Putgarten

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.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Jaromarsburg and Siebenschneiderstein.

Jaromarsburg

Archaeological site

The Jaromarsburg was a cult site for the Slavic tribe of Rani dedicated to the god Svantovit and used from the 9th to the 12th century. It was located on the northeastern tip of the Baltic Sea island of Rügen at Cape Arkona, and was protected on two sides by the cliffed coast and from the land side by a Slavic burgwall.

Siebenschneiderstein

Stone

Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.

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.

Cape Arkona Lighthouse

Lighthouse

Photo: Derzno, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Kap Arkona and Altenkirchen.

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.

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.

Putgarten

Type: Locality with 186 residents
Also known as: “13073071”
Location: Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

54.6667° or 54° 40′ 0″ north

Longitude

13.4167° or 13° 25′ 0″ east

Population

186

Elevation

17 metres (56 feet)

Open location code

9F6MMC88+MM

GeoNames ID

6548427

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