The former summer ducal residence of Bad Doberan, about 15km west of Rostock, was once the site of a powerful Cistercian monastery. Construction of this magnificent Gothic church started in 1280 but the scale of the building meant it wasn’t consecrated until 1368. Its treasures include an intricate high altar and an ornate pulpit .
Trains connect Bad Doberan with Rostock Hauptbahnhof (€9, 25 minutes) and Wismar (€9, 45 minutes) roughly hourly. The train station is 1km south of the Münster.
A massive restoration has made every one of the cathedral's 1.2 million bricks look like new – almost too new.
Organ recitals, as well as choir and band performances are held from May to September, usually on Friday evenings at 7.30pm.
