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Geologic Formation Attractions In Rugen Island

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Rügen is Germany's largest island by area. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The gateway to Rügen island is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund, where it is linked to the mainland by road and railway via the Rügen Bridge and Causeway, two routes crossing the two-kilometre-wide Strelasund, a sound of the Baltic Sea. Rügen has a maximum length of 51.4 km , a maximum width of 42.8 km in the south and an area of 926 km². The coast is characterized by numerous sandy beaches, lagoons and open bays , as well as projecting peninsulas and headlands. In June 2011, UNESCO awarded t...
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Geologic Formation Attractions In Rugen Island

  • 1. Nationalpark Jasmund Konigsstuhl Sassnitz
    The Jasmund National Park is a nature reserve on the Jasmund peninsula, in the northeast of Rügen island in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is famous for containing the largest chalk cliffs in Germany, the Königsstuhl . These cliffs are up to 161 m above the Baltic Sea. The beech forests behind the cliffs are also part of the national park. Consisting of only 30 km2 , this is the smallest national park in Germany. The park was founded in 1990 by the last government of East Germany prior to the German reunification. On June 25, 2011 the beech forest in the park was added to UNESCO World Heritage Site as an extension of the Primeval Beech Forests of the Carpathians and the Ancient Beech Forests of Germany.
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