Neuendorfer Wiek and Beuchel Island Nature Reserve

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Neuendorfer Wiek and Beuchel Island Nature Reserve

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The Neuendorfer Wiek and Beuchel Island Nature Reserve is a nature reserve on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is 550 hectares in area. The island of Beuchel was designated as a reserve on 25 July 1940. In 1999 and 2004 it was extended to include the bay of Neuendorfer Wiek. ()

Local name: Naturschutzgebiet Neuendorfer Wiek mit Insel Beuchel Area: 2.08 mi²Elevation: 0 ft a.s.l.Coordinates: 54°31'59"N, 13°17'56"E

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Mecklenburg-West PomeraniaGermany

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Nearby attractions include: St.-Marien-Kirche zu Waase, Öhe, St. Katharina, St. Jacobi.

7.1 miSW
Church
St.-Marien-Kirche zu Waase, Ummanz
181 min walk • St. Marien Church at Waase is the Protestant parish church of the parish of Gingst on the island of Ummanz. It is the only church on the island.
5.8 miW
Island
Öhe, Schaprode
147 min walk • Öhe is an island in the Baltic Sea off the ferry port of Schaprode on Rügen, itself the largest island in Germany. The island of Öhe lies opposite Schaprode on Rügen between the lagoon of Schaproder Bodden and one of its bays, the Udarser Wiek, and is about 72 hectares in area.
1.9 miSW
Church
St. Katharina, Trent
48 min walk • St. Catherine's Church in Trent on the island of Rügen is a church building dating from the 14th century. The church is one of the brick Gothic buildings.
5.5 miS
Church
St. Jacobi, Gingst
141 min walk • Saint Jacob's Church is the Lutheran church of the village of Gingst on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen.
5.9 miSW
Area
Wührens, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park
151 min walk • The German Baltic Sea island of Wührens lies between the much larger islands of Rügen and Ummanz. Its maximum extent measures 230 by 80 metres and it has an area of 1.73 hectares, rising just about sea level. It is uninhabited and only grass-covered.
6.3 miSW
Area
Liebes, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park
161 min walk • The small, uninhabited island of Liebes lies in the Baltic Sea, in the lagoon of Varbelvitzer Bodden between the islands of Rügen and Ummanz. It is a good 1,000 metres long, up to 200 metres wide and its highest point lies just 1.5 metres above sea level. The name of the island could be derived from the Slavic word Lipa = "lime tree".
6 miSW
Area
Mährens, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park
152 min walk • The German Baltic Sea island of Mährens is uninhabited and lies between the islands of Rügen and Ummanz off the coast of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It is only around 150 × 100 metres across and up to 3 metres above sea level.
5.6 miSW
Area
Urkevitz, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park
144 min walk • Urkevitz is an uninhabited German island in the West Pomeranian Lagoon Area National Park. It lies in the Baltic Sea between the islands of Rügen and Ummanz, and is less than 100 metres from the latter.
1.7 miNE
Church
St. Maria Magdalena, Neuenkirchen
44 min walk • The church of St. Mary Magdalene at Neuenkirchen is the Protestant parish church of the parish of Neuenkirchen on the Lebbin peninsula in the western part of Rügen.
2.8 miE
National park
Lake Tetzitz
71 min walk • The Lake Tetzitz, Liddow Peninsula and Banzelvitz Hills Nature Reserve is a nature reserve, 1,088 hectares in area, on the German island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
4.9 miSW
Memorial
Möwenstein, Ummanz
126 min walk • The Möwenstein is a glacial erratic that was transported south from the area of the present-day island of Bornholm by the ice sheet during the last glaciation. It is located on the island of Ummanz in the west of Rügen within the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park.