On 18 September 2008 invited the regional group Greifswald
to Landesschulgeographentag in Stralsund. In his opening lecture named Dr. Hans-Joachim Hacker successes but also to urban development in his hometown. Like many northern German cities of Stralsund is also developed from a fishing and Fährdorf) to a major port city. Favorable conditions were protected, the situation on the island of Rügen in a horizontal port.
charter of 1234 
1234 was the then Prince Stralow of Ruegen I. Wizlaw the municipal law. By trading Stralsund reached the time of the Hanseatic almost as great importance as Lübeck. The city was and is dominated by the churches of St. Nicholas, St. Mary and St. James, the imposing city hall and many houses that still attest to the wealth of the city. In the 17th and 18 Stralsund century was expanded into a major stronghold for the German areas of the Swedish kingdom. Virtually unchanged, the historic city core of its medieval layout and preserved until today bears witness to the construction of sea after Lübeck Law. www.quermania.de 
Thus the "historical Centres of Stralsund and Wismar "taken in June 2002 in the World Heritage List of UNESCO, but this was not the same as that for the renovation of the buildings necessary funds in amounts were available. The greatest financial support is from donations. In an extensive Internet presence are the two Hanseatic cities of their joint UNESCO world heritage. (www.stralsund-wismar.de) 
A guided tour of the People's yard, we were able to admire in its dimensions unique boat lift. The ships will be built at ground level in the hall, then pulled out and rolled on the ship lift and then lowered into the water. The lift is 275 m long, has a capacity of more than 20 000 tonnes and is capable of even 4200-TEU container ships of the Panamax class, which were now being made in the shipyard, to be lowered to eleven feet deep. The shipbuilding hall was to its completion in 1997 with a height of 74 m, a length of 300 m and a width of 108 m world record.
The initials "DH" on the shipbuilding hall available for the present owners Detlef Hegemann, who purchased the shipyard in 2007 for € 26 million (according to the Financial Times Germany) more info on: www.volkswerft.de 
Then we visited the first opened this summer, right on the dockside Ozeaneum a visit. The 2 ½ hours Tour of this impressive building became boring at no time and went by very quickly. Here, the museum presents exhibits on the basis of outstanding natural history knowledge clearly, especially to the Baltic and North Seas. A large part of the original made in-house preparation 
We got himself right in the Stralsund docks in the depth and saw how diverse flora and fauna of the inland sea. In the aquarium cavort in addition to known fish species such as flounder or fluke unusual animals such as the mitten crab. Helgoland is dedicated to a spacious tunnel aquarium to see in the next Tangfeldern large crabs and king crabs are. Thousands of herring and mackerel attracted the 2.6 million liters of water by comprehensive schooling fish tank in our eyes, 
avoid flash to get the grip of predatory sharks. Finally, we admired in a stunning staging several whales as reproductions in original size. The largest exhibit is a Blauwalmodell from the North Atlantic with a length of 26 m. In addition, a sperm whale subducting are fighting a giant squid, a whale and a humpback whale to be seen with pup. For more information www.ozeaneum.de Sabine Geisler 
