Heringsdorf

Kaiserbad Heringsdorf
Municipality
Resort architecture (Bäderarchitektur) in Heringsdorf
Coat of arms
Location of Kaiserbad Heringsdorf within Vorpommern-Greifswald district
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Coordinates: 53°58′N 14°10′E / 53.967°N 14.167°E / 53.967; 14.167
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Vorpommern-Greifswald
Subdivisions	4
Government
• Mayor	Laura Isabelle Marisken (Ind.)
Area
• Total	37.66 km2 (14.54 sq mi)
Elevation	5 m (16 ft)
Population  (2022-12-31)[1]
• Total	8,425
• Density	220/km2 (580/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	17419, 17424, 17429
Dialling codes	038378
Vehicle registration	VG
Website	http://gemeinde-ostseebad-heringsdorf.de/

Heringsdorf is a semi-urban municipality and a popular seaside resort on Usedom Island in Western Pomerania, Germany. It is also known by the name Kaiserbad (English: Imperial Spa).

The municipality was formed in January 2005 out of the former municipalities of Heringsdorf, Ahlbeck and Bansin. Until January 2006, the municipality was called Dreikaiserbäder, literally meaning Three Imperial Spas, a reference to several vacation visits of the German emperor Wilhelm II until 1918.

For the same reason, the fine sandy beach stretching about 12 km (7.5 mi) from Bansin over Heringsdorf to Ahlbeck and Swinemünde (nowadays a Polish spa), is also called Kaiserstrand (Imperial Beach). The continuous Baltic Sea beach of Usedom Island has an overall length of exactly 40 km (25 mi) and an average width of 40 m (130 ft).

Tourism is the dominant economical sector of the Imperial Spas, with an increasing number of hotels and vacation homes every year.