Wender·Vista
Rostock
shown on ceramic, 12-inch tileGermany
on Germany's Baltic coast, where the Warnow meets the sea

Rostock

— — a Hanseatic town with one foot in the harbour.

— Where it lives

Not only on a wall.

A small tile on the nightstand catching the morning. A larger one above the fire. Yours, wherever you spend the slow hours.
— On the nightstand, a 6-inch on a walnut stand
— Among the books, a 6-inch leaning into the spines
— Beside the kettle, a 12-inch propped
— Down a quiet hall, an 18-inch floating off the wall
— Above the fire, the 24-inch in a walnut surround
— a note from the studio

“A Hanseatic port on the lower Warnow in Mecklenburg, twelve kilometres inland from the Baltic. The university opened its doors in 1419, the oldest on the Baltic Sea. St Mary's Church keeps a 1472 astronomical clock that has been running ever since. Down at Warnemünde, the long sand beach and the lighthouse hold the city's seaward end.

from the studio
Rostock
— bring it home

Rostock, on ceramic.

Each tile is finished by hand in our Knoxville studio. Artwork is slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, and rests beneath a thin glossy finish. The colour lives in the surface, not on top of it.

What kind of piece?
One tile — square or rectangle.
How big?
the popular one — counter, shelf, nightstand
6 × 6 in · 15 cm · 1.6 lb
Surface finish
A clear glossy finish — the artwork reads as if under resin. Ideal for show-pieces and framed wall art.
How it sits
A hidden cleat — sits ¼″ proud of the wall.
$58
Hand-finished and shipped from our studio at the foot of the Smokies. On your wall in about ten days.
— size
6 × 6 in
15 cm
— weighs
1.6 lb
solid in the hand
— surface
ceramic, hand-finished
art rests beneath a thin glossy finish
— from
Knoxville, TN
our family studio, at the foot of the Smokies
— start a Coaster Set

Pick any four 4-inch tiles — National Parks you've been to, a Smokies set, the four seasons of one place. $ for a set of , cork-backed, ready to live on the table.

— about Rostock

The place, in three passes.

A little of what's known, in case you fall down the rabbit hole — or want to go see it yourself.
— the place

Rostock lies on the Warnow River in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany, about twelve kilometres inland from the Baltic at the seaside district of Warnemünde. Population is about 210,000. The city was founded as a Slavic settlement and granted Lübeck town rights in 1218, becoming one of the leading members of the Hanseatic League. The University of Rostock, founded in 1419, is the oldest university in continuous operation on the Baltic Sea. Rostock remains the largest city in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

— informed by Wikipedia — Rostock
— the stone

Rostock's old town is built in Backsteingotik, the North-German brick Gothic. St Mary's Church on Ziegenmarkt holds an astronomical clock built in 1472 by Hans Düringer, still keeping time on its original gearing. The Kröpeliner Tor, completed in the late thirteenth century, anchors the western end of Kröpeliner Strasse. The Rathaus on the Neuer Markt carries seven brick turrets above an eighteenth-century baroque front. The brick reads ox-blood in low Baltic sun and pewter-rose under cloud.

— the water

The Warnow runs north out of Rostock into the Baltic at Warnemünde, where the city keeps its long sand beach, its 1898 lighthouse, and its working cruise terminal. The harbour has handled Hanseatic trade since the thirteenth century. The Hanse Sail festival in early August brings traditional sailing ships and tall ships to the quay each year. The Baltic at Warnemünde is shallow and slow, with a flat horizon broken only by the wind farms standing offshore on clear days.

— where
Germany · Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
— elevation
14 m · 46 ft
— position
54.0887° N · 12.1338° E
— the neighborhood

What's nearby.

A handful of named places within an hour's walk or short drive. Some we've already painted; some we will.
12 km N
Warnemünde
Baltic seaside district
90 km SW
Schwerin
state capital
75 km E
Stralsund
Hanseatic city
60 km W
Wismar
Hanseatic port
18 km W
Bad Doberan
Cistercian abbey town
N
Rostock
Warnemünde
Schwerin
Stralsund
Wismar
Bad Doberan
— common questions

What people ask.

A few questions we get about Rostock — and about bringing the piece home.
— about the place

On the Warnow River in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, northern Germany, about twelve kilometres inland from the Baltic Sea. The seaside district of Warnemünde is part of the city and holds its beach and lighthouse.

It was a leading Hanseatic city from the thirteenth century onward and hosts the oldest continuously operating university on the Baltic, founded in 1419. Its brick Gothic centre survives largely intact today.

The clock in St Mary's Church, built in 1472 by Hans Düringer, is the only medieval astronomical clock in the world still running on its original gearing. A new calendar disc is added when the current one expires.

The seaside district of Rostock at the mouth of the Warnow, twelve kilometres north of the city centre. It has a long Baltic sand beach, a 1898 lighthouse, and the city's main cruise terminal.

In early August each year. The festival brings traditional sailing ships and tall ships to Rostock's harbour and Warnemünde's quay. It has run since 1991 and is one of the largest events of its kind on the Baltic.

Founded in 1419 by papal bull and the Rostock council, it is the oldest university in continuous operation on the Baltic and the third-oldest in Germany still teaching today.

— about the piece in your home

It has been for many of our customers. The piece carries the brick Gothic skyline, the Warnow, and the Baltic light at Warnemünde. A Small or Medium with a handwritten note travels well.

The ox-blood brick, Baltic pewter, and harbour greens read against Coastal-modern, Hanseatic-traditional, and Scandi-modern palettes. It sits well above a console, in a study, or near a north-facing window.

Yes. The Baltic palette of pewter, brick, and dune grass has resurfaced alongside the Scandi-modern and Nordic-coastal conversation. The piece reads as a working harbour, not a resort poster.

A Large covers a console. Above a full sofa, a 4-tile Mural reads better at distance, and a 9-tile Mural anchors a wider wall where the brick skyline can stretch across the field.

Yes. Order the Dura Satin or Matte finish for steamy or splash-prone walls. Both are scratch-resistant and clean with a microfibre cloth and water.

Yes. Reid Wender draws and curates every WenderVista piece in-house in Knoxville, Tennessee. There is no licensing, no third-party stock, and no franchised art behind any tile.

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