Discover Kessin: Church Ensemble, Crafts and Courtyard Festival

Kessin combines a historic church ensemble with lively offerings at the Torkaten and a specific bus connection to the boathouse of the Olympic Rowing Club. Those looking for a holiday apartment in Kessin can therefore get to know the character of the place through various interests: culture around the church, crafts at the Torkaten, an annual courtyard festival or the route to the boathouse on bus route 113.

Historic church ensemble with special details

The historic church ensemble in Kessin includes a thatched Torkaten. The ensemble forms the centre of the parish community in Kessin and therefore provides a clear cultural focus for planning your trip. Kessin Church was built in the 12th or 13th century and was first mentioned in documentary records in 1171. These two details place the church within a long history without requiring you to limit your visit to a single historical period.

The surviving features of the interior also make the ensemble interesting. Large sections of the medieval wall paintings in Kessin Church were restored during the 1977 restoration. The vicarage, which is protected as a cultural monument, stands northwest of the church and was built in 1696. This creates a focus for culture-minded travellers comprising the church building, wall paintings, vicarage and thatched Torkaten. When choosing your accommodation, you can take this focus into account if historic places and regional architectural styles are more important to you than a stay focused exclusively on activities.

Crafts and the courtyard festival as special reasons to travel

The Handwerkelei takes place every two weeks at the Torkaten in Kessin as a craft activity. This complements the building’s historical significance with a practical, contemporary experience. If you are travelling with children, the annual summer courtyard festival in the historic churchyard of the parish community is also of interest. The Kessin courtyard festival includes children’s games and the Torkaten Café. This makes it possible to combine a stay centred around the church ensemble with an event that explicitly also includes an offering for children.

The courtyard festival and the Handwerkelei represent different ways of experiencing Kessin: one is an annual festival in the historic churchyard, while the other takes place every two weeks at the Torkaten. This distinction is helpful when planning a holiday apartment or holiday house, as you can decide whether a fixed event date or a more regular craft activity is a better fit for your trip. Further specific dates should be checked separately for planning purposes.

Boathouse accessible by bus route

The Kessin boathouse of the Olympic Rowing Club of 1956 e. V. is also one of the destinations mentioned. It can be reached on bus route 113 to the Kessin, ORC stop. This information may be important to you if, when planning your trip, you want to take public transport connections into account alongside the historic character of the town. The connection describes the reachable stop and the boathouse; further routes, journey times or additional offerings are not specified by this.

Families can plan to attend the courtyard festival with children’s games, while those interested in crafts can take note of the Handwerkelei held every two weeks. Anyone wishing to include the boathouse can use bus route 113 as a specifically named travel option.

Compare other destinations

If you would like to compare Kessin with other destinations, you can also view Amt Carbäk, Satow, Amt Bützow-Land, Markgrafenheide, Niekrenz, Rostock, Graal-Muritz and Gehlsdorf. Kessin itself is particularly suitable for travellers who wish to include historic buildings, crafts, a local courtyard festival and a specific bus connection in their selection.

For the higher-level travel overview: Rostock.