Hiddensee Attractions
The island of Hiddensee, lying off the west coast of Rügen like a protective breakwater, is 17km/10.5mi long from north to south, but never much more than 1km/0.75mi wide and at its narrowest point only 125m/135yds across, with a total area of 18.6sq.km/7sq.mi. Exposed as it is to the north and west winds, Hiddensee is subject to the danger of violent storm tides.
Hiddensee is accessible only by boat from Stralsund or Rügen, and no motor vehicles are permitted. As a holiday resort it offers broad sandy beaches and plenty of good walking.
Hiddensee is accessible only by boat from Stralsund or Rügen, and no motor vehicles are permitted. As a holiday resort it offers broad sandy beaches and plenty of good walking.
View
From the Dornbusch plateau in the north of the island of Hiddensee there are fine panoramic views of the bodden and the hills of Rügen, the distant church towers of Stralsund and Barth, the Darss lighthouse and, in clear weather, the cliffs of the Danish island of Møn.
Kloster
The most northerly place on the island of Hiddensee, Kloster, grew up around a monastery (kloster) founded here in 1297, when the island belonged to Denmark. Only a single arched doorway of the monastery survives. In the old churchyard of the monastery can be seen the grave of the dramatist Gerhart Hauptmann (1862-1946), who frequently spent his holidays on Hiddensee.
Neuendorf, Germany
(Near Hiddensee)
Neuendorf, founded about 1700, is the most southerly settlement on the island of Hiddensee; with its whitewashed houses surrounded by green turf, it is also the most charming.
