Heringsdorf and Süssau are listed as resorts in the municipality’s 2025 tourism tax statute. At the municipal level, the direct Baltic Sea location, a natural beach and extensive agricultural areas shape the area’s character. When planning your trip, it is therefore worth considering whether you want to focus mainly on coastal nature, outdoor activities or culture.
Coast and outdoor activities
The Baltic Sea coast at SĂĽssau offers relatively unspoilt natural experiences. A cycle path along the dike connects Heringsdorf with neighbouring areas to the north and south; it is used by cyclists and walkers. This offers different ways to spend time outdoors: nature experiences on the coast at SĂĽssau and a route that can be explored on foot or by bike. When planning, you can decide whether the route itself should be a focus or whether you would prefer to devote more time to other interests.
Art, architectural history and local specialities
Gut Görtz brings together arts and crafts and architectural history. The manor house was built in the neo-Gothic style. Exhibits include photography, paintings, pottery, amber jewellery and other handicrafts. Here, a clearly defined architectural style meets a range of art forms in one place.
The offerings at the farm shop, farm café and estate bakery also differ. The farm shop sells Görtz wholemeal bread, which is also served in the farm café. The shop also sells products with short transport routes and, in some cases, traditional recipes and production methods. The estate bakery makes cakes and savoury breads using old family recipes. Admission to the courtyard of Gut Görtz is free.
Farm life and regional dining
Gut Görtz has swings, a slide, a climbing tower and a sandbox; go-karts are available to use free of charge. There are ponies and other farm animals, including a farm dog, ducks and geese. The different offerings give visitors various ways to enjoy their visit, from arts and crafts and architecture to animals and outdoor activities.
The municipality has a lively dining scene, with restaurants and seasonal cafés. If you are planning to visit a seasonal café, check its specific opening days before your visit. This leaves room to include dining as a separate part of your trip planning, without conflating it with the offerings of any one farm.
Culture in the wider destination of Ostholstein
In the wider destination of Ostholstein, Eutin and Cismar Monastery offer additional cultural experiences. Every summer, the Eutin Festival stages changing operas or operettas as open-air performances. The Ostholstein Museum in Eutin features changing exhibitions as well as a permanent exhibition about Eutin at its height around 1800. During the winter season, Cismar Monastery in the municipality of Grömitz hosts concerts in its vaulted hall and presents changing exhibitions.
These cultural offerings differ in both season and format: open-air performances in summer, exhibitions in Eutin and Cismar, and concerts during the winter season. When deciding where to stay, you can first choose what matters most: are you mainly looking for the Baltic Sea and natural surroundings of the municipality of Heringsdorf, or would you also like to consider cultural offerings in the wider destination of Ostholstein when planning your trip? This can then help guide your search for accommodation.
Discover more destinations: Süssau, Scharbeutz, Neustadt / Holstein, Timmendorfer Strand, Ratekau, Altenkrempe, Eutin, Grömitz.
Go to the overview of the wider destination: Ostholstein.
