The natural and historic treasures on Rügen are protected within a variety of parks and preserves that cover most of the island, notably the West Pomeranian Lagoon Area and Jasmund national parks. Rügen thereafter was ruled by native princes under Danish supremacy until 1218 and passed to Pomerania (Pomorze) in 1325, to Sweden in 1648, and to Prussia in 1815. The Germanic Rugieri tribe was displaced about 500 bce by the Slavic Wends, whose fortress on the northern promontory of Arkona was destroyed by the Danish king Waldemar I when he conquered and Christianized the island in 1168. There are Upper Paleolithic (Old Stone Age) remains, as well as traces of the Neolithic (New Stone Age) Beaker folk and the Bronze Age Hügelgraber Culture (distinguished by burial tumuli). Ger inga revor eller utlöpare, lättodlad och tacksam växt. The highest point is the Piekberg (528 feet ) in Jasmund. Produktbeskrivning: Rügen Månadssmultron som ger rikligt med stora, röda smultron under hela sommaren. The western coast is generally low, while on the eastern shore dramatic chalk cliffs rise to 400 feet (120 metres) at the Stubbenkammer promontory. The general name is applied locally only to the roughly triangular main trunk of the island, while the larger peninsulas of Jasmund and Wittow (north) and Mönchgut (southeast) are considered to be as distinct from Rügen as the various adjacent smaller islands, notably Ummanz and Hiddensee, which are also included under the name for statistical purposes. The coastline is irregular, as Rügen originally consisted of several separate islands that, in geologically recent times, have been joined by strips of land. Its length from north to south is 32 miles (51 km), its maximum breadth 25 miles (40 km), and its area 358 square miles (926 square km). It is administered as part of Mecklenburg–West Pomerania Land (state). Rügen, largest island of Germany, in the Baltic Sea opposite Stralsund and separated from the German mainland by the Strelasund (Strela Sound) and the Bodden Strait. SpaceNext50 Britannica presents SpaceNext50, From the race to the Moon to space stewardship, we explore a wide range of subjects that feed our curiosity about space!.Learn about the major environmental problems facing our planet and what can be done about them! Saving Earth Britannica Presents Earth’s To-Do List for the 21st Century.100 Women Britannica celebrates the centennial of the Nineteenth Amendment, highlighting suffragists and history-making politicians.COVID-19 Portal While this global health crisis continues to evolve, it can be useful to look to past pandemics to better understand how to respond today.
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