Route of North German Romanticism
The Route of North German Romanticism combines places of Romantic art and literature from Wolgast via the Hanseatic towns of Greifswald and Stralsund to Kap Arkona on Rügen with today's nature experience along the West Pomeranian coast.
The themed bike route focuses on the Romantics from Vorpommern: Caspar David Friedrich, Friedrich August von Klinkowström, Karl Gottlieb Lappe and Philipp Otto Runge.
From the Rungehaus Wolgast to the resort town of Wiek on Rügen - on the altogether 286 kilometers long Route of North German Romanticism, important life and motif stations of the early Romantic painters Friedrich, Klinkowström, Runge and the poet Karl Lappe are passed. Including original locations with cultural treasures such as the ruins of Eldena Abbey, the Ludwigsburg castle, the parsonage Wusterhusen or the Lake in Wreechen, Göhren South Beach and the KÖNIGSSTUHL National Park Centre. Mostly following the Baltic Coast Cycle Route (Ostseeküsten-Radweg), the "Route of North German Romanticism" signpost leads along all seven stages with cultural highlights and offers a stunning view of the colourful coastline. Information boards between Wolgast and Greifswald and at Stralsund, Lake Wreechen, Sellin and Kap Arkona provide background information on the life and work of the Romantic artists and offer a selection of interesting tips on other natural and cultural highlights along the route.
The tour starts individually in Wolgast, Greifswald or Stralsund. Central and regular train connections in these cities allow for easy arrival and departure with your own bike. A variety of accommodation options, dining and cultural attractions along the route invite for relaxed stops or longer stays.
Total length: approx. 286 km
Distances of the route at a glance:
- Wolgast Rungehaus - Greifswald Ruins of Eldena: 46 km
- Greifswald Ruins of Eldena - Hanseatic city of Stralsund: 39 km
- Hanseatic city of Stralsund - Putbus: 41 km
- Putbus - Sellin East: 21 to 52 km incl. Mönchgut Peninsula
- Sellin East - Sassnitz: 29 km
- Sassnitz - Breege-Juliusruh seaside resort: 44 km
- Breege-Juliusruh seaside resort - Wiek resort: 35 km
Ferry connection:
If you want to shorten the route a little by bike, you can take the popular Rügen ferry between Stahlbrode on the mainland and Glewitz on Rügen.
Journey time: approx. 15 minutes
Current Information:
- On the coastal section Ludwigsburg - Loissin Bungalowsiedlung, near the sleeping trees, it may not be possible to use the route at times, as it can lead to break-offs, especially after storms, due to the proximity to the coast. An alternative route/detour is from Ludwigsburg via Loissin to Gahlkow.
Guide and Information
The signpost "Route of North German Romanticism" leads along all locations of the route. Information boards at the designated stations document art-historical contents and provide insights into the homeland of Romanticism.
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Route of North German Romanticism
Stations and places along the route
Tourist Information Wolgast
Located at the Baltic Sea coast bike path and the 'Jakobsweg' as well as at the E9. Pleasure craft and yacht harbour in the city center. Accommodation service for Wolgast, Island of Usedom and Western Pomerania, true to scale bike and hike maps, ticket pre-sale for Wolgast, Island of Usedom and in all of Germany, UBB agency with sale of day tours and adventure trips.
Nowadays the ducal town Wolgast, former residence of the dukes of Pommern-Wolgast, houses the royal burial ground of the last Pomeranian dukes in the 'St. Petri' Church. Beside the Pomerianian dukes the merchant family Homeyer and the naval architect...
Historic Town Hall Wolgast
The historic town hall forms the core of Wolgast old town on a medieval groundplan. In the town hall the tourist information Wolgast is located downstairs.
Built in the 15th century, the town hall was destroyed by the city fires in 1512, 1625 and 1713 and was rebuilt between 1720 and 1724. The remains of the originally Gothic building are still visible. However, the facade is from the late Baroque...
Museum Rungehaus
The museum Rungehaus is the birth house of the painter and romantic artist Philipp Otto Runge (1777-1810). Alongside Caspar David Friedrich, he is regarded as one of the most important painters and graphic artists of the German Romantic period.
The pictures of Philipp August Runge are exhibited in the Hamburger Kunsthalle, and his life is documented in his birth house in Wolgast. In addition to his paintings, Runge made significant contributions to the three-dimensional colour theory, he...
