NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Rügen

Rügen ( Polish (polski, język polski) is the official language of Poland. History Polish has been influenced by contact with foreign languages (foremost Latin, Czech, French, German, Italian, Old Belarusian, Russian and recently it has been virtually bombarded by English, especially American English language elements). A small hint when learning... Polish Rugia) is the largest The Federal Republic of Germany ( German: Bundesrepublik Deutschland) is one of the worlds leading industrialised countries, located in the heart of Europe. Due to its central location, Germany has more neighbours than any other European country: these are Denmark in the north, Poland and the Czech Republic in the... German island. It is situated off the coast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (German: Mecklenburg-Vorpommern) is a Bundesland (federal state) in northern Germany. It has an area of 23,170 km² but has only 1.7 million inhabitants, making it one of the German states with the lowest population density. The Baltic Seas beaches and islands, as well... Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania in the The Baltic Sea is located in Northern Europe, bounded by the Scandinavian Peninsula, the mainland of east and central Europe, and the Danish islands. It drains into the Kattegat by way of the Öresund, the Great Belt and the Little Belt. Kattegat then continues in the Skagerrak into the... Baltic Sea. Its area is 935 km² and its population was 73,000 in 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. By strict interpretation of the Gregorian Calendar, 2001 is also the first year of the 21st century and the 3rd millenium. Popular culture, however, often views the year 2000 as holding this distinction. 2001 is also the year... 2001. Together with the neighboring smaller islands Rügen Hiddensee is an island in the Baltic Sea, located west of Rügen on the German coast. The island, located 54°33 north longitude 13°07 east, has about 1,300 inhabitants. It was a popular vacation destination for East Germany. It is the location of a University of Greifswald... Hiddensee and Ummanz it is administrated as the district Rügen.

Geography

Rügen is mainly accessible by a bridge connecting the island with the city of Stralsund is a city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is situated at the southern coast of the Strelasund (a sound of the Baltic Sea separating the island of Rügen from the mainland). A bridge (the Rügendamm) and several ferry services connect Stralsund with the ports of R... Stralsund on the mainland. There are also ferry connections from Stralsund, Greifswald (German Greif=griffin, Wald=forest) is a city in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Located at the south end of the Baltic Sea, and the mouth of the Ryck river. Population: about 55,000. Officially Hansestadt Greifswald in German (Hanseatic Leaque City of Greifswald). Historical notes The first settlers were... Greifswald and Wolgast. The island has some crowded tourist resorts along the eastern coast as well as quiet and lonely places in the west. There are three nature reserves extending at least partially on the island:

The Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park (Nationalpark Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft) is a large nature reserve at the coast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It consists of several peninsulas and islands in the Baltic Sea, belonging to the districts of Rügen and Nordvorpommern. The national park includes: the Darß peninsula the... Vorpommern Lagoon Area National Park (Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft); the west coast of Rügen and the island of Hiddensee are parts of this large national park.
The Jasmund National Park is a nature reserve in the northeast of Rügen island in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. It is famous for the largest chalk cliffs of Germany, the so called Königsstuhl (literally kings chair). These cliffs are up to 161 m high above the Baltic... Jasmund National Park; a small park including the famous chalk cliffs (Königsstuhl).
Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve; a nature reserve consisting of the peninsulas in the southeast.

History

Rügen

Rügen was populated since about 4000 BC. It was later settled by the The term Germanic tribes applies to the ancient Germanic peoples of Europe. The Germanic tribes spoke mutually intelligible dialects and shared a common mythology (see Norse Mythology) and storytelling as testified by, for example, Beowulf and the Volsunga saga. The existence of a common identity is testified by the fact... Germanic tribe The Rugians (Latin rugii) were an East Germanic tribe whose ultimate origins have been traced to Rogaland in Norway, whose population probably was the Rugii that Jordanes mentioned as a tribe that still remained in Scandza. The connection is further supported by the fact that an old name for the... Rugians who gave their name to the island. In the ( 6th century - 7th century - 8th century - other centuries) Events Islam starts in Arabia, the Quran is written, and Arabs subjugate Syria, Iraq, Persia, Egypt, North Africa and Central Asia to Islam. Sutton Hoo ship burial, East Anglia (modern England) Xuan Zang (aka Hsuan-Tsang) travelled from China to India... 7th century The Slavic peoples are the most numerous ethnic and linguistic body of peoples in Europe. They speak Slavic languages and reside chiefly in the east of that continent, but are also found in Asia. Ethno-cultural subdivisions One can customarily divide the Slavs into the following subgroups: East Slavs: Russians... Slavic peoples came to settle the place. Many traces of their life can be found today. Rügen became a Slavic principality with the political and religious centre in the fortified temple of Świętowit (also Swantewit and, incorrectly, Światowit) is the Polabian deity of war, fertility and abundance. It was a Rugian counterpart of the all-Slavic Perun common in Slavic mythology. The main temple of Świętowit was located in Arkona in Rugia island on the... Świętowit at Cape Arkona is a cape on the island of Rügen in Germany. Prior to the German reunification it was the northernmost point of East Germany. Cape Arkona is the tip of the Witte peninsula, just a few kilometres north of the Jasmund National Park. View on Cape Arkona from... Cape Arkona, the northernmost point of Rügen. In Events December 22 - Afraid that Old Cairo would be captured by the Crusaders, its Caliph orders the city set afire. The city burns for 54 days. Prince Richard of England becomes duke of Aquitaine.He later becomes King Richard I of England. Emperor Takakura ascends to the throne of Japan... 1168 the place was destroyed by Denmark (disambiguation). The Kingdom of Denmark is geographically the smallest Nordic country and is part of the European Union. It is located in Scandinavia, which is in northern Europe. Denmark borders the Baltic Sea and the North Sea, and consists of a peninsula attached to Northern Germany named Jutland (Jylland... Danish invaders. The now weakened principality became receptive to The historical phenomenon of Christianization, the conversion of individuals to Christianity or the conversion of entire peoples at once (a political shift as much as a spontaneous mass shift in individual consciences), also includes the practice of converting pagan cult practices, pagan religious imagery, pagan sites and the pagan calendar... Christianisation. A monarchy was established in Rügen under Danish influence.

