') was a duchy in Pomerania on the southern coast of the Baltic Sea, ruled by dukes of the House of Pomerania (''Griffins''). The country existed in the Middle Ages between years 1121–11 ...

. Under the

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in 1648, Rügen came under Swedish rule. In 1815 the place and New Western Pomerania went into the Prussian province of Pomerania. From 1808 to 1823, Prince Malte of Putbus built his residence and a bathing area in Lauterbach along the lines of Bad Doberan. As a result, in 1816, the first seaside resort on Rügen was opened. In 1817/18 Prince Malte had the Goor Swimming Baths built. From 1819 to 1821, the residence theatre was built and modified in 1826. The royal stables, built from 1821–1824, were home to Prince Malte's horses. Finally, from 1824 to 1853, he built the

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. The conversion of the palace began in 1825, and it was joined in 1844–1846 by the Putbus Palace Church. The transformation of the castle park began in 1804; the monkey house was completed in 1830 and the pheasant house five years later. The first civic house was built in 1810 as a small brewery. The residential houses on the ''Circus'' were built between 1815 and 1860. In 1836 the old royal ''Pädagogium'' was opened as an educational establishment. Today it houses the Putbus IT College (''IT-College Putbus''). In 1889 Putbus was given a railway link from Bergen. In 1895 the first section of the

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, ''Rasender Roland'', to Binz was completed. In 1823 Putbus was given town rights for trade and business; it was not granted full rights however until 2 July 1960. In 1962 the former Putbus Palace (''Schloss Putbus'') was destroyed by the East German communist régime, which considered it a symbol of Prussian imperialism. However, its

and

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s survive in the park. In 1818 Putbus became part of the county of

(for a time known as Kreis Rügen). From 1952 to 1955 the county was divided and Putbus was the centre of the county of Putbus. From 1952 to 1990 Putbus belonged to the district (''Bezirk'') of

Rostock Rostock (; Polabian language, Polabian: ''Roztoc''), officially the Hanseatic and University City of Rostock (), is the largest city in the German States of Germany, state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and lies in the Mecklenburgian part of the sta ...

and, after that, to the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. After the political '' Wende'' in 1991 the historic town centre with its ''Circus'', market place (''Marktplatz'') and town hall, orangery and royal stables, now a theatre, were thoroughly renovated as part of the

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and heritage conservation projects in the town. Today, Putbus presents an unusual, uniform white appearance. In 2010, the Upside-Down House (''Haus-Kopf-über'') was erected on the road to Lauterbach as a tourist attraction. The town is also notable for the small theatre and the Crown Prince's residence (now a tourist office and museum). The town is connected to the rest of Rügen by the narrow gauge steam railway known as '' Rasender Roland'' and by good roads and cycle tracks.

Climate

Putbus has an

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(

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: ''Cfb''; Trewartha: ''Dolk''). Putbus is located at the southeastern tip of the island of

, close to the

coast, and has a distinct maritime nature relative to the German inland, the average temperature in all months is above , and the summer is much cooler than inland areas. The Putbus weather station has recorded the following extreme values: * Its highest temperature was on 30 June 2019. * Its lowest temperature was on 19 January 1893. * Its greatest annual precipitation was in 2007. * Its least annual precipitation was in 1871. * The longest annual sunshine was 2127.9 hours in 2022. * The shortest annual sunshine was 1461.2 hours in 2004.

Politics

Town council

The Putbus town council has 17 councillors. The seats were divided after the last local elections as follows:

Mayor

Harald Burwitz (FDP) was chosen as Mayor of Putbus. The mayoral time in office is 7 years and ends in 2015. The town council have elected Monika Scherff and Thomas Möller as deputies.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms of Putbus was authorised on 9 December 1938 by the governor of

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and registered as No. 195 in the coat of arms roll of

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (MV; ; ), also known by its Anglicisation, anglicized name Mecklenburg–Western Pomerania, is a Federated state, state in the north-east of Germany. Of the country's States of Germany, sixteen states, Mecklenburg-Vorpom ...

Flag

The flag of the town of Putbus has two longitudinal black and gold (yellow) stripes. In the centre of the flag is the town coat of arms, two thirds of the height of the two stripes. The ratio of the flag is 5:3.

Twinning

Putbus has been twinned with the towns of

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in Germany (since 3 October 1990) and Rewal in

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(since 23 May 2002).

