Usedom Royal Spas

At 926 square kilometers, Rügen is Germany's largest and most populous island. It connects to Stralsund via the Rügendamm and the Rügen Bridge (opened 2007); its Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage site since 2002. On the Jasmund peninsula, Königsstuhl towers 118 meters above the Baltic Sea; the National Park's ancient beech forests are a World Natural Heritage site since 2011.Along the east coast are seaside resorts like Binz, Sellin, and Göhren, with spa architecture and long sandy beaches. Further east on Usedom, a twelve-kilometer promenade connects the Imperial Spas Bansin, Heringsdorf, and Ahlbeck with Swinemünde, Poland.

Binz is the largest seaside resort on Rügen. Late 19th-century villa-style guesthouses line the promenade, in front of which stretches a sandy beach approximately five kilometers long and up to 50 meters wide. The 1908 Kurhaus and the 370-meter-long pier from 1994 form the center.In the Granitz forest stands Jagdschloss Granitz, its tower offering panoramic views as far as Usedom. Approximately five kilometers north, the Koloss von Prora serves as a reminder of the plans for a KdF seaside resort. You can reach neighboring towns with the Rasender Roland, the narrow-gauge railway between Putbus and Göhren.

Jasmund National Park in northeastern Rügen, at 3,003 hectares, is Germany's smallest national park. It was established on September 12, 1990, and since June 2011, parts of its beech forest have been a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site. The chalk cliffs of the steep coast are approximately 70 million years old; Caspar David Friedrich painted them in 1818.Its most famous point is the 118-meter-high Königsstuhl, home to the National Park Centre, where a skywalk has extended over the edge since 2023. A panoramic trail runs for about eleven to twelve kilometers along the high cliff coast from Sassnitz to Lohme, or you can take a shuttle bus from the Hagen car park.

Stralsund liegt am Strelasund und gilt als Tor zur Insel Rügen. Die Altstadt ist fast vollständig von Wasser umgeben, vom Sund und von Knieperteich, Frankenteich und Moorteich. Seit 2002 ist sie gemeinsam mit Wismar UNESCO-Welterbe, fast 200 Jahre lang gehörte die Stadt zu Schwedisch-Pommern.Am Alten Markt stehen das Rathaus, eines der bedeutendsten Profanbauten der Backsteingotik im Norden, und die Nikolaikirche. Vom 104 Meter hohen Turm der Marienkirche blickst du über Stadt und Rügen. Im Hafen zeigt das 2008 eröffnete Ozeaneum die Unterwasserwelt von Ostsee und Nordatlantik.

Founded in 1990, Müritz National Park covers 322 square kilometers and is considered Germany's largest terrestrial national park. Nearly three-quarters of its area is forest, complemented by 108 lakes over one hectare, as well as bogs and meadows. The park comprises the larger Müritz section in the west and the smaller Serrahn section in the east, whose beech forests have been a UNESCO World Natural Heritage site since June 2011.White-tailed eagles and ospreys have their territory here, with over 100 pairs of cranes breeding in the park. From observation platforms, you can watch ospreys, and from the Käflingsbergturm, you can survey the landscape. In Waren, the Müritzeum provides information about the region's nature.