North Rügen Bodden

North Rügen Bodden

The North Rügen Bodden or Rügen Inner Bodden Chain are part of the Western Pomeranian Bodden landscape in the southern Baltic Sea . You are almost completely surrounded by the island of Rügen and its peninsulas. In the north, the Bug , the Wittow and Jasmund peninsulas and the Schaabe headland delimit the Bodden chain to the north. In the south lies the Rügen motherland . The highest points of the surrounding terminal moraine include the Rugard ( 118  m ) near Bergen , the Tempelberg ( 50  m ) near Bobbin , the Hoch Hilgor ( 43  m ) near Neuenkirchen , the Banzelvitzer Berge (45 m) near Rappin and the Mühlenberg (25 m) between Buschvitz and Stedar.

In the west, the Bodden chain has a narrow connection to the Baltic Sea through the Vitter Bodden . The exchange with salt water takes place through this narrow strait, so that the water becomes increasingly brackish to the east . The Bodden chain is strongly structured. The banks of the North Rügen Bodden are bordered by higher terminal moraine lines alternating with smaller tongue basins. Between the places Ralswiek and Liezow, on the dam between the Großer and Kleiner Jasmunden Bodden, the terminal moraine heights on both sides approach at a distance of less than 1 km. The Kleine Jasmunder Bodden is only connected to the rest of the Bodden via a small canal near Lietzow .

In detail, the North Rügen Bodden chain consists of:

• the Wieker Bodden
• the Rassower Strom
• the Great Jasmunder Bodden with
  • Great Jasmunder Bodden
  • Breetzer Bodden
  • Neuendorfer Wiek
  • Breeger Bodden
  • Lebbiner Bodden
  • Tetzitz lake
  • Central Lake
  • Spykerscher See
• the small Jasmunder Bodden

(Order from west to east; some smaller connecting waters are not taken into account here)