Culture and sights

Sights

Palace park

The palace park (''Schlosspark'') was laid out in 1804 by Wilhelm Malte I. in the style of a French garden. Later it was transformed into an English landscape park. It has numerous impressive views of the lagoon or '' bodden'' countryside. Structures that survived the East German era are the orangery of 1824, the royal stables built from 1821 to 1824, the

mausoleum A mausoleum is an external free-standing building constructed as a monument enclosing the burial chamber of a deceased person or people. A mausoleum without the person's remains is called a cenotaph. A mausoleum may be considered a type o ...

of 1867, the palace church built from 1844 to 1846, the parish church, the monkey house and aviary from 1830/35. Putbus Palace, which was once surrounded by the park, was demolished in the 1960s. The park also has other unusual dendrological specimens such as giant and ancient sequoias, cedars, yellow-blossomed horse chestnuts and tulip poplars. Attached to the ''Schlosspark'' is a wildlife enclosure for

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and

Fallow Deer Fallow deer is the common name for species of deer in the genus ''Dama'' of subfamily Cervinae. There are two living species, the European fallow deer (''Dama dama''), native to Europe and Anatolia, and the Persian fallow deer (''Dama mesopotamic ...

Orangery

In the 18th century a

pleasure garden A pleasure garden is a park or garden that is open to the public for recreation and entertainment. Pleasure gardens differ from other public gardens by serving as venues for entertainment, variously featuring such attractions as concert halls, b ...

along French lines was created at the initiative of Count Moritz Ulrich I of Putbus. The

Orangery An orangery or orangerie is a room or dedicated building, historically where orange and other fruit trees are protected during the winter, as a large form of greenhouse or conservatory. In the modern day an orangery could refer to either ...

or greenhouse was built in 1824 in place of the belvedere, cancelled in 1804/05, and an ice house (1816–1819), based on plans by

Karl Friedrich Schinkel Karl Friedrich Schinkel (13 March 1781 – 9 October 1841) was a Prussian architect, urban planning, city planner and painter who also designed furniture and stage sets. Schinkel was one of the most prominent architects of Germany and designed b ...

. The present Orangery dates to the year 1853 and was remodeled by Berlin architect, August Stüler. Until 1945, the Orangery was mainly used to acclimatize non-native shrubs intended for the park and to enable pot plants arranged around the ''palace'' during the summer to survive the winter. In addition the building was used for festive events. After 1945 some of the rooms were made available as accommodation for displaced families. In 1973 the town library and resort administration were housed in the Orangery. Exhibition activity began in one of the galleries. At the beginning of 1996 the main building was largely rebuilt in just 16 weeks and, on 24 May 1996, it was handed over to become the artistic exhibition centre for the island of Rügen.

Royal stables

The royal

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were used to keep horses and to store harnesses and coaches for the prince's family and their guests, as well as providing lodgings for the stablehands. The grounds of the royal stables in Putbus's palace park also include the riding area and the old smithy. In 1817 the first performance of theatrical pieces for guests took place in a

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belonging to the old stables. Following its demolition, the construction of the new stables was carried out from 1821 to 1824 in a Classicist style with 16 arched windows and three arched portals, probably to plans by Berlin architect, Johann Gottfried Steinmeyer. The eastern gable of the building is decorated by a tondo with an equestrian relief.

Palace church

The

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is a 19th-century, triple-aisled church situated in the palace park at Putbus.

Mausoleum

Originally the church of St. Mary Magdalene in Vilmnitz served as the family tomb of the von Putbus family. Not until 1867 was the present mausoleum built in the grounds of the palace park in a

neo-Gothic Gothic Revival (also referred to as Victorian Gothic or neo-Gothic) is an architectural movement that after a gradual build-up beginning in the second half of the 17th century became a widespread movement in the first half of the 19th century ...

style. The first member of the family to be buried here was Wanda von Putbus, wife of Prince Wilhelm Malte II of Putbus (1833–1907), in 1868.

Former Putbus Palace

Putbus Palace in the palace park was the former aristocratic residence of the princes of Putbus. The building was torn down between 1960 and 1964. The original site of the palace is indicated today by means of a few metal posts, that make clear the ground plan of the building in the current field.

Residence theatre

The old residence theatre, built in the Classicist style, stands opposite the park. It was probably built from 1819 to 1821 under the direction of the prince's master architect, W. Steinbach. In 1826 a remodelling was carried out under Schinkel's pupil, Johann Gottlieb Steinmeyer, in which gables were added above the ends of the building and over the

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. It was painstakingly restored from 1992 to 1998 and is one of the most dominant buildings in the town. Historically, the theatre was generally only used as a summer theatre. Putbus only had its own theatre company from 1952 to 1968. Today only visiting companies put on performances in the theatre with its 244 seats. Each year in May the Putbus Festival attracts visitors from all over Germany to Putbus.

