#steintor

Ständehaus Rostock (No. 1)

This construction, representing the style of Historicism, was created in 1890 using plans made by Grand Ducal architect Möcken and now houses the Higher Regional Court.

The brick building was the parliament’s seat of the influential political estate representatives in Mecklenburg, to which the nobility and towns belonged.

City Wall, Rostock (No. 2)

In the first half of the 19th century, Rostock regained much of its economic importance, due at first to the wheat trade, then, from the 1850s, to industry, especially its shipyards. The first propeller-driven steamers in Germany were constructed here.

The city grew in area and population, with new quarters developing in the south and west of the ancient borders of the city. Two notable developments were added to house the increasing population at around 1900:

Steintor-Vorstadt in the south, stretching from the old city wall to the facilities of the new Lloydbahnhof (Lloyd Railway Station, now Rostock Hauptbahnhof), was designed as a living quarter. It consisted mostly of large single houses, once inhabited by wealthy citizens.

Kröpeliner-Tor-Vorstadt in the west, was designed to house the working population as well as to provide smaller and larger industrial facilities, such as the Mahn & Ohlerich's Brewery (now Hanseatische Brauerei Rostock). The main shipyard, Neptun, was nearby at the shore of the river.

City Wall, Rostock (No. 1)

Large parts of the city’s fortifications, which encircled an area of around one square kilometre, are still standing today. South-west of the Gothic Kröpeliner Tor and up to the Schwaanschen Straße, the ramparts stretch out with built-in guard houses and a section of the wooden wall-walk.

From the stone gatehouse you can follow the wall to the oldest town gate in Mecklenburg, the Kuhtor (Cow Gate), which was first documented in 1262. A plaque in the wall by the Petrikirche church serves as a reminder of the town charter confirmation in 1218. The final remaining gatehouse is the Mönchentor (Monks’ Gate), which was redesigned in 1806 in the classical style.