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q Rügen Kap Arkona Jasmund Peninsula VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
There are two The northeast of the
The largest of Germany’s islands at 926 sq km lighthouses on Kap peninsula is occupied Practical Information
(357 sq miles), Rügen is also the most Arkona. The smaller was by the Stubnitz forest Road map E1. n Bergen,
of beech trees, which
beautiful and diverse, boasting steep cliffs built in 1827 and is now continues down to the sea, Markt 23 (03838-811 206). Binz,
a museum. The larger
Heinrich-Heine-Straße 7 (038393-
next to sandy beaches and a hilly hinterland was built in 1902 and is interrupted by dazzling 148 148); Hiddensee, Norderende
with forests and peat bogs. The island is only still in use. white chalk cliffs. The 162, Vitte (038300-642 26);
50 km (31 miles) across, yet its rugged symbol of Rügen, they Putbus, Alleestraße 35 (038301-4
inspired artists like
coastline extends for hundreds of miles. Caspar David Friedrich. 31). _ In Ralswiek (near Bergen)
open-air performances take
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The Huns once ruled here, and their tombs J place under the title of “Festival
can still be seen. It was fortified by the Slavs, Arkona Arkona of Klaus Störtebeker” (Jun–Sep).
then ruled by Danes and Swedes. In 1815 ∑ ruegen.de
Rügen came under Prussian rule, and in Nobbin Nobbin Transport
1936 it was linked to the mainland by the Altenkirchen Altenkirchen £
1-km (0.6-mile)-long Rügendamm.
Dranske Dranske
Wiek Wiek W W Tromper Tromper
O O Wiek Wiek
Key T T Breege Breege
T T Lohme Lohme
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Motorway J I I
Main road BUG BUG W W J J J J
Ferry crossing KlosterKloster Lebbiner Lebbiner J J N A TI O N AL N A TI O N AL
Viewpoint VitteVitte Bodden Bodden Glowe Glowe
P A R K P A R K
JASMUND J J
JASMUND
Großer Großer Sagard Sagard
Jasmunder Jasmunder Sassnitz Sassnitz
J A S M U N D Königsstuhl (king’s seat; 119 m/390 ft), continues along
Schaprode Schaprode Trent Trent Bodden Bodden
HIDDENSEE HIDDENSEE A S M U N D . Nationalpark Jasmund
An attractive walk starts at the viewpoint of

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the Hochuferweg (cliff-top walk), past Victoriasicht and
Wissower Klinken viewpoints, to end at Sassnitz.
U M M A N Z Gingst Gingst Jasmunder Jasmunder Prorer Prorer
U M M A N Z
Kleiner Kleiner
Bodden Bodden
Wiek Wiek
Bergen
. Waase Bergen
At this typical fishing village Ostseebad
Ostseebad
on the island of Ummanz, Binz
Binz
an unusual work of art has Ostseebad Binz
Ostseebad
survived: an altarpiece from Kubitzer Kubitzer Ostseebad Rügen’s largest and most
Seillin
Bodden Bodden
Antwerp, from around 1520. Seillin popular seaside resort, Binz
Ostseebad Baabe has a beautiful white beach,
Ostseebad Baabe
Putbus
Putbus J J grand early 20th-century
villas and a pier.
Ostseebad
Samtens Samtens Ostseebad
Göhren
Göhren
Rügischer Bodden Rügischer Bodden
0 km 5 Garz Garz
Stralsund Stralsund
0 miles 5
Poseritz Poseritz
Greifswalder Greifswalder
KEY Bodden Bodden
1 Hiddensee is a small island and . Putbus
is accessible by ferry from Stralsund This elegant late Neo-Classical town
or Schaprode on Rügen. Horse- was planned after 1807 on the model
drawn carts and bikes replace cars in of Bad Doberan. Its centrepiece is
this oasis of tranquillity. Brandshagen the theatre, which was built in 1819
Brandshagen
Stahlbrode
Stahlbrode to a design by Wilhelm Steinbach.
For hotels and restaurants in this area see pp503 and pp532–3
Reinberg
Reinberg
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