Kühlungsborn is a seaside holiday resort with a sandy beach and a long promenade. One of the few old watchtowers on the border of the German Democratic Republic has been preserved here, and it is now home to a museum.
The city was founded in 1938 by joining three towns that developed as seaside resorts from the beginning of the 20th century. Previously, they were important mainly as small fishing ports and local craft centers. From the first years of the twentieth century, numerous holiday homes and guesthouses built in a style characteristic of northern Germany, known as bathing architecture, began to be built here. Some of them have survived to our times, creating a picturesque seaside district.
In the post-war period, the city was in the GDR and the local holiday resorts belonged to the state. The situation changed only after the reunification of Germany, when the most interesting villas and boarding houses were renovated and new facilities were built, such as the yacht port and Kühlungsborn Pier. A big highlight of Kühlungsborn is the Mecklenburg Molli beach train, which runs to Bad Doberan. It provides holidaymakers with the opportunity to enjoy the numerous sandy beaches in the area.
The 3 km long seaside promenade stretches along the sandy, wide and well-developed beach in Kühlungsborn. There are bars, cafes and service facilities next to it. The City Forest is also a popular place for walks.
The monuments of Kühlungsborn include the 13th-century Gothic church of St. Jana, a windmill built at the end of the 18th century and a former border watchtower standing on the border of the GDR, where the Baltic Border Tower Museum operates today.
