rügen - translation to English
![Typical avenue on Rügen. The [[German Avenue Road]] starts in [[Sellin]] on the island and leads down to the far South of Germany (until [[Lake Constance]]).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/AlleeRügen1.jpg?width=200 "Typical avenue on Rügen. The [[German Avenue Road]] starts in [[Sellin]] on the island and leads down to the far South of Germany (until [[Lake Constance]]).")
![Neukamp]] in 1678 (etching by Jan Luiken).](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Belagerung ruegen.jpg?width=200 "Neukamp]] in 1678 (etching by Jan Luiken).")
![[[Binz]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Binz (2011-05-21) 03.JPG?width=200 "[[Binz]]")
.jpg?width=200 "Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher around 1815")
![Caspar Friedrich]]'s ''[[Chalk Cliffs on Rügen]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Caspar David Friedrich's Chalk Cliffs on Rügen.jpg?width=200 "Caspar Friedrich]]'s ''[[Chalk Cliffs on Rügen]]''")
![Bergen]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Flugplatz Güttin, Rügen (2011-05-21) 2.JPG?width=200 "Bergen]]")
![One of many [[megalith]] sites on Rügen: the [[Lancken-Granitz dolmen]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Großsteingrab Lancken 1 - Lancken-Granitz, Insel Rügen.jpg?width=200 "One of many [[megalith]] sites on Rügen: the [[Lancken-Granitz dolmen]]")
![[[Cape Arkona]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kap Arkona2.jpg?width=200 "[[Cape Arkona]]")
.jpg?width=200 "Karl Schwarz, 1865")
![KdF]] Building Prora](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/KdF Building.jpg?width=200 "KdF]] Building Prora")
![[[Binz]], one of several [[spa]]s on Rügen, featuring the typical [[Resort architecture]] of the [[German Baltic Sea]] — ''Kurhaus'' (spa hotel) at night](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kurhaus Binz Panorama Nacht.jpg?width=200 "[[Binz]], one of several [[spa]]s on Rügen, featuring the typical [[Resort architecture]] of the [[German Baltic Sea]] — ''Kurhaus'' (spa hotel) at night")
![[[Jasmund National Park]], famous for its [[chalk]] cliffs, the symbol of Rügen: ''Victoria-Sicht'' (Victoria's View) and ''Königsstuhl'' (King's Chair) from the [[Baltic Sea]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Königsstuhl und Viktoria-Sicht.jpg?width=200 "[[Jasmund National Park]], famous for its [[chalk]] cliffs, the symbol of Rügen: ''Victoria-Sicht'' (Victoria's View) and ''Königsstuhl'' (King's Chair) from the [[Baltic Sea]]")
![lagoon]]'' countryside](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ruegen halbinsel moenchgut.jpg?width=200 "lagoon]]'' countryside")
![1608 map by [[Eilhardus Lubinus]]](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rügenkarte-Lubinus.jpg?width=200 "1608 map by [[Eilhardus Lubinus]]")
![[[Ferry]] port ''Mukran'', (part of [[Sassnitz]])](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sassnitz Mukran (2011-05-21) 5.JPG?width=200 "[[Ferry]] port ''Mukran'', (part of [[Sassnitz]])")
![[[Ralswiek]] Castle](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Schloss Ralswiek 2 crop.jpg?width=200 "[[Ralswiek]] Castle")
![Göhren]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sellin Ost Bahnhof.jpg?width=200 "Göhren]].")
![The pier of [[Sellin]] at night](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sellin Seebrücke nachts 1.jpg?width=200 "The pier of [[Sellin]] at night")
![''The Celebration of Svetovid on Rügen'' (1912), [[Alphonse Mucha]], ''[[The Slav Epic]]''](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Slavnost svatovitova na rujane.jpg?width=200 "''The Celebration of Svetovid on Rügen'' (1912), [[Alphonse Mucha]], ''[[The Slav Epic]]''")
Wikipedia
Rügen (German pronunciation: [ˈʁyːɡn̩] (listen); Latin: Rugia, Ruegen) 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 it is linked to the mainland by road and railway via the Rügen Bridge and Causeway, two routes crossing the two-kilometre-wide Strelasund, a sound of the Baltic Sea.
Rügen has a maximum length of 51.4 km (31.9 mi) (from north to south), a maximum width of 42.8 km (26.6 mi) in the south and an area of 926 km2 (358 sq mi). The coast is characterized by numerous sandy beaches, lagoons (Bodden) and open bays (Wieke), as well as projecting peninsulas and headlands. In June 2011, UNESCO awarded the status of a World Heritage Site to the Jasmund National Park, famous for its vast stands of beeches and chalk cliffs like King's Chair, the main landmark of Rügen island.
The island of Rügen is part of the district of Vorpommern-Rügen, with its county seat in Stralsund.
The towns on Rügen are: Bergen, Sassnitz, Putbus and Garz. In addition, there are the Baltic seaside resorts of Binz, Baabe, Göhren, Sellin and Thiessow.
Rügen is very popular as a tourist destination because of its resort architecture, the diverse landscape and its long, sandy beaches.
