Festung Dömitz
Renaissance citadel on the Elbe with a museum on the history of the fortress and town, Fritz Reuter's imprisonment and the Elbe biosphere reserve.
Om museet
Duke Johann Albrecht I of Mecklenburg had the fortress built on the bank of the Elbe between 1559 and 1565; the plans for the pentagonal complex with five bastions came from the Italian master builder Francesco a Bornau. It was the largest fortress in Mecklenburg and is now considered the only fully preserved pentagonal Renaissance citadel in northern Germany.
From 1705 the complex also served as an asylum and prison. The Low German poet Fritz Reuter served the final part of his fortress imprisonment here from 1838 to 1840 and later wrote about this period. Military use ended in 1894.
The fortress has housed a museum since 1953, initially in the Kommandantenhaus (commandant's house), which has been closed since 2017 for structural reasons. After 1990 the citadel was extensively restored, and a reconstructed drawbridge was added in 2013. Today the exhibitions are spread across the Hauptwache (main guardhouse), Zeughaus (arsenal), Blockhaus and Remise (carriage house): they cover Fritz Reuter, the history of the fortress and town, the history of the border on the Elbe, and the bridges and harbor. Since 2013 the Zeughaus has also housed an information center of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Flusslandschaft Elbe (Elbe River Landscape).
Højdepunkter
- Fully preserved pentagonal Renaissance citadel with bastions and casemates
- Permanent exhibition on Fritz Reuter and his imprisonment in the fortress
- Exhibition on border history, the Elbe bridges and the harbor in the Zeughaus
- Biosphere reserve exhibition “Mensch und Biosphäre” (Man and the Biosphere)
- Recreated general store from around 1900 in the Remise
Permanente udstillinger
- Fritz Reuter und die Festungsgeschichte – The Hauptwache covers the life and imprisonment of the Low German poet as well as the history of the fortress and town from the 16th to the 19th century.
- Grenze, Elbbrücken und Hafen – The upper floor of the Zeughaus presents the history of the inner-German border on the Elbe, the Dömitz bridges and the harbor.
- Mensch und Biosphäre – gestern, heute, morgen – Exhibition of the UNESCO Biosphere Reserve Flusslandschaft Elbe on the first floor of the Zeughaus about nature and the cultural landscape along the Elbe.
- Grundlagt
- 1953
- Ejer
- Stadt Dömitz
Entrépriser & rabatter
| Voksne | 5,50 € |
|---|---|
| Nedsat pris | 4 €People with severe disabilities |
| Børn og unge | 2,50 €gratis til og med 3 år · Children aged 4 to 16 €2.50 |
| Pensionister | –No senior discount listed |
| Personer med handicap | 4 € |
| Grupper (fra 15 pers.) | 4,50 € pr. personFrom 15 people: adults €4.50, people with severe disabilities €3, children €2, school classes €1.50 per person |
| Familier | 12,50 €2 adults with at least 1 child |
| Annual pass, individual | 20 € |
| Annual pass, 2 people | 30 € |
| Annual pass, family | 40 € |
| Fortress tour with bastions and casemate (group) | 75 €approx. 60 min., up to 15 people, each additional person €3.50, max. 25; school classes €45 |
| Historical talk (group) | 45 €approx. 30 min., up to 30 people |
Free admission year-round with the EhrenamtsKarte MV (volunteer card).
Tilgængelighed
- Delvis kørestolsvenlig
- Elevator: ingen oplysninger
- Handicaptoilet
- Handicapparkering
- Servicehunde tilladt: ingen oplysninger
- Taktile tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Rundvisninger på tegnsprog: ingen oplysninger
- Letlæste tilbud: ingen oplysninger
- Synstolkning: ingen oplysninger
Access to the citadel over cobblestones, buildings with 1–2 steps; accessible parking spaces in the Zingel parking lot, accessible restroom available.
Børn og familie
Museet har ikke offentliggjort oplysninger om dette – spørg venligst museet direkte.
Transport & parkering
Med offentlig transport
No rail connection. Nearest train stations: Dannenberg (Ost) (approx. 15 km, then on-demand LSE bus across the Elbe, order at least 90 minutes in advance), Ludwigslust (approx. 30 km, then VLP buses), and Wittenberge (approx. 50 km, line 944 to Lenzen, then VLP bus).
I bil
Gratis parkering
Free Zingelparkplatz a few minutes' walk from the fortress, also for tour buses and caravans.
- Handicapparkering
By car via the A24/A14 to Ludwigslust, then the B191 to Dömitz. Own harbor with moorings for recreational boats; passenger boat service from Dömitz.
Planlæg ruteService & spisesteder
Leashed dogs are allowed on the outdoor grounds.
Arrangementer & udlejning
- Lokaler til leje
- Bryllupper / vielser
Civil weddings at the fortress (Dömitz registry office, tel. 038758 31636), in summer also midsummer-night weddings; the fortress is also used as an event venue and film set.
Planlæg dit besøg
| Rundvisninger | ja · varighed ca. 60 min. |
|---|---|
| Tilbud til skoler | ja |
| Fotografering | Private photos permitted, without flash or tripod; commercial photography requires permission. |
| Godt at vide | Fortress tours (above and below ground) and historical talks can be booked individually via museum@doemitz.de. |