Circus

buildings ring this circular roundabout, known as the ''Circus'', on which all the local roads converge. A clearly divided area of parkland fills the inner ring of the square, whose centre point is marked by a tall

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. The Putbus Circus is the last uniformly designed circus in Germany, which Prince Wilhelm Malte I of Putbus laid out from 1828, at the same time as founding the Pedagogium, based on the "Circus" in the English bathing resort of

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(Roman: ''Aquae Sulis''), and French gardens. In 1845 he had it developed in the period to 1845 with neo-classical houses. All the buildings that were erected in the time of Prince Malte I are still there, only their use has changed. For example, the Royal Putbus Pedagogium, which was built in 1833-1836 by Prince Wilhelm Malte I of Putbus to plans by Johann Gottfried Steinmeyer. This building now houses the "Putbus IT College". On the other hand, we have the boarding school wing (''Nebenalumnat'') of the Pedagogium, which was built in 1835 by the mariner, Wilcken. This building is now the home of the "IT Science Centre."

Former Putbus Pedagogium

The largest house on the ''Circus'' is the former Putbus Pedagogium. It was Prince Malte of Putbus, who wanted his aristocratic seat to have a higher educational institution with the aim of educating and raising the children of his territory. He had the house built at No. 16, ''Circus'', in 1833. The Princely Pädagogium of Putbus was built with a boarding school, canteen and gymnasium. In 1836, he handed it over to the Prussian state as the ''Pädagogium Regium'' (Royal Pedagogium). Until the Second World War, the Pedagogium was the most important educational institution in Western Pomerania after the

University of Greifswald The University of Greifswald (; ), formerly known as Ernst-Moritz-Arndt University of Greifswald, is a public research university located in Greifswald, Germany, in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Founded in 1456, it is one of th ...

. From 1941 to 1945 the National Political Institutes of Education of Rügen was housed in this building. After the Second World War, teachers were trained here from 1946 to 1975. At times, there were 200 students in training. From 1975 to 1994 deaf children were taught in the building. In 1994, the Charitable Foundation for Multi-handicapped Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-Blind took over the facility. From 2000 to 2002, the historic building was partially empty and left to decay, because the "Special Education Centre for Multiple-Handicapped Hearing Impaired" moved to a new building complex in Putbus. Since 2002, the Pädagogium has housed the'' Putbus IT College'', a private education and training facility for computer science professionals. West of the town is the so-called ''Primanerloch'', which was also linked to the Pedagogium.

August-Bebel-Straße

In ''August-Bebel-Straße'' there are still numerous single-storey tradesman's houses from the time of the town's foundation. Kasnevitz 2

Church in Kasnevitz

In the village of Kasnevitz is St. James' Church which dates to the 2nd half of the 14th century.

Bath house and Goor Woods in Lauterbach

The Goor bath house was built between 1817 and 1818 in the Classicist style. The bath house was named after the woods that of the Goor-Muglitz Nature Reserve near

Lauterbach (Rügen) Lauterbach () is a village in the borough of Putbus on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen. The village has a population of about 500 and lies southeast of Putbus on the Bay of Greifswald. Lauterbach has a harbour and a connexion, via a bran ...

Memorial to the Victims of Fascism

The memorial dates to 1978 and is situation in front of ''Haus Goor'' on the beacht at ''Lauterbach''. It commemorates the victims of the forced evacuation of

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in April 1945. The memorial was made by the sculptor, Werner Stötzer, with an inscription by the Czech author, Julius Fučík. After the destruction and theft of the urn in 1990 the site was re-inaugurated in 1995.

Church in Vilmnitz

The Church of St. Mary Magdalene Church is a Late Romanesque/ Gothic brick church in the village of Vilmnitz.

Megalithic tomb near Lauterbach

Between Lonvitz and Lauterbach on the ''Rasender Roland'' railway line there is a

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() from the New Stone Age.

Technical facilities

Narrow gauge railway
Putbus is today the start of the narrow gauge line known as the Rasender Roland ("Racing Roland") (gauge: 750 millimetre) running from Lauterbach via Binz to Göhren. This daily operating line was built in from 1895 to 1899 and today is mainly used by tourists.

