Top 13 Natural Monuments around Behrenhoff

For several years now, there has been a refuge here for the important little helpers in the landscape of fields and meadows: the wild bees. The hill was pushed up by the agricultural company and is kept clear by the kindergarten group in Guest, because these bees and bumblebees don't like vegetation. They prefer full sun and sand so that they can build breeding tubes and their eggs can develop well. They are therefore typical open land species and live in lean grassland, ruderal areas and fallow land with a corresponding supply of wild flowers. Until 2023, they were able to visit plenty of flowers on the lean meadow or fallow land here. In spring and early summer, on sunny days, you're sure to find a few sand bees to observe. On the other side of the path you can find wild flowers. More information on the board at the other end of the path just before the edge of town. More information about wild bees, including in gardens and parks: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandbienen https://www.deutschland-summt.de/wildbienenarten.html

The Credner facilities are located in the immediate vicinity of the Greifswald Zoo. The park was donated by the German geologist and geographer Rudolf Credner, who went down in history as an associate professor at the University of Greifswald. He was also the founder of the Geographical Society of Greifswald, which erected a monument to him in the Credner complex in 1912. You can take beautiful walks in the spacious park. There is also a small pond here, which gives the place an idyllic ambience. https://www.online-destination.de/deutschland/greifswald/credner-anlagen.html#google_vignette

Today's Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Gymnasium is one of the oldest in Germany and was founded in 1561 as Schola Senatoria (council school) by combining the three local trivial schools and housed in a wing of the “Gray Monastery” - this was the name of the Franciscan monastery that was abandoned after the Reformation Greifswald. With the new curriculum introduced in 1816 after the transfer of Swedish Pomerania to Prussia, the institution took on the character of a learned school. Around 1820 the school was converted into a grammar school. In 1848 a real department was opened. Because of the increasing number of students, the current building on Wall was moved into in 1870. In 1913, the high school was transferred from municipal to Prussian administration and was later included in the group of 17 educational institutions of particular importance to the state. Since 1937 the high school was called “Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Schule”. (Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich-Ludwig-Jahn-Gymnasium_Greifswald) In front of the building on Dietrich-Bonhoeffer-Platz there is an oak tree as a (natural) monument. Across the street is the Russian Cemetery. Honorary cemetery for at least 24 fallen members of the Red Army.

Landscape park with old trees and an eventful history. https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Landschaftspark_Behrenhoff#Schloss_Behrenhoff The landscape park is around ten hectares in size, the swan pond (former peat pond) in the southern part is three hectares. It extends from the northern edge of the village, where the old farm buildings of the former estate are still located, in a southwesterly direction. It is divided in two by the village street. The area is separated from the street and the historic estate village by a wall, which also includes the cemetery with the Behrenhoffer Church. The entrance to the northern part is dominated by the striking Bärentor, built around 1900. The two plastered pillars have coupled double half-columns at the front and back. They are crowned by bears with heraldic shields. The bear on the left holds the coat of arms of the von Heyden family, the one on the right that of the von Behr family. The park's rich dendrological stock includes a leatherbush tree, two copper beeches, a tulip tree, a red oak with a witch's broom, a multi-stemmed sweet chestnut and a multi-stemmed silver linden tree. There are also several lily magnolias and rhododendrons in the complex. In spring, larger populations of Märzenbecher characterize the park.

The Söllkensee was created in the 19th century by peat extraction in "Küsterbäcks Moor", a meltwater channel of the Greifswald terminal moraine. Today it is a natural monument and spawning ground for common toads and moor frogs. In the north-eastern part, the new siltation process is clearly visible. A cotton grass peat bog has formed here, which is partly forested with downy birches.

A lovely little park that also has a playground at the west end.

Very well maintained and crowded... busy and still beautiful. Illuminated in the dark

Very nice, well-kept facility. Well lit even in the dark.