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Naturpark Insel Usedom Baederstrasse 5 17406 Usedom phone: 038372 763-0 fax: 038372 76311 |
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Park Isle of Usedom Welcome to a Jewel in the North German Cultivated Landscape |
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Naturpark Insel Usedom Baederstrasse 5 17406 Usedom phone: 038372 763-0 fax: 038372 76311 |
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| The Nature Park on the Isle of Usedom is made up of a wide
variety of different landscapes, such as wide, sandy beaches, imposing steep bluffs,
shallow lakes girdled by chains of hills, lowland bogs, beach margins and dunes. Small
hamlets here have clung to their origins, contrasting with as well as contributing to the
well known seaside resorts, such as Heringsdorf, Ahlbeck, Bansin and Zinnowitz on the outer coast. The most valuable regions are protected by 14 nature reserves (NSG) covering an area of 4.000 hectares. The following 9 nature reserves are representative examples of the protected regions: |
| Peenemünder Haken, Struck and Ruden Salt flats and marginal beach landscape in the debouchement of the River Peene, the extensive shallow waters, the sandbar island of Ruden and the bird roosts and breeding grounds. |
| Isle of Großer Wotig Salt flat islet in the Peene with fresh water springs, the flood plains on the mainland and the seabird breeding grounds. |
| Mümmelkenmoor Submerged moorland (14 m. deep), well worth a visit. |
 Gothensee and ThurbruchThe remains of a wooded watershed in the Thurbruch-Niederung, fringed by shallows. The bog is also well known as a home to rare butterflies and moths. Otters live in the lake. |
| South point of the Gnitz Peninsula A peninsula in the Achterwasser, with an inert moraine cliff and fronted by marginal beaches. It is an old protected region with dry grassland. |
| Wockinsee Marine lake with extensive land masses and various kinds of bog in the "Pudagla-Pforte". |
| Cosim Peninsula A peninsula on the south bank of the Achterwasser consisting of marginal beaches, reed marshes and alder woods under a wooded cliff. |
| Isles of Böhmke and Werder Two islands with moraine centres, ringed by land which was formerly used for pastures. They have been home to colonies of gulls and terns since the 1960s. |
| Golm The second highest terminal moraine on the island. A practically virgin cliff with rare beech woods. |
| For further information, please contact the foregoing address. |
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