page_title: Schwaan
section_title: Culture and Attractions
hierarchical_section_title: Schwaan / Culture and Attractions
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Schwaan, Wassermühle
context_page_description: Schwaan is a municipality in the Rostock district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is also the seat of the Schwaan Township, serving another six municipalities.
  The town is famous for being a traditional art colony.
context_section_description: Art Museum at the Water Mill: the Museum of Art present works of art from Mecklenburg. A special emphasis is put on the work of the painters Franz Bunke, Rudolf Bartels, Peter Paul Draewing (all from Schwaan) and Alfred Heinsohn (of Hamburg).
  In the market place is the war memorial for the victims of 1870-71, constructed in 1895. On its front is a relief medallion of Frederick Francis IV, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, created by the sculptor Hermann Hultzsch. The monument is crowned by an Iron Cross.
caption: Schwaan Art Museum at the Water Mill
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