City Harbour Wolgast
The city harbour of Wolgast spreads an impressive maritime flair and is part of the "Route of the North German Romanticism." . Passenger ships set off on excursions into the backwater and to the Bay of Greifswald. The sailing ship "Weisse Düne" invites guests for a trip. A sensational view to the Petrikirche and the city centre is offered to the viewer. The imposing bascule bridge to the island of Usedom and the Peene shipyard characterise the town on the Peene river.
The city harbour Wolgast is the departure point for the classic harbour tours, boat trips on the Achterwasser or the Peene river. This is also where the leisure captains with their houseboats and sailing yachts are moored. With about 100 calls per...
The Dreilindengrund in Wolgast
Located on the Peenestrom in the district Tannenkamp in Wolgast you drive on the route of North German Romanticism along the Dreilindengrund. This translates to: The Ground of three limetrees. The name was given to it from the landing stage at the transfer of the fallen Swedish king Gustav II Adolf in 1633 during the Thirty Years' War. In memory of him three lime trees were planted. The small forest nearby was named Gustav-Adolf-Schlucht.
From the direction of Greifswald along the Baltic Sea Cycle Route, the trail leads along the Wolgast Tannenkamp animal park and Dreilindengrund. A swimming area at the Gustav-Adolfs-Schlucht invites you to linger and along the Peenestrom you have a...
Fishing Harbor Freest
The fishing village Freest is located directly at the mouth of the Peene River to the Bay of Greifswalder and is home to the largest fishing port in Mecklennburg-Vorpommern (MV). Every 5th fish in MV is caught here, mostly herring, flounder and cod. Also the oldest smokehouse in Vorpommern is located near the harbour. From May to October guests can take the ferry to the island of Usedom, Peenemünde, every hour from May to October. Bicycle transport is also possible.
1995 - 2005 the port was renovated with EU funds. 26 fishermen's cabins were erected on the quay wall. A functional building with sanitary facilities was part of the overall project. This also houses a branch office of the pilots and the German...
Beach Freest
The beach is perfectly suited for a sunbath, has a child-friendly shore and a small playground. Dogs are not allowed.
The village Freest is located on the mainland. It is 10 kilometres to the north of Wolgast, near by the Peene. The view from the beach to the estuary and to the opposite Peenemünde is a pleasure. The beach is perfectly suited for a sunbath, has a...
Museum of Local History Freest
The small museum hosts a collection of many different commodities, which were used in the daily life of the local fishermen and farmers. The exhibition hall was carefully arranged by the village’s residents. Special attractions are the famous traditional carpets of Freest.
The hand-knotted rarities have been produced here since 1928. In last centuries, the carpet was an additional income for the fishing families. When you are looking for a group tour, please give a short call.
Constant Exhibition of the Poet Karl Gottlieb Lappe in Wusterhusen near Lubmin
Karl Gottlieb Lappe - a nearly forgotten Poet (1773-1843). A constant exhibition in Wusterhusen, close to the beach Resort Lubmin, is located in the rectory of Wusterhusen's church. Here, the life and works of the poet Karl Lappe is documented and readings bring the poet's achievements closer. Wusterhusen is one of the stations of the "Route of North German Romanticism".
Karl Gottlieb Lappe was born as the pastor’s son on April 23, 1773 in Wusterhusen. In preparation for the study he visited the city school Wolgast, whose principal was no less a figure than Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten (1758-1818). Kosegarten, who was...
Village church Wusterhusen
The village church Wusterhusen in Western Pomerania is originally from the 13th century.
The church Wusterhusen was built in the 13th century and extended to a three-aisled hall with a west tower at the beginning of the 15th century. The font (13th century), the Marienaltar (15th century) and the medieval paintings inside the church are...
Seaside Resort of Lubmin
The peaceful seaside resort of Lubmin with its 350 m long pier, a wide child-friendly sandy beach and picturesque and quaint pine forests is perfect for a family holiday. Lubmin is one of the stations of the "Route of North German Romanticism".
As a holiday destination, not just in the summer, Lubmin is a true insider tip. The resort’s five-kilometre beach with firm, fine sand and shallow water is ideal for a family holiday with small children. The pine forest behind the beach keeps the...
