Founded in 1793 as a retreat for Duke Friedrich Franz I of what today is Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Heiligendamm was known as the White City by the Sea for its cluster of 23 chalk-color buildings.

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For an explanation why, I turned to Franz Werro, an expert on Swiss law at Georgetown Law and University of Fribourg in Switzerland.

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