THE AREA SURROUNDING AREA OF LAKE PLOEN OFFERS ARANGE OF EXCITING CULTURAL EXPERIENCES. VISITORSARE SPIRITED BACK TO DAYS GONE BY THE HOLIDAYRESORT OF ASCHEBERG WAS FIRST MENTIONED INOFFICIAL DOCUMENTATION 800 YEARS AGO. THESVENTANA LANGENRADER MILL, WHICH WAS BUILT IN1859 IS TODAY A CULTURAL HERITAGE SITE, POPULARFOR DAY TRIPS. THE SILHOUETTE OF THE CLIMATIC SPATOWN OF PLOEN IS HEAVILY INFLUENCED BY THESCHLOSS MANSION OF THE SAME NAME. THE GROUNDS OFPLOEN SCHLOSS, WITH THEIR OLD WOODED AREAS, ARETHE PERFECT PLACE FOR A RELAXING STROLL. IN THEFORMER STABLES OF THE SCHLOSS THERE IS NOW ANINFORMATION CENTRE ABOUT HOSTEIN S LITTLESWITZERLAND REGION. THE SO CALLED PEARL OF THEROCOCO IS THE PRINZENHAUS, WHICH IS ALSO TO BEFOUND ON THE GROUNDS OF PLOEN SCHLOSS. HERE THESONS OF THE LAST GERMAN KAISER, WILHELM IIRECEIVED THEIR EDUCATION. ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH ONTHE MARKET SQUARE AND THE ROMANTIC ST. JOHN SCHURCH ARE ALSO WORTH A VISIT. DISCOVER THE LOCALART OF GLASSMAKING AND OTHER EXHIBITS AT PLOEN SDISTRICT MUSEUM THE CLIMATIC SPA TOWN OF PLOEN,IN SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN, ATTRACTS A LARGE NUMBER OFTOURISTS EACH YEAR. REGULAR EVENTS INCLUDE THEPOPULAR JAZZ CONCERT. FOR SEVERAL DAYS THE TOWNENJOYS A REAL FEEL GOOD ATMOSPHERE, THANKS TO APROGRAMME OF TOP BANDS ON NUMEROUS STAGES. IN THESUMMER PLOEN CELEBRATES ITS WINE FESTIVAL. THEMARKET SQUARE IS TRANSFORMED INTO A HUGE WINESHOP AND GUESTS CAN SEE OUT THE DAY AT ASELECTION OF CONVIVIAL GATHERINGS. IN THE SUMMERMONTHS, THE SCHLESWIG HOLSTEIN MUSIC FESTIVALENTERTAINS THE CROWDS. THERE ARE ALSO REGULARCLASSICAL CONCERTS HELD AT ST. NICHOLAS CHURCH.THERE S PLENTY TO KEEP YOUNGER VISITORS OCCUPIEDTOO IN THE SUMMER THE CITY OF PLOEN RUNS AN OPENAIR THEATRE, WHERE ACTORS IN CHILDREN S PLAYSARE REWARDED WITH WONDER AND ENTHUSIASM, AND ATRIP ON A PIRATE SHIP IS SWASHBUCKLING FUN