Hohwacht ( German pronunciation: [hoː'vaxt] ) is a municipality in the district of Plön , in Schleswig-Holstein , Germany . It lies within the region of Wagria and its subordinate parishes are Hohwacht, Haßberg, Neudorf, Niedermühle and Schmiedendorf. The village was first mentioned in 1557 as Hohenwacht .
6-515: Hohwacht lies on the western shore of the Hohwacht Bay . The nearest large town is Oldenburg in Holstein . Hohwacht lost its original importance as a port at the end of the 19th century as a result of the newly built railway from Malente to Lütjenburg . But the railway also brought the first holidaymakers from the cities, especially to Haßberg, where the first resort was built, although it
12-597: Is named after the village and seaside resort of Hohwacht . The nearest large town is Oldenburg in Holstein , about 5 kilometres inland. A number of nature reserves fringe the bay and there is a military training area along its eastern shore. On the western shore, about 1 kilometre north of Behrensdorf , stands the ninety-year-old Neuland Lighthouse which is used as a warning light by the military training facilities. 54°20′33″N 10°44′21″E / 54.34250°N 10.73917°E / 54.34250; 10.73917 This Schleswig-Holstein location article
18-457: The end of World War II a satellite concentration camp was located in the village centre. Here, 200 concentration camp prisoners and 300 forced labourers from 12 countries manufactured control parts for the V-2 rocket under SS supervision. In 1976, passenger trains were withdrawn on the railway. In 1986 Hohwacht was awarded the status of a Baltic health resort . One attraction is the beach huts in
24-485: The estate are owned by the Buchwaldt family and have been preserved and classified as cultural monuments. Originally Hohwacht was dominated by agriculture and fishing, now with its qualification as a seaside health resort, tourism is the main source of income. Hohwacht Bay Hohwacht Bay ( German : Hohwachter Bucht ) is a wide bay in the state of Schleswig-Holstein on Germany's Baltic Sea coastline. It
30-542: The village, amongst the dunes, which have been preserved in their original state unlike anywhere else in Germany. Emblazonment : In silver beneath a row of four red horseshoes with their points downwards, a blue hill, raised in the centre and gently flattened on each sides, on which is a single-masted, sail-less silver vessel in the form of a historic seal." The Neudorf Estate used to ship its grain from Alt-Hohwacht ("Old Hohwacht"). The manor house and several buildings of
36-541: Was closed again at the behest of the Neudorf estate. Immediately after the First World War Hohwacht became a destination for artists around the painter, Karl Schmidt-Rottluff , and his biographer, Rosa Schapire, as well as Bernhard Hoetger , Curt Stoermer and Heinrich Vogeler . Schmidt-Rottluff used Hohwacht as his holiday home, mainly out of loyalty; Hohwacht was not an artist's village. Towards
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