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Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania

Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen

Vorpommern-Rügen is a district in the north of , . It is bounded by the Baltic Sea and the districts , and .
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  • Type: Locality with 215,000 residents
  • Description: district in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany
  • Also known as: “Vorpommern-Ruegen”, “Vorpommern-Rügen”, and “Western Pomerania-Rügen District”
  • Historically known as: “Kreis Rügen” and “Landkreis Rügen”

Places of Interest

Highlights include St.-Margarethen-Kirche and Nonnensee.

Church
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is a church.

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The is a lake in the borough of , Vorpommern-Rügen district, in the German state of . It is located northwest of the town of Bergen auf Rügen and is very shallow.

Railway station
Photo: A.Savin, FAL.
Bergen auf Rügen is a railway station in the town of , , . The station lies on the Stralsund-Sassnitz railway and Bergen auf Rügen–Lauterbach Mole railway and was opened in 1883. is situated 4 km southeast of Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Bergen auf Rügen and Parchtitz.

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Bergen is the largest town on and the administrative centre of . Since the reunification of Germany in 1990, its historical centre has been renovated and decorated.

Village
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is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in , .

Village
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is a municipality, located on the island of , in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in , .

Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen

Latitude
54.455° or 54° 27′ 18″ north
Longitude
13.3936° or 13° 23′ 37″ east
Population
215,000
Elevation
20 metres (66 feet)
Abbreviation
“VR”
Open location code
9F6MF93V+XC
Geo­Names ID
2843324
Wiki­data ID
Q2909
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “مقاطعة فوربوميرن-روغن”
  • Aragonese: “Districto de Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Basque: “Aurrepomerania-Rügen”
  • Belarusian: “раён Форпомерн-Руген”
  • Belarusian: “Форпомерн-Руген”
  • Catalan: “districte de Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Cebuano: “Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Chinese: “前波美拉尼亚-吕根县”
  • Chinese: “前波美拉尼亞-呂根縣”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Přední Pomořansko-Rujána”
  • Czech: “Zemský okres Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Danish: “Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Dutch: “Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Dutch: “Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Esperanto: “Distrikto Antaŭpomerio-Rügen”
  • Finnish: “Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • French: “arrondissement de Poméranie-Occidentale-Rügen”
  • French: “Arrondissement de Poméranie-Occidentale-Rügen”
  • French: “Poméranie-Occidentale-Rügen”
  • German: “Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • German: “Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Greek: “Βόρπομερν-Ρύγκεν”
  • Hungarian: “Vorpommern-Rügen járás”
  • Interlingue: “Subdistrict Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Italian: “circondario della Pomerania Anteriore-Rügen”
  • Italian: “Circondario della Pomerania Anteriore-Rügen”
  • Japanese: “フォアポンメルン＝リューゲン郡”
  • Kurdish: “Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Ladin: “Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Latvian: “Priekšpomerānijas-Rīgenes apriņķis”
  • Low German: “Landkreis Vörpommern-Rügen”
  • Macedonian: “Западна Померанија-Риген”
  • Malay: “Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Northern Frisian: “Föörpomern-Rüügen”
  • Persian: “فرپومرن-روگن”
  • Polish: “Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Portuguese: “Pomerânia Ocidental-Rúgia”
  • Portuguese: “Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Romanian: “Vorpommern-Rügen (district)”
  • Romanian: “Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Russian: “Передняя Померания-Рюген”
  • Russian: “Форпоммерн-Рюген”
  • Scots: “Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Spanish: “distrito Pomerania Occidental-Rügen”
  • Spanish: “Pomerania Occidental-Rügen”
  • Swedish: “Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Tamil: “லான்ட்கிரெயிஸ் வொர்பொம்மென்-ருஜென்”
  • Turkish: “Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Turkish: “Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Ukrainian: “Передня Померанія-Рюген”
  • Upper Sorbian: “Wokrjes Předpomorska-Rujany”
  • Vietnamese: “Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Welsh: “Ardal Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • Western Frisian: “Foarpommeren-Rügen”
  • Western Panjabi: “فورپومرن-روگن”
  • “Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • “Vorpommern-Rügen”
  • “VR”

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Thesenvitz and Dramvitz.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Heideberge and Langer Berg.

Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania: Must-Visit Destinations

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About Mapcarta. Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen”. Photo: Schiwago, CC BY 2.5.