Heringsdorf Pier

{{Short description|Longest pier in Germany}}

{{Infobox pier

| name = Heringsdorf Pier

| image = Usedom-Heringsdorf-Seebrücke-Mai2005.jpg

| caption = Heringsdorf Pier

| official_name = Seebrücke Heringsdorf

| type = Pleasure Pier

| design =

| construction =

| length = {{convert|508|m|ft}}

| open = 1995

| coordinates = {{coord|53.9571|14.172|format=dms|type:landmark_region:DE|display=inline,title}}

}}

Heringsdorf Pier (German: Seebrücke Heringsdorf) - a pier located in Heringsdorf, with a length of 508 metres; stretching out into the Baltic Sea, on the island of Usedom; in Germany.{{cite web|title=Pier History|url=http://www.seebrueckeheringsdorf.de/|website=Seebruecke Heringsdorf|accessdate=16 October 2015}}

In the years of 1891–1893, a wooden pier was built in the settlement of Heringsdorf, which at that time was the longest pier in Europe. The locals on the island of Usedom called the pier after the German Emperor Wilhelm II (Kaiser Wilhelm Brücke). The whole structure of the pier was decorated and housed numerous shops and restaurants.{{cite web|title=Pier Photograph|url=http://www.locationscout.net/germany/1194-pier-of-heringsdorf-usedom|website=Photograph of Heringsdorf Pier|accessdate=16 October 2015}} In 1958, the whole pier was burned down by a fire. The current pier's construction began on May 27, 1994. The current pier was complete on June 3, 1995. The current pier houses a Museum of the Concert Shell, cinema, café, restaurant, fitness centre, tourist gift shops and a holiday village.{{cite web|title=Future Plans|url=http://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/Vorpommern/Usedom/Wirtschaft/Marina-Gemeinde-prueft-Machbarkeit-fuer-die-Region|website=Ostsee Zeitung|accessdate=16 October 2015|archive-date=3 July 2013|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130703182231/www.ostsee-zeitung.de/Vorpommern/Usedom/Wirtschaft/Marina-Gemeinde-prueft-Machbarkeit-fuer-die-Region|url-status=dead}}