Lancken
Lancken is a village in Dranske, Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. Lancken is situated nearby to the hamlet Kreptitz, as well as near the neighborhood Weiler D.Places of Interest
Highlights include Nordwestufer Wittow und Kreptitzer Heide and St. Georg.
Nordwestufer Wittow und Kreptitzer Heide
Nature reserve
Photo: Patrice77, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Nordwestufer Wittow und Kreptitzer Heide is a nature reserve.
St. Georg
Church
Photo: Chron-Paul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
St. Georg is a church, which is situated 4 km southeast of Lancken.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Dranske and Wiek.
Dranske
Village
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Dranske is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. Dranske village includes a sailing school, a ceramic workshop, and a museum. Dranske is situated 3 km southwest of Lancken.
Wiek
Village
Wiek is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The body of the well-known American Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest III, killed while on an air raid on Kiel in 1943, was buried at Wiek by the German authorities. Wiek is situated 4 km southeast of Lancken.
Altenkirchen
Photo: Chron-Paul, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Altenkirchen is a municipality in the north of the island of Rügen on the Baltic Sea coast of Germany. It is in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in the federal state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Lancken
- Type: Village
- Also known as: “Lancken-Wittow”
- Category: locality
- Location: Dranske, Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
54.65° or 54° 39′ northLongitude
13.25679° or 13° 15′ 25″ eastElevation
1 metre (3 feet)Open location code
9F6MJ7X4+XPOpenStreetMap ID
node 50900005OpenStreetMap feature
place=villageGeoNames ID
2881655
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