Seestrasse, the main
street that runs from the train station to the beach
Bansin is a seaside town in the
Heringsdorf municipality, and the Western
Mecklenburg Pomerania region of Germany. It's one of the
more popular of the three imperial seaside
resorts on the German side of Usedom Island.
There are many fine homes with white fences in
Bansin and a beach with a pier. Bansin is
surrounded by forests and small lakes. The Schloonsee, a charming small lake is
just a few steps from the promenade.
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.
Bansin train station
Clock on the square that marks the main entrance to the beach
View from the beach on the square with a clock and the Seestrasse
On the promenade
On the promenade
One of the many boardwalks between the beach and promenade