The "Teufelsstein" in Lubmin
The “Teufelsstein”, which translates to “Devil’s Stone”, is a boulder in the Greifswalder Bodden near Lubmin. As late as 1909 it was above the cliff. It serves as a benchmark for surveying the coastal decline. It is a popular photo opportunity on a hike along the cliff coast to Vierow and on the high shore back to the seaside resort of Lubmin.
Its length is 6 m, width 3.6 m and height 3.0 m. With a circumference of 16.9 m, it has a volume of 34 m³. It consits of granite. A short hike along the beach in the seaside resort of Lubmin leads to the legendary stone. According to various legends,...
Natural Beach Vierow
Not far from the small industrial port of Vierow and about 2 km from the village of Vierow, you can reach the natural beach Vierow on a hiking and cycling path. Lined by small and large stones and protected by a cliff about 1 to 3 meters high, the southern coast of Rügen with Zudar and peninsula Mönchgut in sight. Already Caspar-David Friedrich looked from here to the island of Rügen and drew “Fischerboote am Strand”.
If you feel like chicken gods, fossilized witnesses of yesteryear and of course amber, you can stroll the 3 kilometers along the natural beach from the seaside resort of Lubmin in the direction of Vierow harbor or upside down. It's a circuit if you...
Ludwigsburg Natural Beach
Ludwigsburg beach is a popular destination for holidaymakers and locals. On hot summer days you can relax in a shady spot under the pine trees of the coastal forest or enjoy the rustic food and drink in a local inn. The homemade cakes are highly recommended.Kiters and surfers will love the beach and the shallow water of the Danish Wiek and the Bay of Greifswald.
The beach is located some 3 kilometres outside the village, directly on the Danish Wieck. It is easy to reach by bike via a quiet road, a section of the Baltic coast cycle path. The secure car park costs two euros per day.
The beach is very pretty,...
Ludwigsburg Palace
The Renaissance palace Ludwigsburg was built between 1577 and 1592 as a widow's seat for Hedwig Sophie von Pommern-Wolgast. After her death in 1631 the palace changed hands several times until it was sold to the Greifswald merchant Weissenborn in 1810.
The district Ludwigsburg belongs to the municipality Loissin and inspires as a special excursion destination with one of the last preserved castles of the Pomeranian dukes in Germany.The Renaissance castle Ludwigsburg, idyllically situated on the...
Village church Kemnitz
The village church in Kemnitz looks back on a long tradition. In the rectory, right next to the church is a small exhibition of the painter Friedrich August von Klinkowström.The theme cycle path "Route of North German Romanticism", which runs from Greifswald to Wolgast, leads to the places of this painter of the romantic period.
The church was built around 1300. The monastery Eldena promoted the establishment of the church, which was extended several times in the following centuries, but were also destroyed. The church received today's appearance in the middle of the 18th...
Eldena monastery ruins
The monastery ruins and park are a popular excursion destination for Greifswald residents and their guests. The monastery ruins are also the starting and finishing point of the themed cycle path "Route of North German Romanticism", which traces the stations and lives of the North German Romantics of Western Pomerania.
Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840) made the ruins of the medieval Cistercian monastery of Eldena widely known with his paintings and drawings. The remains of the once important monastery are embedded in a park with old trees, including 180-year-old...
Caspar David Friedrich Center
The Caspar-David-Friedrich-Zentrum, opened in 2004 in the historic Seifensiederei and expanded in 2011 to include the entire former residential and commercial building of the Friedrich family, commemorates the great painter and greatest son of the city of Greifswald. It is also a museum, documentation and research center. Caspar David Friedrich was born here on September 5, 1774.
Visitors can see their father's old soap boiler, the family cabinet with the family tree, the Rügen and Eldena rooms with famous motifs from Friedrich's work and the Caspar David Friedrich Gallery. The tour offers comprehensive information on...
Pomeranian State Museum
14,000 years of eventful history on the southern Baltic coast on both sides of the Oder are presented between the former Franciscan church and the city wall - in an award-winning ensemble of buildings that impressively combines Gothic, classicist and contemporary architecture. The valuable collection of paintings presents works by renowned painters such as Caspar David Friedrich, Frans Hals, Philipp Otto Runge, Max Liebermann, Max Pechstein and Vincent van Gogh.
Various exhibits paint a multifaceted picture of the development of Pomerania since the first hunters and gatherers. An impressive highlight is the unique 30 m2 Croy carpet, a testimony to the high culture at the court of the Griffins, the Pomeranian...
