Granitz
The Granitz is a wooded ridge in the southeast of the island of Rügen , between the Baltic seaside resorts of Binz , Sellin and Lancken-Granitz . The 982 hectare forest area, designated as a nature reserve, has been part of the Southeast Rügen Biosphere Reserve since 1991 .
Characteristic for the Granitz is its rich population of beech and sessile oak and its hilly landscape of a towering reservoir moraine , which in some ways resembles a mountainous landscape. In the north and east, the Granitz is bounded by a steep coast to the Baltic Sea . The Mönchgut joins in the south and the Schmale Heide in the north . The 23 hectare Black Lake and some Kesselmoore lie in the Granitz . Several non- resident softwood stocks are to be transferred to a near-natural forest.
There are no roads through the Granitz, but there are many cycling and hiking trails . The Rügen Kleinbahn and the Jagdschloßexpress serve as local means of transport and feeder .
At the highest point, the 107 m above sea level. NN high Tempelberg, Prince Wilhelm Malte I. zu Putbus had the Granitz hunting lodge built in the 19th century . Other prominent points are the Granitzhaus , the Finnish warriors grave complex and the cross marks . The grave of the Finnish warrior, as a field name in older maps suggests, is the grave of an unknown Finnish soldier from 1806, who was probably in Swedish service. The large stone grave Trinientor is located in the eastern part of the Granitz . A little east of the Granitz village , the northernmost point of the Granitz, lies the Schanzenberg on the steep bank of the Baltic Sea , on which there is a castle wall , which has been designated as a ground monument . The Devil's Gorge leads through the steep bank in the western part of the Granitz down to the Baltic Sea beach.
The name Granitz is likely to be of Slavic origin and is derived from the Raner personal name Granza , which also appears as the prince's name in Saxo Grammaticus 1168. In 1888, the excursion restaurant Waldhalle was built on the Falkenberg near the coast on the high bank path Binz-Sellin. Due to the demolition of the coast, the building had to be abandoned and demolished in the 1980s.
The area around the Granitz is characterized by many hill (Bronze Age) and large stone graves (Neolithic). Prince Malte I. zu Putbus had special signposts erected at all crossings and junctions in the area around Putbus and the Granitz, which can still be seen today and which are also under monument protection.
See also: Granica
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Ingrid Schmidt, Hünengrab and Sacrificial Stone - soil monuments on the island of Rügen , Hinstorff Verlag Rostock 2001, ISBN 3-356-00917-6 , page 75
Coordinates: 54 ° 23 ′ 13 ″ N , 13 ° 38 ′ 57 ″ E