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The Reddevitz Höft or Reddevitzer Höft is a peninsular forming part of the
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Baltic Sea island of Rügen. It is part of the Mönchgut peninsula, with which it is linked in the southeast by a good 130 metre wide isthmus. The Reddevitzer Höft is over four kilometres long and up to 500 metres wide. In its western part, which end in a cliffed coast, the land climbs to a height of over 33 metres. At the eastern end is the village of Alt Reddevitz, part of the municipality of Middelhagen. The namen is derived from the
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word ''höft'' for "head". In the north the Reddevitzer Höft borders on the Having and in the south on the
Hagensche Wiek Hagensche Wiek is a cove in the east of the Rügischer Bodden that cuts deeply into the Mönchgut peninsula, the southeast tip of the German island of Rügen. It is about 5 kilometres long, 2.5 kilometres wide and opens towards the sout ...
, to the west and southwest lies the
Bay of Greifswald The Bay of GreifswaldSoutheast Rügen Biosphere Reserve, is the largest contiguous stretch of heathland on the island of Rügen and is classed as a natural monument. Reddevitzer-Höft-0810f-230.JPG, The Reddevitzer Höft Reddevitzer-Höft-Kliff-0810f-261.JPG, The Cliff at the Reddevitzer Höft Insel Destillerie Rügen (Halbinsel Reddevitz).jpg, The Destillerie at the Reddevitzer Höft {{DEFAULTSORT:Reddevitz Hoft Bay of Greifswald Geography of Rügen Peninsulas of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Peninsulas of the Baltic Sea Mönchgut