The best traffic-free bike rides around Demmin

Rarely fully preserved ensemble: Late Baroque symmetrical farmyard with six buildings in front around a courtyard paved with fieldstones, stable, riding hall, park and remains of the medieval castle complex (Schlossberg an der Tollense as a protected monument). This makes the complex a special feature among the country's manor complexes.

Verchen and Kummerower See offer a quiet, nature-oriented combination of medieval history (battle, monastery, church) and an intact lake landscape – ideal for nature and water sports enthusiasts, cyclists, and anyone who wants to experience something away from the main tourist crowds.

The Kummerower See lies only about 0.2–0.3 m above sea level (parts of the surroundings even below). Through the Peene (the "Amazon of the North"), seawater can even penetrate at high Baltic Sea water levels and reverse the flow direction. Previously, the lake was also called "Große Peene".

Der Zusammenfluss von Tollense und Peene bei Haus Demmin liegt südöstlich der Hansestadt Demmin und bildet einen zentralen Punkt des sogenannten „Dreistromlands“ (Peene, Tollense und kurz danach die Trebel).

The Swan Pond was created around 1935. Since then, the facility has served for recreation in various forms, but lost its attractiveness over the decades. From February 2017 to December 2018, the area was comprehensively redesigned.

1. Lübecker Speicher (ca. 1815) The oldest of the three. It is a slender, rectangular half-timbered building with four storage floors and a mansard roof made of beaver-tail tiles. The historical hoisting technology and fill height markings for various types of grain have been preserved. In 1910, a single-story extension was added to the west. 2. Berliner Speicher (1900) A four-story, brick-clad building with a five-story stairwell as a projection. From 1904 onwards, grain was also delivered via the Demmin harbor railway. The building is a listed monument, currently empty and in need of renovation. Cultural use is being sought (supported by the association "Berliner Speicher Demmin"). 3. Klänhammer Speicher (1935–1940) The largest and youngest of the three. The six- to seven-story brick-clad granary was built from 1935 for the wholesale merchant Otto Klänhammer and extended until 1940. It was one of the Reichseinheitsgetreidespeicher (modern concrete silo). For a long time, it served for grain storage (also with later added round silos). The city of Demmin has since acquired it and plans to redevelop the harbor area into a leisure and tourism zone.

Demmin lies in the so-called „Land of Three Rivers“ at the confluence of the Peene, Tollense, and Trebel rivers. Demmin joined the Hanseatic League in 1283 and was a member until around 1607. The favorable location on the rivers made the city a trade hub in the Baltic Sea region. Until the late 19th century, smaller seagoing vessels regularly called at Demmin. The harbor was expanded and the Peene deepened; around 1900, grain trading, a sugar factory, and other industries flourished here.

During the Thirty Years' War (from 1627) and the Swedish period (1648–1720), Demmin was expanded into a modern fortress (especially from 1641–1659 under Conrad Mardefelt). There were ravelins, bastions, palisades, and further reinforcements. In the 17th and 18th centuries, the city was one of the most frequently besieged and contested Pomeranian cities (apart from Stralsund).