Bansin
is as popular today as it was over 100 years ago
when the German
Emperor Wilhelm II (Queen Victoria's oldest
grandson) used to visit it. South of Bansin is
the Schmollensee and several small lakes,
forests, campgrounds and other attractions that
can be found in nearby towns. Some of the best
known is the Dutch windmill in Benz that was immortalized in
paintings of Otto
Niemeyer-Holstein, who's atelier in Koserow was turned into a
museum, and by Lyonel
Feininger
(1871-1956), a leading New York expressionist painter, who spent
summer vacations on Usedom Island from 1909 until
1921 when he was studying art in Berlin. The 50
kilometers long Lyonel Feininger bike tour route
starts in Benz and goes through Bansin.
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