Althagen
Althagen is a village and ortsteil of the municipality Ahrenshoop on the peninsula of Fischland-Darß-Zingst in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Geography
The Bakelberg knoll lies close to the steep coast of Althagen/Niehagen. At 17.9 metres above sea level, it is the highest point on Fischland. Althagen has a port on the bodden coast.History
The village has been a part of the municipality of Ahrenshoop since 1950. Until 1945, the border between Mecklenburg and Pomerania ran between Althagen and Ahrenshoop along the border road, Grenzweg.Artist presence
Well known residents of Althagen include the designer, , the writer, and the well-known artist couple and Dora Koch-Stetter. Koch-Stetter's 1911 expressionist painting, The red house in Althagen, is one of her most famous works to this day.From 1955, Fischland Pottery, was developed in their ceramics workshoops by the next generation of the artist family of Koch , artist and potter, Barbara Klünder, and her husband, the artist together with artist, and the sculptor and potter, .
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Notable people
- , illustrator
- , designer
- Dora Koch-Stetter, painter
- , journalist and writer
- , ceramist
- , ceramist
- , painter
- Barbara Klünder, ceramist