The Darß Front Doors Path in Prerow, Germany

Very special front doors can be found on the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. These richly decorated and brightly painted doors date back to the 18th century. Since 2018, they are officially part of UNESCO World Heritage. In the small town of Prerow, you can marvel at particularly beautiful examples of front doors on a Front Doors Path. Fischland-Darß-Zingst in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania was not always a peninsula. Originally there were three islands, Fischland, Darß and Zingst, lying off the coast of the Baltic Sea. Fischland belonged to Mecklenburg, Darß a

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