Binz, Germany

Binz is the main seaside resort on the island of Rügen, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It covers 25 sq km (9.74 sq mi) and has a population of 5,400 people (2012 estimate).

Binz is on the eastern coast of Rügen. To its norch is the Schmale Heide, an isthmus connecting Rügen with the Jasmund peninsula. The area was first mentioned in 1318, and Binz was originally written as Byntze.

Binz's history as a seaside resort goes back to the 1830s when the Prince of Putbus bathed there. But it was only in the 1870s that sea bathing became a popular recreation activity.

View of Binz, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
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Since the reunification of Germany, there appears to be a revival in Binz's position as a seaside resort. Many of its former government-run holiday centers were privatized. A new pier was also built in 1994, replacing the one destroyed in 1942.

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Jagschloss Granitz, the hunting lodge in Binz, Rügen
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