Discover Burg on Fehmarn

Burg on Fehmarn combines urban history, church art and unusual insights into the island’s cultural life. Anyone planning a trip with varied interests will find historical walking tours, museums, art history and nature experiences here. When choosing a holiday apartment or holiday home, it is therefore particularly interesting to consider whether you would prefer to spend your holiday exploring Burg’s culture, taking guided tours or enjoying a varied programme of excursions.

City and church tours in Burg

In 2026, historical city and church tours through St Nicholas Church and the 800-year-old town of Burg will once again be on the Fehmarn Tourist Service events programme. The approximately 90-minute tour starts at the Fehmarn Museum in Burg, Breite Straße 49. In this way, the tour combines the history of the town with the history of St Nicholas Church.

The official audio guide tour offers another perspective on Burg. The route is just under 3 kilometres long, takes about 35 minutes and leads through the historic old town to the town hall, the traditional Senator Thomsen House, St George’s Chapel, the Fehmarn Museum and St Nicholas Church. The information about the length and duration makes it easier to plan your day without committing you to a fixed pace of sightseeing.

Museums, art and sacred history

The Fehmarn Museum is located in the oldest house on the island, the former pastors’ widows’ house dating from 1581. Its 23 exhibition rooms cover Fehmarn’s geological history and geology, the island’s eventful history, traditional crafts, the importance of guilds, as well as seafaring, fishing and hunting. This makes a visit to the museum an opportunity to explore a variety of topics under one roof.

St George’s Chapel was originally built outside the town walls as a plague chapel for people with leprosy and other infectious diseases. During the season, Friedel Beck offers a roughly half-hour guided tour or talk on the history of the chapel every second Monday at 5:00 pm. If you prefer to learn about historical details as part of an event, this appointment can become a separate focus of your travel planning.

St Nicholas Church is a Gothic brick church built between 1230 and 1250. Inside, it contains a remarkable late Gothic wooden winged altarpiece divided horizontally. The Ernst Ludwig Kirchner Documentation Centre in Burg presents life-size reproductions of important paintings, historical photographs, reproductions of sketchbook pages, as well as information about the artist’s life and work. The “In Kirchner’s Footsteps” trail leads through Burg and connects the places where he worked with recognisable pictorial motifs on Fehmarn.

More travel ideas for different interests

As a contrast to urban history and art, Fehmarn Butterfly Park offers a large free-flight hall with 600 to 1,000 butterflies and up to 100 butterfly species. This allows you to alternate cultural sightseeing and a nature experience during the same trip. Accommodation in Burg is particularly suitable for a plan centred on the town’s attractions; for other day trips, you can prioritise destinations according to your interests.

For further options, you can also explore Lemkendorf, Gammendorf, Neujellingsdorf, Albertsdorf, Landkirchen, Bannesdorf, Marienleuchte and Bisdorf.

For the overarching travel overview: Fehmarn.