St. Mary's Church Greifswald
St. Mary's Church is a parish church in the middle of Greifswald's old town. St. Mary's Church can be visited after the Sunday service until 1 pm. The following opening hours apply in June, July and August: Monday to Friday from 10 am to 6 pm and Saturday 11 am to 3 pm. You can register for guided tours of the church at the church office or in the church.
Construction of St. Mary's Church, also known as the "Fat Marie" by the people of Greifswald, probably began in the middle of the 13th century. Together with the two other town churches, St. Nikolai and St. Jacobi, it was first mentioned in documents...
Caspar-David-Friedrich-View
The view that Caspar David Friedrich captured in "Meadows near Greifswald" around 1820 remains almost unchanged to this day. The painting with the silhouette of the Hanseatic city behind lush green pastures hangs in the Hamburg Kunsthalle - but the original scene as Caspar David Friedrich saw it can be recreated here in the middle of nature.
Although now hidden due to the buildings and vegetation, it is still clearly visible through the church towers of St. Nikolai, St. Jakobi and St. Marien - Caspar David Friedrich's view when making the sketch for "Wiesen bei Greifswald". He viewed the...
Harbour Stahlbrode
The port of Stahlbrode is located on the west bank of the Strelasund. The harbour has two harbour basins with over 60 berths. The facilities of the northern harbour were modernised in 1997. A car ferry connects the mainland with the island of Rügen (ferry Stahlbrode - Glewitz)
The small fishing village of Stahlbrode offers a variety of attractions for its visitors. Let your soul dangle in untouched nature and enjoy the fresh sea air - sunbathing on the small natural beach or simply experience the maritime flair of the...
Rügen Bridge
B 96 , 18439 Stralsund
Although the new Rügen Bridge is not an architectural monument, it is a significant landmark of the Hanseatic City of Stralsund.
SEA MUSEUM Stralsund
The MEERESMUSEUM in Stralsund's old town is currently closed. The museum is expected to open in 2024 after extensive modernization work.
It becomes MEER! Modernization of the MEERESMUSEUMThe MEERESMUSEUM in Stralsund's old town has had its home in the former Dominican monastery of St. Katharinen since 1951. It is the oldest of four locations of the German Oceanographic Museum...
Church St. Nikolai Stralsund
The oldest of the three parish churches is the monumental St. Nikolai church, located at the old marketplace. With its two impressive organs, made by Buchholz and Schuke, the church belongs to the most beautiful sacral building in northern Europe.
"The building was first mentioned in the town register in 1276 and is dedicated to the patron saint of sailors, St. Nicholas. The church was initially probably a simple hall with a tower. Due to Stralsund's rapid rise to become an important maritime...
OZEANEUM Stralsund
With its five exhibitions and 46 aquariums, the OZEANEUM Stralsund invites you on an extraordinary underwater journey beneath the northern seas. Visit Humboldt penguins on the roof terrace, "Niki" the female sand tiger shark in the 2.6-million-litre pool "Open Atlantic" and the giants of the sea - real life replicas of whales.
Dive down without getting wet - that is possible in the OZEANEUM Stralsund. Scientific exhibitions have been combined with breathtaking aquariums. Particularly impressive is the world's largest exhibition on whales with replicas of the sea giants in...
Museum house Stralsund
Mönchstraße 38, 18439 Stralsund
The 700-year-old museum house has been part of the STRALSUND MUSEUM since its renovation by the German Foundation for Monument Protection. Here, Hanseatic history can be experienced up close from the cellar to the roof of the old merchant's and...
Stralsund City Hall
The building, erected in the style of North German brick Gothic, whose construction dates back to the years 1300-1310, is one of the most important secular buildings on the Baltic coast. Above the large windows of the market front of the town hall, the coats of arms of the neighboring Hanseatic cities point to the importance of the Hanseatic League for Stralsund. The display gable is unique in the Baltic region.
For centuries, the display façade of the old town hall has towered meters high into the Stralsund sky, becoming the city's landmark. The most important secular building on the German Baltic coast still gives us a glimpse of the glory and wealth of...
Dänholm Island
, 18439 Stralsund
The island of Dänholm is a small island with a lot of history. Already used for military purposes under the Swedes, Dänholm was developed into the cradle of the Prussian Navy.
Naval museum Stralsund
The naval museum is located on the peninsula Dänholm.
