Map of Germany showing Bad Doberan

Bad Doberan is a town in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is the capital of the district Bad Doberan. Population: 12,300 (2001). Image File history File links Credit: Arne Klempert & Thomas Mack License: LGPL Source: http://www. ... Bad Doberan coat of arms This image has been released into the public domain by the copyright holder, its copyright has expired, or it is ineligible for copyright. ... Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. ... Categories: Districts of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania ...

Bad Doberan could be called a suburb of Rostock, since it is situated just 15 km west of Rostock's city centre. Today the town is a popular bathing resort, thanks to Heiligendamm, a district of Bad Doberan situated directly at the Baltic Sea. Rostock (slavic origin: roztoka) is a city in northern Germany. ... The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainlands of Northern Europe, Eastern Europe, Central Europe, and the Danish islands. ...

The area's first settlers were Cistercian monks, who founded a monastery in 1171. Doberan (its original name) remained a small village until 1793, when the duke of Mecklenburg founded the first German bathing resort, Heiligendamm. Doberan and Heiligendamm have been connected by a narrow gauge railway the Mollibahn since 1886. The town has been called Bad Doberan since 1921 ("Bad" means "spa" and is a common prefix in Germany). Cistercians (OCist) (Latin Cistercenses), otherwise Gimey or White Monks (from the colour of the habit, over which is worn a black Catholic order of monks. ... // Events Saladin abolishes the Fatimid caliphate, restoring Sunni rule in Egypt. ... 1793 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Mecklenburg, located in Northern Germany, was a duchy within the Holy Roman Empire, then divided, and after 1815 two Grand Duchies, then a state, and now part of the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. ... Narrow gauge railway employing steam locomotives for passenger transport on the German Baltic coast. ... 1886 is a common year starting on Friday (click on link to calendar) Events January 18 - Modern field hockey is born with the formation of The Hockey Association in England. ... 1921 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...

The classicist buildings characterizing the centres of Bad Doberan and Heiligendamm were all constructed between 1801 and 1836 by the architect Carl Theodor Severin. The most famous building in Bad Doberan is the cathedral or minster (Doberaner Münster, 1368), which once belonged to the monastery. 1801 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... 1836 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Events Timur ascends throne of Samarkand. ...