Wührens, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park

#2 among attractions in Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park

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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. It is surrounded by the neighbouring islands of Liebes to the west, Urkevitz to the east and Mährens to the north. It is the smallest of the four islands in the channels of Wittenberger and Focker Strom. ()

Alternative names: Area: 4.27 acres (0.0067 mi²)Coordinates: 54°27'52"N, 13°12'39"E

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Wührens – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Kultur- und Wegekirche Landow, St.-Marien-Kirche zu Waase, Öhe, St. Katharina.

4.6 miSE
Church
Kultur- und Wegekirche Landow
118 min walk • The village church of Landow is the Evangelical parish church of the parish of Rambin in the south of the German island of Rügen. It is located in the village of Landow in the municipality of Dreschvitz.
1.3 miW
Church
St.-Marien-Kirche zu Waase, Ummanz
35 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.
3.6 miNW
Island
Öhe, Schaprode
92 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.
4.3 miNE
Church
St. Katharina, Trent
111 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.
2 miE
Church
St. Jacobi, Gingst
53 min walk • Saint Jacob's Church is the Lutheran church of the village of Gingst on the Baltic Sea island of Rügen.
0.4 miSW
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Liebes, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park
11 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".
~1200 ftNW
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Mährens, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park
6 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.
~1990 ftE
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Urkevitz, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park
10 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.
6.3 miNW
54°30'29"N • 13°4'28"E
Gellen, Hiddensee
160 min walk • Lighthouse
1.4 miN
Memorial
Möwenstein, Ummanz
35 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.
5.2 miW
Island
Gänsewerder, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park
134 min walk • The tiny uninhabited German island of Gänsewerder lies in the Schaproder Bodden, a lagoon on the Baltic Sea coast, 400 metres east of the Gellen Peninsula on Hiddensee. It is part of the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park and is out of bounds to the public.

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Which popular attractions are close to Wührens?

Nearby attractions include Mährens, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park (6 min walk), Urkevitz, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park (10 min walk), Liebes, Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park (11 min walk).