Jan. 7, 2016: The Biggest Hotel in the World! Could you be the First Guest ?

How fascinating!!! Thank you for sharing this.

Do you know if there are any plans to complete the project, Garry?  Seems a valuable piece of property to sit idle for so long.  Surprised someone hasn't either developed it, or torn down the old buildings and put up something new.

I just read a rather detailed Wikipedia piece on this, and it really has a fascinating history. During the war, it was used for military purposes, including a hospital, and to house refugees from the bombing of Hamburg. After that, it's had a long history both of military use and various authorities trying to figure out what to do with it.

Its neighbors weren't happy with a 2008 plan to turn it into a super-resort, and it seems that at present 4 buildings have been turned into apartments and one into a youth hostel. Interesting design point: All the rooms face the ocean, with the land side taken up with hallways, toilet rooms and the like.

It remained under the Communist control of the GDR - German Democratic Republic - part of the Soviet Block.

It housed Russian and East German Troops until 1990.

After the reunification of Germany it was to be sold - but no buyers.

So now each block is to be sold separately. One block is a youth centre similar to the YMCA. Two blocks have been sold to developers.

The first of the new apartments are ready for occupation and on the market for 700,000 Euros / 900,000 US$ each !

Two of the original blocks were demolished by Russian Troops