Geography Rügen

jasmund national park, famous chalk cliffs, symbol of rügen: victoria-sicht (victoria s view) , königsstuhl (king s chair) baltic sea

the main body of island, known muttland, surrounded several peninsulas. north lie peninsulas of wittow , jasmund, connected each other schaabe sandbar , muttland schmale heide, embankment @ lietzow , wittow ferry. northern peninsulas separated muttland several lagoons or bodden, largest of großer jasmunder bodden , kleiner jasmunder bodden. major peninsulas in south zudar , mönchgut both face bay of greifswald.

rügen has total area of 926.4 km, or 974 km if adjacent small islands included. maximum diameter 51.4 km north south, , 42.8 km east west. of overall 574 km-long coastline, 56 km sandy baltic sea beaches, , 2.8 km sandy bodden beaches. highest elevations on jasmund peninsula: piekberg (161 m) , königsstuhl (117 m).

the northern part of bay of greifswald, rügischer bodden, large bay in south of rügen island, island of vilm lying offshore. @ western end of bay, peninsula of zudar runs out southernmost point of rügen (palmer ort), @ eastern end highly indented peninsula of mönchgut projects sea. peninsula ends in east @ cape of nordperd near göhren , in south @ cape of südperd thiessow. in west of peninsula of mönchgut narrow, 5-km-long bar, reddevitz höft, separates 2 bays of having , hagensche wiek.

binz

in north-east of island of rügen formed peninsula of jasmund, joined heart of island, muttland, bar of schmale heide between binz-prora , sassnitz-mukran , rail , road embankment @ lietzow. schmale heide separates outer bay of prorer wiek lagoon of kleiner jasmunder bodden. on peninsula of jasmund piekberg (161 m above sea level (nn)), highest point on rügen, , königsstuhl, 118-metre-high chalk cliff in stubbenkammer, forms striking landmark on island. bar, schaabe, links jasmund peninsula of wittow in north of rügen. schaabe, in turn, separates outer bay of tromper wiek lagoon of großer jasmunder bodden. peninsula of wittow , long, narrow peninsula of bug west separated main body of rügen rassower strom, breetzer bodden , breeger bodden. wittow peninsula adjoined in north cape arkona. under kilometre northwest, located @ 54°41 n, northernmost point of mecklenburg-western pomerania. below cliff (gellort) on shoreline siebenschneiderstein - fourth largest glacial erratic boulder on rügen.

the northwestern , western sides of rügen highly indented, little flatter. offshore larger islands of hiddensee , ummanz smaller islands Öhe liebitz , heuwiese. sand removal , deposition baltic sea has countered dredging operations north , south of hiddensee, otherwise hiddensee merge rügen within few years. rügen dotted many glacial erratic boulders, of 22 largest belong legally-protected geotopes (see also:erratics on , around rügen).

land use

the heartland of rügen gently rolling, , area characterized agriculture. east of town of bergen auf rügen land climbs 90 m above nn (at rugard there observation tower) , 107 m above nn in southeastern hill country of granitz. soil on rügen fertile , productive, particularly in wittow, granary of island. there major coal-producing regions.

two german national parks situated on rügen: western pomerania lagoon area national park, in west (including hiddensee), , jasmund national park, smaller park including famous chalk cliffs (königsstuhl). there nature reserve, southeast rügen biosphere reserve, consisting of peninsulas in southeast.

panoramic view on rügen granitz castle near binz


climate

the climate in temperate zone. winters not particularly cold, mean temperatures in january , february of 0.0 °c (32.0 °f); , summers mild , temperate, mean temperature in august of 16.3 °c (61.3 °f). there average rainfall of 520–560 millimetres (20–22 in) , approximately 1800–1870 hours of sunshine annually.