Discover unique Christmas gifts from Greifswald and Usedom!

Discover unique Christmas gifts from Greifswald and Usedom!

Greifswald, Deutschland - Greifswald and the surrounding region offer a variety of unique gifts for this year's Christmas season. The Western Pomerania are rich in regional products that not only spread a festive mood, but also embody local traditions. The Ostsee-Zeitung emphasize some special gifts, including the Caspar-David-Friedrich-Puzzle, which fits on the solemn event of the 250th birthday of the famous painter. For gourmets, a gift set with traditional mustard varieties from the Usedomer Inselmühle is recommended, the recipe of which looks back on more than 150 years of history.

creative gifts and award -winning products

Another highlight is the handmade rabbit schnapps from Kemnitzerhagen, which was evaluated as excellent in a blind tasting and has already been awarded a gold price. This gin, which is made with herbs from the region, is enjoying growing popularity and is under hassenschnaps.com In addition, books such as Rainer Höll's tense thriller “The Heritage of Peenemünde” can be given that inspires with captivating stories from the region.

In this festive context, the Greifswald author and journalist July Katz is given great recognition. She was awarded the Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Literature Prize for her narrative "Annegret Will in Chicago". Katz not only receives a scholarship, but also the opportunity to deepen her work during a one -month stay in the Künstlerhaus Lukas. According to the jury, its story offers a convincing answer to the question of whether you should go or stay. The award ceremony took place in the Straze cultural and initiative house in Greifswald and shows that the region also makes a significant contribution to a culturation, such as Strelitzius reported.