The idyllically situated museum documents the island’s military development, ranging from the Prussian navy to the GDR’s Volksarmee. An original navy helicopter as well as a torpedo boat are the museum’s main attractions. Furthermore, there are many...
Village church Gustow
Gustow Church is a brick church from the 13th century and a popular destination.
The village church of Gustow is a Gothic parish church built around 1250. Only in the 15th century the nave of the church with vault was completed. In 1677 a part of the church was destroyed in a fire and in 1708-1734 it was replaced by bricks in...
Ernst Moritz Arndt House
The place owes its special fame to the university professor, writer and publicist Ernst Moritz Arndt (1769 - 1860), who was born here.
The late Baroque manor house was completed in its present form shortly before 1750. The building is one-story, seven-axis and has a red crippled hipped roof. The high granite base, modest decorative elements and the adjacent park wall give it a...
Ernst Moritz Arndt Museum
The Ernst Moritz Arndt Museum is the oldest museum on the Island of Rügen.
It was built in 1936/37 according to a design by the Berlin architect Erhard Schmidt. The founder of the museum was Ernst Wiedemann (1883 - 1958), a teacher and cantor in Garz, an outstanding researcher of Rügen and a publicist. Since its...
Big stone graves near Neukamp
The Krakvitz megalithic tombs include the "Teetsbusch" and the "Hexenbusch".
Near Putbus there are countless megalithic tombs, which include the "Teetsbusch" and the "Hexenbusch" near Neukamp near the Greifswalder Bodden.The megalithic grave "Hexenbusch", located on the Tempelberg, is also called "Flederbarg" in the...
Putbus castle park
Although Putbus Castle, the former manorial seat of the Princes of Putbus, was razed to the ground as early as 1962, the beautiful castle park is still a reminder of this magnificent time. Magnolias and sequoias adorn the garden, which is laid out in English style.
The park was created in 1804 by the founder of the town Wilhelm Malte I. zu Putbus, originally in French style. Later it was continued in the style of an English landscape park. The classicistic castle, around which the park was created, was...
Circus Putbus
The name Putbus is probably of Slavic origin and translates as "behind the lilac bush". In 1810 this place was developed by Prince Malte to a residence town in classicistic style with theater, pedagogy and white houses around the circus. A city from the drawing board with park and animal enclosure and rosebushes in front of every house.
When someone goes on a trip, he can tell a story, so the saying goes. Often, however, travels are also treasure troves of ideas that one takes home and pursues there. For example, the architecture of the English town of Bath inspired Prince Wilhelm...
Orangery Putbus
Look at art and enjoy art in the Orangery in Putbus.
Since the 1970s, the Orangerie Putbus was able to establish itself as the "Artistic Exhibition Center of the Island of Rügen", with a charisma that was not only regionally significant during difficult times in terms of cultural policy. After the...
Rasender Roland - Rügen narrow-gauge railway
For more than a hundred years now, the narrow-gauge railway "Rasender Roland" has been driiving in the scenic south-east of the island of Rügen and offers a special kind of experience on the narrow gauge track.
Route according to timetable: Lauterbach-Putbus-Binz-Granitz-Sellin-Baabe-Göhren, all 2nd class with bicycle transport. The historic narrow-gauge railway has a gauge of 750 mm and "races" steam-powered with a top speed of 30 km/h past traffic jams...
Harbour of Lauterbach
Lauterbach municipal harbour is located on the Rügen Bay in the south-east of the island of Rügen. With the narrow-gauge railway " Racing Roland" at the Lauterbach pier, it is an ideal starting point for excursions across the island. Restaurants and cafés offer a wide range of culinary delights.
This is the first seaside resort on the island of Rügen and is now a district of the former royal seat of Putbus. The distance to the town of Putbus, with its classicist town centre worth seeing and its large landscape park, is about 2 km.
Guests...
Vilm island
Vilm, Rügen's small sister island of only a few hectares, is known for its gnarled oaks and sunrises, which already captivated Caspar David Friedrich and Philipp Otto Runge. Together they wandered the island and told Goethe about its beauty in letters.
About 6,000 years ago, the island of Vilm, which covers about 94 hectares, was formed from moraines left behind by glaciers. It is still an untouched natural paradise today. Forests of ancient oaks and huge beeches characterize the landscape. The...
