The village Gristow is located at an indentation of the Greifswalder Bodden, which is said to have originated with a storm tide around 1298. The Gristower Wieck was formed from a small river or stream and the trade route, which came from Greifswald via Neuenkirchen-Wampen and Karrendorf-Fraetow, was interrupted.
The village of Gristow itself was first mentioned in a document in 1248. It was a small Slavic Angerdorf that developed into a small trading and fishing village due to its good location.

Today, you can strengthen at the port of Gristow with a delicious fish roll or other dishes in the rustic fish restaurant. On the way there you will marvel at the gothic village church during a short rest. It was built in the 14th century and supplemented with a neo-Gothic tower from the 19th century - a beauty like the nature around it. The tower can be climbed and offers a fantastic view as far as Rügen, Greifswald and Stralsund.