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Rügen

Rügen is 's largest island. It is situated in north eastern on the southern , in the federal state of .
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Sassnitz and Bergen auf Rügen.

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is a town in in , a seaside resort on Rügen that has been famous for centuries.

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

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is a famous seaside resort on Rügen, in . It features fine sandy beaches, noble resort architecture and varied lush natural surroundings.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Putbus and Sellin.

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is a town on the southeastern coast of the island of Rügen, in the county of in the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, close to the Baltic Sea.

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is a famous seaside resort on the island of Rügen. It is especially known for its unique pier, and the steep coast lined with beaches.

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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 peninsula, just a few kilometres north of the .

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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.

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is a site on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen. During the Nazi era the worker's organization Kraft durch Freude began building a huge beach resort hotel for 20,000 people at the shore of the Baltic Sea.

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is a municipality in the district, in , .

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is a municipality in the district, in , . It is a state-recognised resort.

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is a municipality in the district, in , .

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is a coastal town and famous seaside resort on the island of Rügen.

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Breege is a village and municipality on the island of Rügen, generally known as Seebad . The municipality consists of the villages Breege, Juliusruh, Kammin, Lobkevitz and Schmantevitz.

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The is a nature reserve on the peninsula, in the northeast of Rügen island in , . It is famous for containing the largest Rügen chalk cliffs in Germany, the highest of which is , rising to 118 m above the Baltic Sea.

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is a municipality in the north of the island of Rügen on the Baltic Sea coast of Germany. It is in the district, in the federal state of .

Rügen

Latitude of center
54.4225° or 54° 25′ 21″ north
Longitude of center
13.3316° or 13° 19′ 54″ east
Population
67,500
Elevation
19 metres (62 feet)
IATA airport code
GTI
Open­Street­Map ID
node 240048065
Geo­Names ID
2843325
Wiki­data ID
Q3237
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zulu—“Rügen” goes by many names.
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  • Arabic: “روغن”
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  • Russian: “Рюген”
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  • Wu Chinese: “吕根岛”
  • Yue Chinese: “綠根島”
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