DEUTSCHLAND	GERMANY
Bundesland: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	Mecklenburg-West Pomerania
Landkreis: Nordwestmecklenburg

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The sea-side spa town Boltenhagen is located in the Klützer Winkel of the Boltenhagen bay (part of the Mecklenburg Bay) on the Baltic Sea coast of northwestern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The municipality has a population of about 1,500 (2005).

The first 'bathing cart' was set up on the beach in 1803. Boltenhagen thus is considered the second-oldest seas-side resort place in Mecklenburg (after Heiligendamm, which offered bathing facilities as early as 1793) and the third-oldest on the German Baltic Sea coast. The first Hotel (the "Baltic") opened in 1838, the more fashionable "Großherzog von Mecklenburg" followed in 1845. The well-known German writer Ernst Reuter (1810–1874) was one of the regular guests in Boltenhagen. In 1872 a storm tide devastated many inns and guest houses. Unlike Heiligendamm, which catered more for the luxury tourists, Boltenhagen was a spa place mainly for middle-class tourists. Boltenhagen ermained a popular sea-side resort throughout the 20th century. After the re-unification of Germany in 1992, many more new hotels and inns were built and the old spa facilities were renovated. The old pier (290 m long), rebuilt in 1992, became a landmark of Boltenhagen. In 1998 Boltenhagen was officially recognized as a sea-side spa.