Varnkevitz

Varnkevitz is a hamlet in Putgarten, Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Varnkevitz is situated nearby to the hamlet Schwarbe, as well as near Mattchow.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Dolmen Nobbin and Siebenschneiderstein.

Dolmen Nobbin

Archaeological site

Photo: Unukorno, CC BY 3.0.

Dolmen Nobbin is an archaeological site, which is situated 3 km southeast of Varnkevitz.

The Siebenschneiderstein is a glacial erratic on the island of Rügen. It lies about 22 metres away from the cliffs of Gellort on the Baltic Sea beach, one kilometre northwest of Cape Arkona. Siebenschneiderstein is situated 4 km east of Varnkevitz.

Vitt Chapel

Church

Photo: Derzno, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Vitt Chapel is a church, which is situated 4 km east of Varnkevitz.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Nobbin and Putgarten.

Nobbin

Hamlet

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Nobbin is a village in the municipality of Putgarten on the Wittow peninsula on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen. The village, comprising just a few houses, lies between the road from Altenkirchen to Arkona and the bay of Tromper Wiek. Nobbin is situated 2½ km south of Varnkevitz.

Putgarten

Village

Photo: Lapplaender, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.

Putgarten is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The municipality is administered by the Amt of Nord-Rügen with its seat in Sagard. Putgarten is situated 3 km east of Varnkevitz.

Kap Arkona

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Cape Arkona, also spelled Arcona, is a 45-metre high cape on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It forms the tip of the Wittow peninsula, just a few kilometres north of the Jasmund National Park.

Varnkevitz

Type: Hamlet
Category: locality
Location: Putgarten, Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

54.67638° or 54° 40′ 35″ north

Longitude

13.37046° or 13° 22′ 14″ east

Elevation

31 metres (102 feet)

Open location code

9F6MM9GC+H5

OpenStreetMap ID

node 50908710

OpenStreetMap feature

place=hamlet

GeoNames ID

2817843

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In Other Languages

From German to Russian—“Varnkevitz” goes by many names.

German: “Varnkevitz”
Russian: “Фарнкевитц”

Localities in the Area

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