Glowe
Glowe | |
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St. Paul's Church, Bobbin | |
Location of Glowe within Vorpommern-Rügen district Vorpommern-Rügen | |
Municipal assoc. | Nord-Rügen |
Government | |
• Mayor | Uwe Radeisen |
Area | |
• Total | 22.14 km2 (8.55 sq mi) |
Elevation | 4 m (13 ft) |
Population (2022-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 971 |
• Density | 44/km2 (110/sq mi) |
Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
Postal codes | 18551 |
Dialling codes | 038302 |
Vehicle registration | RÜG |
Website | www.glowe.de |
Glowe is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. It is a state-recognised resort.
Geography
Glowe lies about 18 kilometres north of Bergen auf Rügen and is located at the western end of the boundary between the Jasmund peninsula and the narrow land bridge of Schaabe between the Baltic Sea (the bay of Tromper Wiek) and the lagoon of Großer Jasmunder Bodden.
Municipal subdivisions
The municipality consists of the villages:
- Glowe
- Baldereck
- Kampe
- Bobbin
- Polchow
- Ruschvitz
- Spyker
History
Glowe was first documented in 1314. The name "Glowe" comes from the Slavic Gluowa or Glova and means something like "head", named after the 9-metre-high Königshörn, a small headland. The small parish grew up on and around the Königshörn.
The area was part of the
As seaside resort tourism began to take off in the early 20th century, the former fishing village expanded more and more into the neighbouring woods of the Schaabewald.
From 1952-1955 Glowe was part of the
Sights
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- The Muschel ("mussel") in Glowe: a prestressed concrete building by Ulrich Müther in the shape of a mussel (until 1990 known as the Ostseeperle restaurant)
- Sea promenade and harbour in Glowe
- Carl Gustav Wrangel
- Lake Spycker
- Fishing village of Polchow with harbour
- Gothic fieldstone church of St. Paul's in Bobbin dating to the 14th century
- Glowe Chapel
- Dinosaur Land
- The DGzRS lifeboat, Kurt Hoffmann, is stationed in Glowe
References
- Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
External links
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Glowe travel guide from Wikivoyage
- Official website of Glowe