1852 After more than 20 years, Heinrich Schliemann saw his home town again for the first time, but only for hours. On his return journey from America to Russia, he visited relatives and friends in Mecklenburg for a week from Hamburg at the end of July.
1875 On August 17, Schliemann gave a lecture at the University of Rostock. On his onward journey to Berlin, he made short stops in Röbel, Ankershagen, and Neustrelitz.
1879 In July, Schliemann and his Greek family went to Bad Kissingen for a cure. Afterward, he showed his family the places of his childhood on a short round trip. They made a detour to Ankershagen for two days.
1883 Schliemann stayed in Ankershagen with his family from June 19 to mid-July, fulfilling a long-cherished wish. They lived in the parsonage with Pastor Becker. Schliemann edited proofs of his books "Ilios" (French edition) and "Troy" and received his childhood friend Minna Meincke (widowed Richers) and his Latin teacher Carl Andreß.
Later planned longer stays in Ankershagen could not be realized in the last years of Schliemann's life.
"It is impossible for me to describe the impression that the sight of all those places where I had spent the happy years of my early childhood and where every house, every tree, every stone, and every bush brought back a thousand beautiful memories of long-gone years." H.S., America Diary, July 1852