Siebenschneiderstein
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.Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cape Arkona Lighthouse and Schinkel Tower.
Cape Arkona Lighthouse
Lighthouse
Photo: Derzno, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Cape Arkona Lighthouse is situated 660 metres southeast of Siebenschneiderstein.
Schinkel Tower
Scenic viewpoint
Photo: Code, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
Schinkel Tower is a scenic viewpoint, which is situated 640 metres southeast of 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. Jaromarsburg is situated 1 km southeast of Siebenschneiderstein.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Kap Arkona and Putgarten.
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.
Putgarten
Village
Photo: Lapplaender, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
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.
Vitt
Village
Photo: Lapplaender, CC BY-SA 3.0 de.
The fishing village of Vitt lies on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen, more precisely on the Wittow peninsula near Cape Arkona. The village is part of the municipality of Putgarten.
Siebenschneiderstein
- Type: Stone
- Description: Boulder on Rügen
- Categories: glacial erratic, geotope, natural monument in Germany, and landform
- Location: Putgarten, Landkreis Vorpommern-Rügen, Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
54.68484° or 54° 41′ 5″ northLongitude
13.4282° or 13° 25′ 42″ eastHeight
2 metres (6.6 feet)Width
2 metres (6.6 feet)Open location code
9F6MMCMH+W7OpenStreetMap ID
way 1080789922OpenStreetMap feature
natural=stoneWikidata ID
Q2282414
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Swedish—“Siebenschneiderstein” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Siebenschneiderstein”
- German: “Schneiderstein”
- German: “Siebenschneiderstein”
- German: “Söbenschniedersteen”
- German: “Söbensniedersteen”
- Swedish: “Siebenschneiderstein”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Ruine des alten Pegelturms and Nebelsignalstation.
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