Gellen

The Gellen or Gellen Peninsula is a spit at the southern end of the island of Hiddensee off the north German Baltic coast. Its southern part is protected as an important bird reserve and is part of protection zone I of the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park.

Photo: Lebrac, CC BY 3.0.

Places of Interest

Highlights include Gänsewerder and Leuchtturm Gellen.

Gänsewerder

Islet

Photo: Lebrac, CC BY 3.0.

Gänsewerder is a tiny uninhabited German island in the Schaproder Bodden, a lagoon on the Baltic Sea coast, 400 metres east of the Gellen Peninsula on Hiddensee.

Leuchtturm Gellen

Lighthouse

Leuchtturm Gellen

Photo: A.Savin, FAL.

Leuchtturm Gellen is a lighthouse, which is situated 3 km north of Gellen.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Neuendorf and Barhöft.

Neuendorf

Village

Photo: Global Fish, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Neuendorf is a village, which is situated 5 km north of Gellen.

Barhöft

Hamlet

Photo: Unukorno, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Barhöft is a hamlet, which is situated 6 km southwest of Gellen.

Schaprode

Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Schaprode is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Gellen

Type: Locality
Description: peninsula
Category: peninsula
Location: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

54.48105° or 54° 28′ 52″ north

Longitude

13.06737° or 13° 4′ 3″ east

Open location code

9F6MF3J8+CW

OpenStreetMap ID

node 1685186029

OpenStreetMap feature

place=locality

Wikidata ID

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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Polish—“Gellen” goes by many names.

Dutch: “Gellen”
French: “Gellen”
German: “Gellen”
Polish: “Gellen”

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