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The northern part of the Bay of Greifswald, the Rügischer Bodden, is a large bay in the south of Rügen island, with the island of Vilm lying just offshore. At the western end of the bay, the peninsula of Zudar runs out to the southernmost point of Rügen ( Palmer Ort ), at the eastern end the highly indented peninsula of Mönchgut projects ...
The Siebenschneiderstein (Söbenschniedersteen [1]) is a glacial erratic on the island of Rügen. It lies about 22 metres away from the cliffs of Gellort [1] on the Baltic Sea beach, one kilometre northwest of Cape Arkona. It has a mass of 165 tonnes and a volume of 61 m³. [1]
With the rise of the island's coastal resorts, tourism at Cape Arkona grew. Many travelers came by excursion boats that moored at the pier at the foot of the steps. The landing stage was, however, completely destroyed by the storm flood of 1953. The new Königstreppe steps were completed in 1995 at the same historic spot, taking a year to build.
Hiddensee (German pronunciation: [ˈhɪdn̩zeː] ⓘ) is a car-free island in the Baltic Sea, [2] located west of Germany's largest island, Rügen, on the German coast. The island has about 1,000 inhabitants. It was a holiday destination for East German tourists during German Democratic Republic (GDR) times, and continues to attract tourists today.
It is located on Cape Arkona on the peninsula of Wittow on the northern tip of the island of Rügen. [1] All three towers were renovated in the early 1990s and are open to visitors. In the old lighthouse is a museum with an exhibition on lighthouses and maritime rescue as well as an outstation of the local registry office.
Dänholm island with the bridge connecting the city of Stralsund and the island of Rügen. Dänholm (literally Danes' Isle) is a small island on the German coast of the Baltic Sea. [1] It is situated in the Strelasund just east of Stralsund. Both bridges linking Rügen with the mainland, Rügendamm and Rügenbrücke, run across it.
The municipality of Göhren adjoins the easternmost point of the island of Rugen: Cape Nordperd. It separates the North Beach ( Nordstrand ) from the South Beach ( Südstrand ). The North Beach is the actual bathing beach with a seaside promenade.
The Principality of Rügen [b] was a Danish principality, formerly a duchy, consisting of the island of Rügen and the adjacent mainland from 1168 until 1325. It was governed by a local dynasty of princes of the Wizlawiden (House of Wizlaw) dynasty.