- Hiddensee
Infobox Ort in Deutschland
Name = Insel Hiddensee
Wappen = Wappen Hiddensee.svg
lat_deg = 54 |lat_min = 32 |lat_sec = 24
lon_deg = 13 |lon_min = 5 |lon_sec = 34
Lageplan = Insel_Hiddensee_in_RÜG.png
Bundesland = Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Landkreis = Rügen
Amt = West-Rügen
Höhe = 0-72
Fläche = 19.02
Einwohner = 1077
Stand = 2006-12-31
PLZ = 18565
Vorwahl = 038300
Kfz = RÜG
Gemeindeschlüssel = 13 0 61 017
Adresse = Norderende 162
18565 Vitte
Adresse-Verband = Dorfplatz 2
18573 Samtens
Website = [http://www.seebad-insel-hiddensee.de www.seebad-insel-hiddensee.de]
Bürgermeister = Manfred GauHiddensee (Audio-IPA|De-Hiddensee.ogg|ˈhɪdənzeː) is a carfree island in the
Baltic Sea , located west ofRügen on the German coast.The island, located 54°33' north longitude 13°07' east, has about 1,300 inhabitants. It was a popular vacation destination for
East Germany and continues to attract tourists today with its natural beauty. It is the location of theUniversity of Greifswald 's ornithological station.Gerhart Hauptmann andWalter Felsenstein are buried there.Hiddensee is depicted in a painting of the same name by the German Expressionist artist, Walter Grammatté. It is currently being displayed in the Brücke Museum in Berlin.
An urban
legend during theGDR days was the workers and farmers ofHiddensee wrote a letter toStalin requesting to be annexed bySweden (Hiddensee belonged to Swedish Pommerania 1648-1815). Of course there was no truth to the legend, but it reflects the typical humor of people in theGDR .ee also
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Hiddensee (corvette) - former East Germancorvette named after the island, now a museum ship inFall River, Massachusetts .
*List of islands of Germany .External links
* http://www.seebad-hiddensee.de
* [http://www.hiddensee-forum.de/album.php Pictures from the Island Hiddensee]
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