Klütz
approx. 3,100 inhabitants
A major part of the plot of "Jahrestage" by Uwe Johnson takes place in Klütz. In the novel the town is called "Jerichow", it is true, but the descriptions of the castle, church, marketplace and railway station clearly fit the town of "Klütz".
Thatched farmhouses, old churches, bright yellow rape fields in spring - that is the "Klützer Winkel", the landscape around Klütz near the Baltic Sea not far from Boltenhagen. You should visit the baroque castle, Schloss Bothmer. The concerts on the castle grounds are a very special experience.
Historical facts
Already in the Middle Ages the forest of the "Klützer Winkel" suffered considerable cut-backs by large
clearings made in order to render the extremely fertile soil useable for farming. The rich harvests ? which gave the
area the nickname "Speckwinkel" ("fat angle") - could be shipped from the neighbouring harbours of
Wismar and Lübeck.
Until the 19th century only a few families were in possession of the land. Many a lordly estate built in the baroque or
classicistic style is testimony to those times past.
Boltenhagen, discovered in the 19th century by bathing tourists, belongs to the region and is an important seaside
resort which is as frequently visited today as it was in the past.
Fremdenverkehrs- und Informationszentrum Klütz
Schlossstr. 34
23948 Klütz
phone: 038825-22295
fax: 038825-22388
e-mail: fiz-kluetz@t-online.de
Internet: www.kluetzer-winkel.de