Granitz (disambiguation)
The Granitz is a stretch of land on the island of Ruegen in the German state Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. It is named for:
- a hunting lodge on Rügen, see Granitz hunting lodge
- a former forest and inn, which today houses the information center for the biosphere reserve south-east Rügen, see Granitzhaus
- the Mönchgut-Granitz office on Rügen
- a community in this office, Lancken-Granitz
- a protruding coastal strip on the east bank of Rügen, the Granitzer place
- Granitz (1966) , refrigerated and transport ship of the deep-sea fishing fleet of the GDR
Granitz is also a common geographic and family name in Austria and Bavaria. It is derived from the Old Slavic word Granica = border .
- Granitz (Eichendorf) , district of the Eichendorf market , Dingolfing-Landau district, Bavaria
- Granitz (Reisbach) , district of the Reisbach market , Dingolfing-Landau district, Bavaria
- Granitz (municipality of Sankt Kathrein) , district of Sankt Kathrein am Offenegg , district of Weiz, Styria
- Granitz (Bach) in Carinthia; Not far from its confluence with the Lavant , Count Engelbert I founded the Benedictine Abbey of St. Paul in 1091
- Granitz (mountain) , a wooded hill in the south of the Lavant valley
- Granitzen , a formerly independent municipality on the Styria-Carinthia border
- Granitzenbach , a 40 km long body of water in the west of Styria.
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