Sassnitz Bandshell, Concrete bandshell in Sassnitz, Germany.

The Kurmuschel in Sassnitz is a fan-shaped concrete bandshell of seven shell segments, flanked by two single-storey service buildings and pergolas. It stands on a three-step washed-concrete stage measuring 20 by 10 metres. The shell is convex, so sound spreads outward to the audience rather than being focused, and its shape recalls a fish fin or a diving whale's fluke.

The bandshell was inaugurated in 1988, built from 1986 to 1988 to a design by Dietmar Kuntzsch (1985–86) and realised by Ulrich Müther with engineer Otto Patzelt. It replaced a wooden Musikhalle demolished in 1983 as unsafe. Architecture students of the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee took part, as did VEB Fischfang Saßnitz and VEB Spezialbetonbau Rügen. It was listed as a monument in 2014.

The shell functions as a gathering place where the community comes together for concerts and outdoor performances throughout the year. Visitors experience how locals use it as a natural venue for shared musical moments.

The structure sits near the beach and is easily reached on foot from most parts of town. Keep in mind that it is completely open-air with no sheltered areas, so weather plays an important role in your comfort during visits.

The shell is a Hyparschale only 5 to 15 cm thick, with an 11 m radius dome rising about 6.90 m. Builders bent a grid of reinforcing steel, fixed wire mesh known as "Karnickeldraht" on it and sprayed concrete in layers without formwork. Because the shell curves outward, sound spreads toward the audience instead of being bundled inward as in older bandshells.