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Heritage Museum | An outstanding exhibit in the museum is a
replica of the famous "Hiddensee Gold Ornaments". Other parts of the exhibition offer interesting information on the history and lifestyle of the people and the flora and fauna of the island. |
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Gerhart-Hauptmann Memorial "Seedorn House" |
The writer lived in "Seedorn House" in Vitte from 1930 until his death on 6.6.1946. Five of the rooms in the house have been left with their original furnishings and personal effects as a memorial to his life’s work and his stay on the island. |
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Village church Kloster | The origins of this church date back to 1400. This is the only remaining structure to survive from the Cistercian monastery founded at that time. A wooden vaulted ceiling and a platform altar with a colourful hovering angel were added in1781. |
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Hiddensee Lighthouse | The lighthouse was commissioned 22. November 1888. It is 23m. tall and stands on the 72 m high moraine bluff "Dornenbusch". |
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National Park "Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft" |
This national park covers 805 kmē and is the
largest in the new states. It includes the wide tract of natural coastal terrain on the
Darss and Zingst peninsulas, the wide shallows and parts of West Ruegen and the Isle of
Hiddensee. Some 687 kmē, the greater part of the national park, is water. Many typical elements of the Baltic coastal landscape such as high and low coasts, ravines, bays, lagoons, flats, dunes and beaches with their typical flora and fauna can be found in close proximity to each other in the national park. Every Autumn a part of the park becomes host to flocks of cranes and is the largest roost in Europe. |
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National Park Jasmund | The National Park at Jasmund lies on the Baltic coast of the Isle of Ruegen between Lohme and Sassnitz. Ruegen’s landmarks, the picturesque chalk cliffs with the imposing Koenigsstuhl and the impressive Wissower Klinken, are all part of the 3000 hectare reserve. As well as the chalk terrain there are wetlands, heaths, moors and red beech stands with their typical flora and fauna for the nature lover to explore. |
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Hanseatic City Stralsund | |
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Isle of Ruegen | |
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Fischland-Darss-Zingst Peninsula | |