On a cultural tour through Fehmarn

Culture and nature are a perfect match. So it is hardly surprising that a world-famous artist has worked on Fehmarn and an international star designer has immortalised himself in imposing buildings. Fehmarn has also an active and independent artists’ scene and you can attend a great variety of events, concerts and theatre performances.

If you are interested in culture, Fehmarn has a lot to offer with museums and galleries to broaden your horizons. Let yourself be entertained and inspired or follow in the footsteps of former islanders. Indeed, Fehmarn has inspired many artists. Ernst Ludwig Kirchner spent four summers here and painted 120 oil paintings. In the E. L. Kirchner Documentation Centre in Burg you will find evidence of his artistic work on the island. Lyonel Feininger, one of the most important painters of classical modernism, was also inspired by the island during a visit.

The medieval churches and ground landmarks, such as Stone Age long-bed graves, bear testify the amazing history of the island. With the Fehmarn Art Days, a special cultural highlight with art, literature and music awaits you every year from May to July.

In the course of the boom in tourism in the 1960s, the municipality of Burg auf Fehmarn decided to transform the Burgtiefe peninsula with its southern beach into a seaside resort. The Danish architect Arne Jacobson, who is still considered one of the most important architects and designers of the 20th century, won the competition for the project. Jacobsen focussed his designs on a combination of the worlds of experience and social life. And he sought to bring nature and architecture into harmony. For this reason, and in order to preserve the many open and green spaces, he decided in favour of a storey construction. In 1966, the go-ahead was given for the construction work, which spanned seven years - until two years after Jacobsen's death in 1971. Originally conceived as three to four-storey buildings, the three high-rise buildings were eventually extended to 17 storeys due to the increasing demand for space. Today the ensemble is a listed building.