Hotel bathhouse Goor
In an absolutely quiet location, directly on the water and the biosphere reserve Southeast Ruegen, you will find here your ideal vacation hotel of the upper category with brine bath, indoor pool and spa area. Impressive is already the approach through the avenue to the colonnade of the classicist building built in 1818 ...
Hotel of upscale category with 85 spacious rooms and suitesbuilt in 1818 / rebuilt and renovated in 2007classicistic building with imposing colonnadeover 600 m² spa area with 2 natural brine pools, freshwater pool (7 x 10 m; 1.35 deep), numerous...
Path of leisure & knowledge
Let yourself be impressed by the history and development of the Goor Forest! Imposing trees, burial mounds and fantastic views of a Baltic Sea bay of the Island of Rügen will inspire you. During the hike you will immerse yourself in this magical forest by the sea, come to rest and deepen your contact with nature and yourself. This forest, which is developing into a "primeval forest", is largely in the care of the Michael Succow Foundation for the Protection of Nature.
Let yourself be impressed by the history and development of the Goor Forest! Imposing trees, burial mounds and fantastic views of a Baltic Sea bay of the Island of Rügen will inspire you. During the hike you will immerse yourself in this magical...
Goat stones - megalithic tomb near Gobbin
The goat stones are part of a group of several megalithic burial sites along the coastal path between Lanchen-Granitz and Groß Stresow
The Goat Stones or "Victory Stones" are understood to be an approx. 35 m long large dolmen with a partly well-preserved trapezoidal mound bed and two large guard stones. When this impressive megalithic grave was archaeologically investigated in 1969,...
Passenger ferry Moritzdorf
Ferry Moritzdorf is a passenger ferry across the Baab Bek River on the Island of Rügen.
The ferry connects the district of Moritzdorf west of Baaber Bek, which belongs to the municipality of Sellin, with Baaber Bollwerk of the municipality of Baabe to the east. Without the ferry, an eight-kilometer detour around Lake Sellin to the north...
Gold bush - megalithic tomb near Altensien
The megalithic grave "Goldbusch" is located near Altensien and close to the Sellin Lake.
Between Altensien and Moritzdorf on a flat hill there is the megalithic grave "Goldbusch". In 1969 this grave was archaeologically investigated. It was discovered that the supporting stones were not set into a pit as usual, but were placed on the...
Altensien mill
Once there were more than 20 mills around Sellin.
One of them was the Bockwindmühle in Altensien. In 2006, the last master mill builder in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern rebuilt the Altensien mill. Old views and notes from farmer Erwin Schälke, who as a boy used it to grind grain for the cattle on his...
Spa park Friedensberg Sellin
The journey to the other world and a place of contemplation and silence.
In a healthy body rests a healthy mind, says a Latin wisdom. It also underlies the concept of the "Friedensberg" spa park. The aim of the "trim path" for body, mind and soul is to achieve inner peace.The body is a temple - in this place of silence it...
Sellin pier
The Sellin pier leads almost 400 meters out to sea. Since 1998, the dream castle by the sea has once again become a landmark of the Island of Rügen. Whether in the light-flooded palm garden, which extends over two floors, or the imperial pavilion reminiscent of the twenties, you always enjoy the free view of the sea and the beach, surrounded by an eventful gastronomic ambience.
In 1906 the first sea bridge was built in Sellin with a length of 508 meters. In July 1920 a restaurant located on the bridgehead burned down. In the winter of 1924 the pack ice tore away the landing stage from the entrance hall to the bridgehead of...
School museum Middelhagen
The school museum in Middelhagen is a museum about the history of educational development on the peninsula Mönchgut. It was opened on August 1, 1986 in the former sexton's house.
The schoolhouse in Middelhagen was built in 1825. For about 150 years village school teachers diligently taught the children of Middelhagen here. Today the children go to school in Göhren, Binz or Bergen. But the schoolhouse has remained. In the...
Bakenberg - Mönchgut Peninsula
The Bakenberg is with 66 meters the highest elevation on the hilly peninsula of Mönchgut and offers unique views over the landscape of the Mönchgut to the island of Vilm.
The peninsula Mönchgut with its gentle hills, the Bodden, bays and headlands resembles a small group of islands. The Mönchgut was already a popular destination in the days of the romantics. Here, picturesque motifs, reed-covered fishermen's houses,...
