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Isle of Ruegen between Lohme and Sassnitz |
Stubbenkammer Chalk
Cliffs Wild, romantic inlet with chalk cliffs in the National Park at Jasmund, The Koenigsstuhl is a natural balcony with view and the picturesque Wissower Klinken. |
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Isle of Ruegen near Neu Mukran |
Flint Field The flints are thought to have been submerged 4000 years ago; the "Sea of Stones" (ca. 2000 m. long and 200m. wide) is unique in Europe. |
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D-17153 Ivenack near Stavenhagen |
Ivenack Oaks Ivenack is 5 km. north east of Stavenhagen. It boasts a number of 1000 year old oaks which stand in a large tract of accessible land in a deer reserve. The largest tree has a circumference of 11 m. (information available from the Literature Museum) |
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D-18211 Nienhagen near Rostock |
Haunted Forest In the beech woods near the Baltic resort of Nienhagen. The harsh maritime climate on the high coast has bent the trees into bizarre forms. |
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D-19406 Groß Goernow near Sternberg |
The Warnow-Durchbruchstal is well worth visiting. This is the biggest rift in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern; the Warnow and Mildenitz rivers converge here near Groß Goernow. |
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Isle of Ruegen | Boulders at Ruegen The great Nardevitz Stone: At ca. 4.700 tonnes the giant among all the stones found on Rügen. It has been reduced in size over the years by people chiselling away granite pieces for monuments, lintels, mile stones and markers. It now has a volume of 580 m³ and weighs 1566 tonnes. The Buskam: The largest stone in Northern Europe, it lies 300 m. from the beach at Goehren. It has a volume of 600 m³, weighs some ca.1900 tonnes and has a height of 8,5 m., 1,5 m. of which are submerged. The portion out of the water has a circumference of 40 m. |