Seaside resort Heiligendamm on the Baltic Sea, 2007, 2004 (b/w photo)

Recorded: 21.01. 2007 Heiligendamm January 2007 The seaside resort of Heiligendamm is already expanded for the G8 Summit this summer to the fortress. The conference center of the leaders of the seven leading industrial nations and Russia (G8) to be shielded from approximately twelve kilometer long and 2. 50 meter high separation barrier in front of the public and demonstrators. The barrier is also backed among others by video cameras and motion detectors. The operation of the historic train 'Molli' through Heiligendamm is adjusted for tourists About two weeks before the summit. The conference hotel, which had already been protected during the visit of US President George W. Bush in July 2006 with a fence, to be secured with barbed wire, cameras and Bewegungungsmeldern time. During Bush's visit were 12,500 police officers in the region in use. For G-8 summit, the leaders of the eight most industrialized nations of the world come to Heiligendamm. (Archive 2005) Kempinski Grand Hotel Heiligendamm's oldest luxury hotel group, 18209 Heiligendamm, Tel: +49 38203 7400 Fax: +49 38 203 740 7474, e-mail: reservations. heiligendamm@kempinski.com