page_title: Binz
section_title: GDR era
hierarchical_section_title: Binz / History / GDR era
caption_attribution_description: English: Granitz hunting lodge on the island of Rügen Deutsch: Jagdschloss Granitz auf Rügen
context_page_description: Binz is the largest seaside resort on the German island of Rügen.
  It is situated between the bay of Prorer Wiek and the Schmachter See in the southeast of the island. To the north of Binz stretches the Schmale Heide, a tongue of land which joins the Muttland region of Rügen to the Jasmund peninsula. The land to the south and east of Binz is hilly, reaching a height of over 100 metres above sea level.
  Binz is famous for its charming and well-kept historical resort architecture and the natural scenery, close to the Jasmund National Park and its chalk cliffs.
context_section_description: In 1950, the construction of the Prora complex was completed, and the buildings were used as barracks for the Volkspolizei (People's Police).  Later, they were used to house the Nationale Volksarmee (National People's Army).  The railway line between Binz and Lietzow was re-opened in 1952.
  In 1953, the government of the German Democratic Republic (GDR), in which Binz was then situated, initiated "Action Rose".  This was the name of the programme under which privately owned hotels, and guest houses were taken into social ownership.  These businesses were transferred to the FDGB (the federal body of the East German trade unions), and included in their program of cheap holidays for union members.
  After 1972, more holiday centres were built for the FDGB.  Between the 1950s and 1985 estates of flats typical of the GDR (Plattenbau) were built both to the north and west of the town.
caption: Jagdschloss Granitz (Neo Gothic hunting castle)
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