Göhren Museum Farm
The Mönchgut Museum Farm is the oldest and largest open-air museum on Rügen. While the residential building was built around 1850, the core of the half-timbered barn dates back to around 1680, making it one of the oldest buildings on Rügen.
The Mönchgut Museum Farm, the oldest and largest open-air museum on Rügen, consists of a complete farmstead with a residential building (currently the museum management and administration, no visitors possible!), stable barn, wagon barn and pigsty....
The “Granitzhaus“ and exhibition
Since 2004, the former forester’s and guest house of the “Fürsten zu Putbus“ houses a visitor centre about the UNESCO biosphere reserve “Südost-Rügen“.
The ”Granitzhaus” on the island of Rügen is a former forester’s and guest house from 1901, which now houses the visitor centre of the biosphere reserve “Südost-Rügen”. It is located right across the hunting lodge Granitz close to Binz. In 1726, the...
Pier Binz
The Binz pier on the Island of Rügen, with a length of 370 meters, is the second longest pier on Rügen after the Sellin pier.
The first pier in Binz was built in 1902 as a 560 meter long structure. In 1905, the bridge was already destroyed during a storm flood. After the reconstruction of the pier, it was given the name Prince Heinrich Bridge. On July 28, 1912, a balcony...
Documentation Center Prora
The Prora Documentation Center provides information about the history of Prora and shows "MACHTUrlaub", the only permanent exhibition in Germany on the labor and social history of the "Third Reich".
The Prora Documentation Center is located in the historical complex in Prora, which was planned as a "KdF seaside resort on the island of Rügen". Prora belongs to the Baltic resort of Binz and is located on the Prorer Wiek, the most beautiful bay on...
Natural Heritage Centre Rügen (Naturerbe Zentrum Rügen)
The Natural Heritage Centre Rügen with treetop path and experience exhibition is open 364 days a year so that you can experience and get to know nature all year round.
Nature is something there every day and always new. Spring, summer, autumn or winter – in the beech forest in Prora, every time it looks different, it smells different, it feels different.Visitors start on the – barrier-free! – treetop path. As the...
Flint fields in the nature reserve Schmale Heide
North of the Baltic resort Binz, between Prora and Mukran, the flint fields are located in the nature reserve of the Schmalen Heide.
Its uniqueness makes the Narrow Heath with the stone fields a natural phenomenon of international rank. The nature reserve of the Narrow Heath covers 40 hectares. The main component is 14 successive boulder fields about two kilometers long, running...
Dwasieden megalithic tomb
The Dwasiedener Hünengrab near the Hochuferweg near Sassnitz is particularly imposing with a length of 35 m, two very large guard stones and a well-preserved trapezoidal mound bed surrounding the burial chamber in the form of enclosing stones.
The Dwasiedener Hünengrab near the Hochuferweg near Sassnitz is particularly imposing with a length of 35 m, two very large guard stones and a well-preserved trapezoidal mound bed that surrounds the burial chamber in the form of enclosing stones....
KÖNIGSSTUHL National Park Center
Right next to the famous Königsstuhl chalk cliffs and the UNESCO World Heritage Old Beech Forests, the KÖNIGSSTUHL National Park Center offers a special nature experience for the whole family, whatever the weather. A world full of secrets is waiting to be discovered on 2,000 square meters of exhibition space and 28,000 square meters of outdoor area - multilingual and barrier-free.
The wide-ranging offer includes an adventure exhibition, world heritage cinema, Skywalk Königsstuhl, bistro, nature experience area, special exhibition, guided tours and much more.Experience exhibition: Discover the nature of the Jasmund National...
Port & water hiking resting place Lohme
The marina in Lohme on the island of Rügen is an idyllic little harbor with a view of Cape Arkona.
In the sailing area of the Baltic Sea, at the foot of the steep coast, the idyllic marina and waterway resting place with the charm of the south awaits you in Lohme, from where you have a fantastic view of Cape Arkona. From afar, above the steep...
Quoltitz sacrificial stone
North of the village of Neddesitz on the island of Rügen is the sacrificial stone Quoltitz, which was first described in 1797 and also already recorded in a drawing by none other than the romantic painter Caspar David Friedrich.
This stone is one of the largest erratic boulders of Rügen, on the surface of which several circular depressions (bowls), a clear groove from blasting tests and traces of the removal of round stones, which were probably processed into round mills,...
