Garz Castle

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Garz Castle is a Slavic fort, of the type known as a burgwall, located southwest of the town of Garz on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen. The earthworks have an oval shape, are about 200 metres long and 140 metres wide. There is an entrance roughly in the middle of the western side. Towards the lake of Garzer See to the south the ramparts are lower. It lies up to 15 metres higher than the town of Garz. ()

Local name: Burgwall Garz/Rügen Coordinates: 54°18'54"N, 13°20'55"E

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Mecklenburg-West PomeraniaGermany

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Garz Castle – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Uhrenmuseum, Schloss Putbus, Castle Church, Wreechener See Nature Reserve.

5.4 miNE
Museum
Uhrenmuseum, Putbus
138 min walk • The Clock Museum in Putbus is a clock museum in the town of Putbus on the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
5.5 miNE
Ruins
Schloss Putbus, Putbus
140 min walk • Putbus Castle was the former manorial seat of the Princes of Putbus in the eponymous town of Putbus on the island of Rügen, founded in 1810. The building was blown up in 1962 and the remains were removed by 1964, so that today only the outline ...
5.4 miNE
Church
Castle Church, Putbus
138 min walk • Christus-Kirche Putbus is a 19th-century castle church in Putbus on the island of Rügen.
4.4 miE
Natural attraction, Protected area
Wreechener See Nature Reserve, Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve
114 min walk • The Wreechener See Nature Reserve is a nature reserve in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It lies 2 kilometres south of the town of Putbus and has an area of 72 hectares.
4.5 miE
Nature, Natural attraction, Protected area
Wreecher See, Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve
116 min walk • The Wreecher See is a cove, southwest of the town of Putbus on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen. The bay is named after the village of Wreechen on its eastern shore. On its southern shore are the settlements of Glowitz and Neukamp.
5.8 miNE
54°21'16"N • 13°28'30"E
Obelisk, Putbus
148 min walk • Memorial
5.5 miNE
54°21'11"N • 13°28'10"E
Fürsten Apotheke, Putbus
141 min walk • Park
5.6 miNE
54°21'2"N • 13°28'21"E
Fürst Wilhelm Malte I. zu Putbus, Putbus
142 min walk • Memorial
~80 ftSE
Town
Garz
1 min walk • Garz is a town in the county of Vorpommern-Rügen in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The town is administered by the Amt of Bergen auf Rügen, in the town of the same name.
5.4 miN
Neighbourhood
Muttland, Rügen
137 min walk • Muttland comprises the main section of the German island of Rügen, excluding the Rugian peninsulae and small surrounding islands. The predominant land use is agriculture. Grasslands are found in very small proportions. There are nature conservation areas in the south, which are reported as a resting place for migratory birds.
3.5 miNW
Locality
Samtens
90 min walk • Samtens is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.