The Stubnitz is a hilly, forested landscape region on the east coast of the Jasmund peninsula on the German

Baltic Sea The Baltic Sea is an arm of the Atlantic Ocean that is enclosed by the countries of Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Sweden, and the North European Plain, North and Central European Plain regions. It is the ...

island of

Rügen Rügen (; Rani: ''Rȯjana'', ''Rāna''; , ) 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 ci ...

– Germany's largest island. It covers an area of about 2,400 ha and runs from the town of

Sassnitz Sassnitz (, before 1993 in ) is a town on the Jasmund peninsula, Rügen Island, in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. The population as of 2012 was 9,498. Sassnitz is a well-known seaside resort and port town, and is a gateway to th ...

to the municipality of Lohme, Today, it is almost entirely part of the 3,000 ha

Jasmund National Park The Jasmund National Park ( German: ''Nationalpark Jasmund'') is a nature reserve on the Jasmund peninsula, in the northeast of Rügen island in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is famous for containing the largest Rügen chalk cliffs in Germ ...

. The name ''Stubnitz'' is probably of Slavic origin; but the literature gives a wide variety of meanings – from ''Stufenland'' ("stepped landscape") to ''Waldung mit Bienenkellern'' ("woods with beehives").

Literature

* Johann Jacob Grümbke: ''Streifzüge durch das Rügenland''. (1805), Neuauflage durch F. A. Brockhaus Verlag Leipzig (Hrsg.: Albert Burkhardt), Leipzig, 1988, . * Nationalparkamt Rügen (ed.): ''Die Stubnitz: Der Buchenwald an der Kreideküste'', Lancken-Granitz, 2001 * Verein der Freunde und Förderer des Nationalparks Jasmund e. V. (Hrsg.): ''Die Insel Rügen – Nationalpark Jasmund''. 2nd edition, Sassnitz, 2002. * Biederstaedt, Frank: ''„... und wenn er vernichtet ist, so ist das Land verdorben.“ Die wechselvolle Geschichte der Stubnitz auf Rügen.'' Elmenhorst 2011.

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* {{Coord, 54, 33, N, 13, 38, E, type:landmark_region:DE-MV, display=title Forests and woodlands of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania Geography of Rügen