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Preetz
Town in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Preetz

Preetz is a town southeast of Kiel in the district of Plön, in Schleswig-Holstein, Northern Germany.

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Preetz is also known as "Schusterstadt" named after shoemakers who used to live and work in this town. Preetz has a population of about 16,000 and is the largest city in the district of Plön.

Get in

Getting to Preetz

From Kiel: 4330 From Laboe: 119 From Schönberg: 220 From Plön: 220, 4330

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    Preetz

    There are train connections from Kiel and Lubeck with routes such as RB 84 and RE 83.

See

Worth seeing

Preetz is home to 5 different churches. Its attractions are the town church and the monastery church founded in 1211 and is still largely preserved and worth a visit. Preetz has a Slavic ring wall and a tower hill castle, from which one sees (almost) nothing anymore. In Preetz there are a few Schuster monuments and a history museum, which is housed in the building of the old circus museum.

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    Heimatmuseum Preetz
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    Wohnwasserturm Preetz
Do

Things to do

Schusteracht. A hiking and biking path

Eat

Where to eat

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    Akropolis

    Bahnhofstraße 26, 24211 Preetz,.

How locals move

Getting around Preetz the local way

  • Get inKiel serves as the German ferry terminus for the ferries to Oslo, Norway with Color Line and Gothenburg, Sweden with Stena Line.
  • Get aroundnetwork (2024)]] Kiel has a public transport system based on buses and ferries operated by KVG.
  • Get aroundA common cycling route leads from the city centre to Laboe, followed by a ferry crossing to Strande, and a return trip to Kiel along the western shore.
  • Get aroundFor short trips, the bike-sharing system Sprottenflotte is available via the Donkey Republic app.
  • Get aroundWhen crossing the Kiel canal, you can go across one of several bridges (Holtenauer Hochbrücken, Levensauer Hochbrücken), or take a ferry shuttle.
  • Get aroundThe Adler 1 at Kiel-Holtenau is a small ferry that only takes pedestrians and bicycles; the larger ferries at Landwehr and Sehestedt also carry cars and motorcycles.
  • Get aroundAll canal ferries are free to use for everyone.

From Wikivoyage: Kiel, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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