Viewpoint Temple Mount Bobbin
One of the most beautiful viewpoints over the Jasmund Bodden and to the Wittow peninsula.
The 60 m high Tempelberg is located in the immediate vicinity of the road between Sagard and Glowe, not far from the village of Bobbin. It offers a view over the Great Jasmund Bodden to the west. On clear evenings you can see the lighthouses of...
Beach promenade & spa square Glowe
Stroll along the kilometer-long beach promenade and then enjoy a cool drink on the spa square in the heart of Glowe.
Glowe has developed in recent years visibly into a beautiful vacation and tourist resort. The redesign of the harbor with about 400 berths, the approximately 2 km long beach promenade and the spacious spa square offer a lot of variety for every...
Kosegarten House Altenkirchen
The shore sermons of the Altenkirchen pastor Kosegarten (1758 - 1818) are legendary. The life of Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten is honored in a permanent exhibition in the Kosegarten House. Many events take place in the house every year.
The Kosegarten-haus is a meeting and event place. A permanent exhibition is dedicated to the life of the famous pastor Kosegarten, who became famous for his shore sermons. Among the friends of this romanticist were Friedrich Schleiermacher, Caspar...
Nobbin megalithic tomb - "giant mountain
This impressive megalithic tomb of about 34 x 11-18 m (L x W) from the Funnel Beaker Culture (ca. 4100-2800 B.C.) is an extended dolmen with a trapezoidal mound bed, two guard stones (of a total of four), some of which are 3 m high, and two burial chambers as a special feature.
This impressive megalithic tomb of approx. 34 x 11-18 m (L x W) from the Funnel Beaker Culture (approx. 4100-2800 B.C.) is an extended dolmen with a trapezoidal mound bed, two partly 3 m high guard stones (of a total of four) and two burial chambers...
Vitt shore chapel
The octagonal shore chapel on the high bank of Vitt.
The Altenkirchen poet-priest Gotthard Ludwig Kosegarten initiated the construction of the Uferkapelle. In 1806 the construction of the chapel was started according to the plans of the Pomeranian country architect Rühs. Due to the Napoleonic wars the...
Monument Kap Arkona
The area monument Kap Arkona is one of the most popular excursion destinations on Rügen. In addition to the 45 metre high cliff, the cape is home to a whole range of sights: The castle wall of Jaromarsburg Castle is located directly at the top of the Cape. The glass dome of the restored sighting tower glistens next to it. The Schinkel tower, the large lighthouse and the bearing tower can be visited.
The area monument Cape Arkona belongs beside the fishing village Vitt to the municipality Putgarten and is one of the most popular excursion destinations on Rügen. The Cape accommodates beside the 45 meters high steep coast a whole row of objects of...
Cape Arkona Lighthouses
Cape Arkona's lighthouses are two sea-fires and a beacon pointing the way for seafarers on the Baltic Sea.
The Schinkel Tower was built in 1826/29 and is today a museum and registry office (wedding hotline: +4938391 4000), the round tower is still in operation. It was built in 1902 and is 35 m high. The brickwork tapers upwards and gives the tower a slim...
Dranske jetty
The jetty in Dranske on the island of Rügen.
The pier was opened in September 2009 after only 4 months of construction. From the pier Dranske offers in the months of June to September the opportunity to experience a trip to the nearby island of Hiddensee. It also provides a close-up view of the...
Bug near Dranske
The westernmost headland of the Wittow peninsula on the island of Rügen is called the "Bug". The "Bug" begins south of the village of Dranske.
The Bug peninsula stretches from Dranske over a distance of 8 km and an area of 500 ha in a southwesterly direction. It is only 55 meters wide at the narrowest point in the northeast, in the southwest the maximum width measures about 1,500 meters. To...
Wiek chalk bridge
The historic chalk bridge Wiek - landmark of the municipality and as "floating promenade" new, attractive excursion destination on the peninsula Wittow.
The chalk bridge is located directly in the redeveloped harbor area of Wiek, between the south and north harbors, and has a formative effect on the entire harbor and townscape. The bridge, which is about 130 meters long and four and a half meters...
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Funding information
Das Projekt ist gefördert aus Mitteln der Gemeinschaftsaufgabe „Verbesserung der regionalen Wirtschaftsstruktur“ durch das Ministerium für Wirtschaft, Infrastruktur, Tourismus und Arbeit Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
