Great Dolmen of Dwasieden
The Great dolmen of Dwasieden, is a great dolmen in the borough of Sassnitz, on the Jasmund peninsula of Germany's largest island, Rügen. It was excavated in 1970 by Ewald Schuldt and is designated a Sprockhoff No.Photo: Unukorno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Archaeological site
- Description: dolmen
- Also known as: “Fürstengrab”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Schloss Dwasieden and HMS Otus.
Schloss Dwasieden
Ruins
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Schloss Dwasieden is a ruins, which is situated 1 km east of Great Dolmen of Dwasieden.
HMS Otus
Photo: Derzno, CC BY-SA 4.0.
HMS Otus was a Royal Navy Oberon-class submarine launched in 1962. She was decommissioned in the early 1990s and is now a museum ship in Germany. HMS Otus is situated 2½ km northeast of Great Dolmen of Dwasieden.
Sassnitz station
Railway station
Photo: J.-H. Janßen, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sassnitz is a railway station in the town of Sassnitz, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The station lies on the Stralsund–Sassnitz railway and the train services are operated by Ostdeutsche Eisenbahn GmbH. Sassnitz station is situated 2½ km northeast of Great Dolmen of Dwasieden.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Neu Mukran and Sagard.
Neu Mukran
Village
Photo: Michael w, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Neu Mukran is a village, which is situated 3 km southwest of Great Dolmen of Dwasieden.
Sagard
Sagard is a town of 2,500 people on Rügen. It's a place on your journey rather than a destination, or a base for exploring other parts of the island. It's old town is being regenerated, and its centre has cobblestone streets with a mix of renovated and new businesses and houses, and those in need of a little attention.
Jasmund National Park
Photo: Traveler100, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Jasmund National Park is a nature reserve on the Jasmund peninsula, in the northeast of Rügen island in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is famous for containing the largest Rügen chalk cliffs in Germany, the highest of which is Königsstuhl, rising to 118 m above the Baltic Sea.
Great Dolmen of Dwasieden
- Categories: dolmen, historic site, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Sassnitz, Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen, Rügen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
54.50196° or 54° 30′ 7″ northLongitude
13.60905° or 13° 36′ 33″ eastOpen location code
9F6MGJ25+QJOpenStreetMap ID
node 2093136534OpenStreetMap feature
historic=archaeological_siteWikidata ID
Q575698
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In Other Languages
“Great Dolmen of Dwasieden” goes by many names.
- German: “Großdolmen von Dwasieden”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Soldatenfriedhof and Großsteingrab Mukran 1.
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