Wittow is the northernmost
peninsula of the island of
Rügen
Rügen (; la, Rugia, ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic city of Stralsund, where ...
. Wittow was a separate island until the
High Middle Ages
The High Middle Ages, or High Medieval Period, was the period of European history that lasted from AD 1000 to 1300. The High Middle Ages were preceded by the Early Middle Ages and were followed by the Late Middle Ages, which ended around AD 150 ...
, but since then has been connected to the
Jasmund peninsula of Rügen by the
Schaabe
The Schaabe is a bar, almost twelve kilometres long, on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen. It joins the peninsulas of Jasmund and Wittow.
Washed up and shaped by the sea, it forms a sickle-shaped shoreline on the bay of Tromper Wiek and ...
spit. Wittow is most famous for
Cape Arkona
Cape Arkona () is a 45-metre (150-foot) high cape on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It forms the tip of the Wittow peninsula, just a few kilometres north of the Jasmund National Park. The protected landscape of Cape Arko ...
hosting the remnants of a former
Rani temple
burgh. It was also known as 'Wittmund' or 'Witmond' in the 1700s.
Geography of Rügen
Peninsulas of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania
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