Previous names: The name “Villa Strandburg” has been retained since the hotel opened.

Architecture: In the book “Pommersche Bäderarchitektur” (Pomeranian Spa Architecture) by Wolfgang Schneider & Torsten Seegert, the building is described as follows: A massive, three-story core area facing the beach promenade is preceded by an extension consisting of various elements, which can be divided into four main components: On the southern corner of the building is a two-story, single-axis extension with a hint of a hipped roof, which is continued to the north by a three-story gabled element, dominated on the lower two floors by a single-axis window construction. On the second floor, the arrangement of the windows dissolves into a two-axis design. The top is formed by a stepped gable embedded in the plaster. … Between the individual floors, the plaster is broken up by decorative bands with hinted columns. – The northern end is formed by a four-story half-timbered tower with a hipped roof. …

Year of construction: Around 1896

History/owners until 1945: On July 17, 1896, a construction notice for the guesthouse appeared in the “Rügenschen Kreis- und Anzeigenblatt” newspaper. The owner was named as Mr. Leue. This was the hotelier Gustav Leue, who opened the “Golden Lion” in 1890 as the first hotel on Wilhelmstraße (now Hauptstraße) and sold it to Gottlieb Buttermann in 1897. The “Strandburg” was listed in Müller’s Rügen guide in 1897. Gustav Leue recommended his villa with 24 rooms and 3 kitchens directly on the beach promenade (in 1901). Later, his wife Clara took over the business (1911 – Wwe. Clara Leue). She advertised with the following offer:

Villa Strandburg. Directly on the beach opposite the baths, not far from the landing stage and forest. Bright, large, comfortably furnished rooms with balconies and verandas. Electric light. Also apartment with kitchen. With and without board. Significantly cheaper in the early and late season. C. Leue (from the Binz guide “das nordische Sorrent” [the Nordic Sorrento] from 1911). In 1921, there was an administrator named E. Leue.

In the mid-1920s, Julius Brodke, a purveyor to the court, took over the house as a branch of the “Villa Strandburg.” At the same time, he ran the neighboring building – Hotel “Am Meer” (today: youth hostel) – as a long-established, elegant guesthouse with a wine and beer restaurant and garden terrace (from the Binz guides “Praktische Winke” from 1925 and 1928). In the following years, Villa Strandburg was advertised together with Hotel Am Meer, in the 1930s with the information: Owners: the Brodke siblings. It can be assumed that in the last years of the war, the house was used for the Kinderlandverschickung (children’s evacuation program).

GDR period: Initially, as in many lodging houses, refugees were accommodated here. In the accommodation directory “Ostseebad Binz Insel Rügen” from the summer of 1950, the house was listed as follows: Fremdenheim Strandburg, owner Liesegang, 10 beds.

In 1957, the family of Julius Brodke (according to his granddaughter, Mrs. Liesegang) sold the Strandburg to VEB Starkstromanlagenbau Halle, which used it as a company vacation home until 1990.

After 1990: As a result of numerous extensive renovations, only a few of the once distinctive features of this building, which now consists of four full stories, have been preserved. The original axial structure is partially reflected in the completely enclosed front, with a four-axis open wooden loggia construction in front of the building, supported by the protruding ground floor. The row of shops on the ground floor echoes the historical design with the curves above the windows (from the book “Pommersche Bäderarchitektur” by Wolfgang Schneider & Torsten Seegert).

The building was renovated after 1990. Today, the villa houses vacation homes and apartments.

Current use: Vacation homes and apartments as well as a row of shops

Photos: Boy Collection, Lutz Grünke, Binzer Bucht Tourismus Collection, Binzer Bucht Tourismus/Christian Thiele