Niehagen is a village in the municipality of
Ahrenshoop
Ahrenshoop is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany on the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula of the Baltic Sea. It used to be a small fishing village, but is today known for its tourism and as a holid ...
on the
peninsula in the German state of
Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.
On the
steep coast
A steep coastBird, Eric (2008). ''Coastal Geomorphology: An Introduction'', 2nd ed., Wiley, Chichester, 2008. is a stretch of coastline where the mainland descends abruptly into the sea. There is a sharp transition from the land to sea as opposed ...
near
Althagen
The village of Althagen on the peninsula of Fischland-Darß-Zingst in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern has been a part of the municipality of Ahrenshoop since 1950. Until 1945, the border between Mecklenburg and Pomerania ran between Alt ...
/Niehagen lies the
Bakelberg knoll. At it is the highest point of
Fischland
Fischland (literally "fish land") is an isthmus on the southern Baltic Sea coast on the Bay of Mecklenburg in northeastern Germany. It is part of the peninsula of Fischland-Darß-Zingst. Fischland was an island until the 14th century and was bound ...
.
The sculptor,
Gerhard Marcks
Gerhard Marcks (18 February 1889 – 13 November 1981) was a German artist, known primarily as a sculptor, but who is also known for his drawings, woodcuts, lithographs and ceramics.
Early life
Marcks was born in Berlin, where, at the age of 18, ...
, lived and worked in Niehagen in the 1930s, at ''Boddenweg 1''.
Hof bei Niehagen - geo-en.hlipp.de - 11780.jpg, Farm near Niehagen
Niehagen Steilküste Bunker 2013-09-04 11.JPG, Bunker system exposed by coastal erosion
Coastal erosion is the loss or displacement of land, or the long-term removal of sediment and rocks along the coastline due to the action of waves, currents, tides, wind-driven water, waterborne ice, or other impacts of storms. The landward ...
on the Hoher Ufer near Niehagen
External links
Vorpommern-Rügen
Villages in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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