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s of Classes 99.48 (built: 1938) and 99.78 (built: 1953) are deployed. Not until 1999 was the line extended to Lauterbach (Mole). Here the standard gauge railway line from Bergen to Lauterbach (Mole) was enhanced between Putbus and Lauterbach by another rail to form a

dual gauge Dual gauge railroad track has three or four rails, allowing vehicles of two track gauges to run on it. Signalling and sidings are more expensive to install on dual gauge tracks than on two single gauge tracks. Dual gauge is used when there i ...

track. In 1999 a modern garage was built to plans by Stralsund architect, Niclas Dünnebacke, that is combined with the light railway station. Transmission site
Near Putbus is a

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transmission site. This facility was used in GDR times to broadcast programmes of the radio station, ''Radio DDR Ferienwelle''. To 2009 it transmitted programmes for

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mode. The antenna of the 4 KW transmitter is a 51-metre-high, insulated, guyed, steel lattice mast with a cross-shaped roof capacitor at the top. It was built in 1960. The Putbus medium wave transmitter, with a frequency of 729 kHz, is the last of its type in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. In order to save it from being dismantled, in mid-2010 the media authority ran a tender to find private operators. As well as Pomerania the station can also cover Rügen and Usedom, as well as parts of southern Sweden and Schleswig-Holstein. Also worth mentioning is a

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facility with a special

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, that feeds date to the German Weather Service.

Regular events

From the Putbus events calendar the following regular events with large regional or national following are worth mentioning ntheit: * May: ''Putbus Festival'' – Music concerts at various locations in Putbus * June: ''Rügener Holzmesse'' – Exhibition in Lauterbach to do with the natural raw material, wood (since 1997) * July: ''Segel- und Hafenfest'' in the Putbus subdistrict of Lauterbach * August: ''Vilmschwimmen'' – Tradition-rich swimming competition on the route between the island of Vilm and the harbour in Lauterbach * September: ''Kabarett-Regatta Rügen'' – elite and talented up-and-coming artists of German cabaret in the residence theatre of Putbus (since 1997)

Transport

Road

The L 29 state road runs through Putbus, which, as one of Rügen's "tourist side roads", forms part of the German Avenue Route - the section from Rügen to

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. Putbus is also connected via the L 301 to the city of Bergen.

Bus

Regional busses connect Putbus to cities nearby, such as Stralsund and Bergen. Busses are operated by the ''Rügener Personennahverkehr''.NetzPlan Rügener Personennahverkehrs GmbH
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Boat

The former fishing village of Lauterbach which lies on the shores of the Rügischer Bodden is today a village in the borough of Putbus. From Lauterbach harbour various excursions are offered during the summer season, including trips around the island of Vilm in the

as well as lagoon cruises through the Rügischen Bodden. On 7 June 1993 a lifeboat belonging to the German Maritime Search and Rescue Service (DGzRS) was christened with the name '' Putbus'' and has since been stationed in the harbour of Lauterbach. The boat, known internally by the DGzRS as SRB 37, was built in 1993 by the Fassmer yard in

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under works no. 1261 and has the callsign DH 3.

Rail

Putbus station is on the Bergen auf Rügen–Lauterbach Mole railway as well as the

line of the steam train known as '' Racing Roland'' from Lauterbach (Mole) via Putbus, Binz, Sellin, and Baabe to Göhren. The common section of two railway lines from Putbus to Lauterbach Mole was equipped with a special dual gauge system for 750 mm and 1435 mm gauge. Thus, trains of both track gauges (narrow and standard gauge operation) run on the section in turn.

References

Literature

* BIG-Städtebau (editor): ''Putbus - 10 Jahre Städtebauförderung''. Stralsund, 2001 * Andre Farin: ''Wilhelm Malte zu Putbus und seine Fürstenresidenz auf der Insel Rügen. Eine Biographie über eine norddeutsche Gründerpersönlichkeit des 19. Jahrhunderts''. - 4th edition - Putbus, 2007, . * Peter Feist: ''Putbus – Stadt des Klassizismus''. Kai Homilius Verlag, Berlin, 1995, ,
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. * Andreas Vogel: ''Johann Gottfried Steinmeyer und Putbus''. Thomas Helms Verlag, Schwerin, 2003, . * Johannes Friedrich Weise: ''Zwischen Strandleben und Ackerbau – Die Herrschaft Putbus im 19. Jahrhundert''. Koch Verlag, Rostock, 2003, .

External links

Putbus Official Website
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