Fischland-Darß-Zingst is a 45 km (28 mi) long peninsula in the coastal district of Vorpommern-Rugen , in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern . The three parts of the peninsula, from west to east, are Fischland (part of Mecklenburg ), Darß and Zingst (part of Pomerania ). ^{[1] [2] [3]}

There are six villages on the peninsula - Wustrow , Ahrenshoop , Born , Wieck , Prerow and Zingst . Between the peninsula and the mainland there is a very shallow lagoon (Low German: bodden ), the Saaler Bodden , which is part of the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park , together with the peninsula.

History [ edit ]

The main part of Fischland as well as the Darß and the Zingst were originally islands. They became permanently joined to the mainland as a result of humans sealing the floodwater channels between the 14th and 19th centuries.

During the 1872 Baltic Sea flood , which inundated Prerow on the Darß, the Prerower Strom , that had hitherto separated the island of Zingst from Darß, silted up. In 1874 the Prerow-Strom was finally filled in and sealed with a dyke; Zingst thus became a peninsula.

The eastern part of the Zingst peninsula and the middle of the Darß are part of the West Pomeranian Lagoon Area National Park .

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  Fischland : Sea cliffs near Ahrenshoop
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  Darss : Darßer Ort lighthouse
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  Zingst : Harbour

References [ edit ]

External links [ edit ]

Wikivoyage has a travel guide for Fischland-Darß-Zingst .

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Fischland-Darß-Zingst .

• Official website (in German)
• Fischland-Darss-Zingst Archived 2014-02-14 at the Wayback Machine (in English)

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