Heiligendamm

Heiligendamm
Ortsteil of Bad Doberan
Seebrücke (pier) towards Heiligendamm spa
Location of Heiligendamm
Heiligendamm Show map of Germany Heiligendamm Show map of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Coordinates: 54°09′00″N 11°50′00″E / 54.15000°N 11.83333°E / 54.15000; 11.83333
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Rostock
Town	Bad Doberan
Founded	1793
Elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Population  (2020)[1]
• Total	175
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	18209
Dialling codes	038203
Vehicle registration	LRO
Website	Official website

Heiligendamm (German pronunciation: [ˈhaɪlɪɡəndam]) is a German seaside resort founded in 1793.

It is the oldest seaside spa in continental Europe. Heiligendamm is part of the town Bad Doberan in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and historically belongs to Mecklenburg.

The cluster of resort architecture mansions and spa buildings at the seafront are reminders of the glory days when this part of the Baltic Sea was one of the playgrounds of Europe's aristocracy.^[2] Due to the classicist white buildings lining the beach promenade, the town is also known as the "White Pearl" (German: Weiße Perle) or the "White Town by the Sea" (German: Die weiße Stadt am Meer).

Today, the area by the sea is occupied by a five-star hotel, the Grand Hotel Heiligendamm. A narrow-gauge steam railway, known as the "Molli", links Heiligendamm with Kühlungsborn and Bad Doberan.