Ruins · Binz · Updated on 1 November 2026.
Koloss von Prora - Nordflügel 3 is a ruin in Binz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. This place has an audio tour of about 2 minutes, in English or Dutch. Within 970 m you'll find a public toilet and a bench.
Audio tour · Koloss von Prora - Nordflügel 3
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You're standing at Prora, on the German island of Rügen, by the bay called the Prorer Wiek. Look left, then right. That endless building along the coast is the Colossus of Prora. In total it was once 4.5 kilometres long. What still stands stretches about three kilometres.
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Koloss von Prora - Nordflügel 3 is a ruin in Binz, on the island of Rügen. It is part of Prora, a huge Nazi holiday resort built for workers. Construction began in 1936. The resort was never used for its intended purpose, as the war intervened. Later, several armies took it over. Today, parts of Prora have been renovated, while others remain as ruins. You will find it in Prora, on the Prorer Wiek bay in Mecklenburg-Voor-Pommeren. A place to learn about the history of Prora is nearby. The long sandy beach lies about 150 metres from the buildings.
Looking to the left and right, you see an endless building along the coast. People call it the Koloss von Prora. It was originally 4.5 km long, and about 3 km of it still stands. It consists of identical blocks in one long line that follow the curve of the bay. Every room looks out over the sea and is small: 5 by 2.5 metres. The blocks clearly differ from one another. Some have been restored and now serve as a youth hostel, a hotel or holiday apartments. Others remain as bare ruins. The information centre, open since 2000, tells you more about how the building came about and how it was used.
Hitler commissioned the holiday resort himself in 1935. It belonged to Kraft durch Freude, a programme that offered workers cheap holidays while subjecting them to propaganda. The architect Clemens Klotz designed 8 identical blocks, and 20,000 holidaymakers were to be accommodated there at the same time. Plans also included a huge hall, 2 wave pools and a quay for passenger ships. In 1937 the design won a Grand Prix at an exhibition. In the event of war, the complex was also meant to serve as a military hospital. When the war broke out in 1939, construction came to a halt. The 8 blocks stood there as empty shells. The hall and the pools were never built. After the war, the building was taken over by one army, then by a second, and finally by the Bundeswehr. In the late forties, 2 of the blocks were demolished.
The ruins offer few facilities of their own. The nearest public toilet is 794 metres from the ruins, and there is no public toilet within 500 metres. A bench is not close either. The nearest bench stands 971 metres away, on Fünfte Straße, and there are none within 500 metres. According to our map, you will not find drinking water nearby either, as there is no water tap within 1 km. It is therefore wise to carry enough water before you set off. If you want a break along the way, plan it at the bench or the toilet, where you can sit for a while before continuing.
The Feuersteinfelder, an attraction 1,201 metres from the ruins, is also nearby, so you can take it in on your walk. You can extend your route along the coast and make it your next stop. If you want to learn more about the place where you are now, you can listen to an audio story. It lasts 2 minutes and you can listen to it in the Outdoor Pitstop app. You can play it on the spot, while you look at the buildings. Put your phone somewhere quiet or use earphones, so you can hear the story well.
The nearest pitstop of each kind within 1 km, as the crow flies. No water point, bike pump or honesty box within 1 km.
37 well-known points of interest nearby, those with an audio tour first.
Hitler commissioned it in 1935, and architect Clemens Klotz designed it. Construction began in 1936, but the complex was never completed.
The Koloss von Prora stands in Prora near Binz, on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Voor-Pommeren. It lies along the Prorer Wiek bay.
Yes, you can view the buildings from the outside, and since 2000 Prora has had its own documentation centre. There you can read how the complex came about, how it was used and how it was exploited for propaganda.
No, Prora has not been fully renovated. Part of it has been done up with a youth hostel, a hotel and holiday apartments, while other parts still stand as ruins.
The Koloss von Prora was originally 4.5 kilometres long. What remains is about 3 kilometres, as two blocks were demolished.
The nearest public toilet is 794 metres away. There is no public toilet within 500 metres.
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