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Schmachter See

Schmachter See is a lake near Binz on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen. It lies within the county of Vorpommern-Rügen in the state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It has an elevation of 1.1 metres above sea level and its surface area is 1.18 km². It is part of the Schmachter See and Fangerien Nature Reserve. The lake has its origins in the Ice Age. At the end of the glacial period there was an ice front here. Today the lake has an area of about 118 hectares.

Located at 54.3967, 13.5969 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Lakes of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Geography of Rügen, Binz

Lancken-Granitz dolmens

The Lancken-Granitz dolmens are a group of seven megalith tombs in the Lancken-Granitz municipality on Rügen, northern Germany. Erected during the middle Neolithic, when they were used by the Funnelbeaker culture, at least some were in use until the early Bronze Age. Three of them are encircled by solitary rocks forming either rectangles or a stone circle, one has a solitary "guardian stone" on its eastern side. The dolmens were constructed from glacial erratic boulders and red sandstone.

Located at 54.3629, 13.619 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Prehistoric sites in Germany, Archaeological sites in Germany, Burial monuments and structures, Neolithic Europe, Stone Age sites in Europe, Bronze Age sites in Europe, Megalithic monuments in Europe, History of Pomerania, Rügen

Rügensche Bäderbahn

|- !colspan="2" width=100% style="color:white;background-color:#be2d2c;text-align:center;"|Bergen–Altenkirchen Wittow ferry of 1896
in the port at Barth (2005) |- | colspan="2" align="left"| Legend x20px 0,0 Bergen x20px 4,6 Thesenvitz x20px 5,4 Lipsitz x20px 7,0 Patzig/Rüg x20px 9,6 Kartzitz x20px 10,6 Bubkevitz x20px 12,9 Zirmoisel x20px 14,1 Tribbevitz x20px 15,1 Neuendorf x20px 17,7 Jabelitz x20px 18,5 Trent x20px 20,1 Tribkevitz x20px 22,4 Wittower Fähre x20px Wittower Fähre (350 m) x20px 23,2 Fährhof x20px 28,5 Woldenitz x20px 29,1 Schmantevitz x20px 30,2 Bohlendorf x20px 33,4 Wiek x20px 34,7 Buhrkow siding x20px Turnout to Bug x20px 35,8 Lüttkevitz x20px 36,8 Lanckensburg x20px 37,9 Altenkirchen |- !colspan="2" width=100% style="color:white;background-color:#be2d2c;text-align:center;"|Buhrkow–Bug |- | colspan="2" align="left"| Legend x20px von Bergen x20px 0,0 Buhrkow siding x20px Turnout to Altefähr x20px 1,7 Gramtitz-Starrvitz x20px 3,3 Lancken x20px 4,8 Dranske Gut x20px 6,3 Dranske Dorf x20px 8,1 Bug |- Locomotive of the Rasenden Roland |} The Rügensche Bäderbahn (RBB), formerly Rügensche Kleinbahn ("Rügen Light Railway", RüKB), nicknamed Rasender Roland ("Rushing Roland"), is the steam-powered narrow gauge railway that runs from Putbus by way of Binz and Baabe to Göhren on the island of Rügen off the Baltic Coast in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Located at 54.3765, 13.6183 (Lat. / Lng.), about 2 miles away.
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Narrow gauge railways in Germany, 750 mm gauge railways

Schmachter See and Fangerien Nature Reserve

The Schmachter See and Fangerien Nature Reserve (German: Naturschutzgebiet Schmachter See und Fangerien) is a nature reserve in the German state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and covers an area of 262 hectares. It was placed under conservation protection on 7 December 1994 with the goal of preserving and cultivating a section of the East Rügen hill country together with a silted lake and adjacent wet meadows, bogs and woods. The lake of Schmachter See lies immediately southwest of Binz.

Located at 54.3945, 13.5911 (Lat. / Lng.), about 3 miles away.
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Nature reserves in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Geography of Rügen