1162-1170 Tezlaw
1170-1217 Jaromar I
1218-1249 Wislaw I
1249-1260 Jaromar II
1260-1302 Wislaw II
1303-1325 Wislaw III

Events Muhammed Tughlaq succeeds his father Ghiyas al-Din Tughlaq as Sultan of Delhi. Tenochtitlan founded. Births Nicolas Oresme Deaths January 7 - King Dinis of Portugal, succeeded by his son Afonso IV Categories: 1325 ... 1325 In 1325, Rügen was conquered by the Pomerania is a geographical and historical region in northern Poland and Germany, on the south coasts of Baltic Sea on both sides of the Oder River and reaches to the Vistula river in the east and Reknitz river in the west. In the second half of 10th century Pomerania was... Dukes of Pomerania, which established their own principality.

1325-1326 Warcislaw IV
1326-1368 Boguslaw V, Warcislaw V, Barnim IV
1368-1372 Warcislaw VI, Boguslaw VI
1372-1394 Warcislaw VI
1394-1415 Warcislaw VIII
1415-1432 Swietobor II
1432-1451 Barnim VIII
1451-1457 Warcislaw IX
1457-1478 Warcislaw X

Rügen was a part of The Kingdom of Sweden ( Swedish: Konungariket Sverige listen?) is a Nordic country in Scandinavia, in Northern Europe. It is bordered by Norway on the west, Finland on the northeast, the Skagerrak Strait and the Kattegat Strait on the southwest, and the Baltic Sea and the Gulf of Bothnia on... Swedish Swedish Pomerania was a Dominion under the Swedish Crown from the 17th to the 19th century, situated on the German Baltic Sea coast. Following the Polish War and the Thirty Years War Sweden held extensive control over the lands on the Southern Baltic Coast including Pomerania and parts of Silesia... Pomerania from Events Peace treaty signed at Westphalia ends the Thirty Years War. The Dutch and the Spanish sign the Treaty of Munster, ending the Eighty Years War. The Spanish Empire recognizes the Dutch Republic of United Netherlands as a sovereign state, (governed by the House of Orange-Nassau and the Estates... 1648 to 1815 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). Events January 3 - Austria, Britain, and France form a secret defensive alliance treaty against Prussia and Russia. January 4 - Netherlands, Foundation of the first dutch student association, the Groninger Studenten Corps, Vindicat Atque Polit. The first rector of... 1815; afterwards it became a part of The coat of arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 The word Prussia ( German: Preußen or Preussen, Polish: Prusy, Lithuanian: Prūsai, Latin: Borussia) has had various (often contradictory) meanings: The land of the Baltic Prussians (in what is now parts of southern Lithuania, the Kaliningrad... Prussia. In Events March 25 - Friedrich Karl Ludwig, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Beck dies and is succeeded by the later Friedrich Wilhelm, Duke of Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg, his son and founder of the Schleswig-Holstein-Sonderburg-Glücksburg. May 2 - Leopold of Saxe-Coburg, later King of the Belgians... 1816 the first bathing resort was founded (Putbus). Later more resorts were established, and Rügen remained the most famous holiday resort of Germany until Mushroom cloud from the nuclear explosion over Nagasaki rising 18 km (60,000 ft) into the air. August 9, 1945 World War II was a global conflict that started in 7 July 1937 in Asia and 1 September 1939 in Europe and lasted until 1945, involving the majority of the... World War II.

In 1936 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). Events January-February January 15 -- The first building to be completely covered in glass is completed in Toledo, Ohio, for the Owens-Illinois Glass Company. January 20 - Death of George V of the United Kingdom. His... 1936 the bridge connecting Rügen with the mainland was constructed. The Nazi Germany, or the Third Reich, commonly refers to Germany in the years 1933–1945, when it was under the firm control of the totalitarian and fascist ideology of the Nazi Party, with the Führer Adolf Hitler as dictator. The Third Reich is an Anglicization of the German... Nazis added a resort of outstanding ugliness: Prora was a Nazi-planned spa on the island Rügen, Germany. The massive building complex was built 1936-1939 as a Kraft durch Freude (KdF) project. See also Nazi architecture Categories: Stub ... Prora, planned by the Kraft durch Freude (abbreviated KdF and meaning strength through joy), was a large state-controlled leisure organization in Nazi Germany, a part of the Deutsche Arbeitsfront (DAF), the national German labour organization. From 1933 it provided affordable leisure activities such as concerts, day-trips and holidays as in Prora. Large... Kraft durch Freude ("Strength through joy") organisation, which aimed to occupy people's free time. However, Prora was never completed.

Rügen regained its status as a holiday island after the German reunification (Deutsche Wiedervereinigung) refers to the reunification of Germany from its constituent parts of East Germany and West Germany under a single government on October 3, 1990. An agreement to reunite both parts of Germany was reached on February 13, 1990. This agreement was implemented through the so-called... German reunification; now it has surpassed The German island of Sylt is located in the North Sea off the coast of Germany and Denmark. Map of the island of Sylt Sylt is an island in northern Germany, part of Nordfriesland, Schleswig-Holstein. It belongs to the North Frisian Islands. The island was once part of the... Sylt as the most popular German island again.

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