Gelbensande

Gelbensande
Gelbensande
Location of Gelbensande within Rostock district
Coordinates	54°11′N 12°18′E
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Rostock
Mayor	Lutz Koppenhöle
Basic statistics
Area	34.05 km2 (13.15 sq mi)
Elevation	8 m  (26 ft)
Population	1,646 (31 December 2011)
- Density	48 /km2 (125 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	LRO
Postal code	18182
Area code	038201
Website	www.amt-rostocker-heide.de

Gelbensande is a municipality in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is located in the Rostock district, near Rostock, Ribnitz-Damgarten and Stralsund. Four other villages are part of Gelbensande.

Gelbensande is about 8 km (5.0 mi) from the Baltic Sea coast. It can be reached by car on B 105 as well as by train (Rostock-Stralsund).

Hunting Castle

Jagdschloss Gelbensande

The Jagdschloss Gelbensande (Gelbensande Hunting Castle) was erected between 1880 and 1885 as a summer residence for Grand Duke Friedrich Franz III of Mecklenburg-Schwerin. After 1887, it was used as a base for hunting in the surrounding forest, the Rostock Heath. Because of the duke's marriage to one of the Russian Tsar's granddaughters, the Mecklenburg-Russian relationships can still be seen inside the castle today. The Jagdschloss remained in the Grand Duke's use until 1944. It was subsequently used as an army hospital, a sanatorium for tuberculosis, public library, veteran's club and a sort of hostel for construction workers. Since the German reunification in 1989/1990, it is owned by the town of Gelbensande and open to the public as a museum.

Wilhelm von Preußen, son of Kaiser Willhelm II of Germany got enganged to Duchess Cecilie of Mecklenburg-Schwerin in the Jagdschloss.

External links

• official page (German)