Palmer Ort
The Palmer Ort is the southernmost point of the German
Garz/Rügen
.
Location
Palmer Ort marks the boundary between the
nature trail, "Know Your World" (Erkenne Deine Welt). The nearest settlement is the small hamlet of Grabow, about 1 kilometre to the northeast. At Palmer Ort itself there is a narrow, natural sandy beach which is not often frequented by visitors because of its isolation. Anglers use the beach to fish for pike
.
In winter ice floes at the Palmer Ort often pile up to form heaps of ice several metres in height.
Palmer Ort in history
In 1372, a ship with 90
Blessed Virgin Mary there, which was said to work miracles, but which disappeared after the disaster.[1]
During the
Prussian columns
there commemorates this landing. Some ships were left in front of Palmer Ort to continue to feign a landing attempt there.
Palmer Ort as a namesake
In 1968 a buoy tender belonging to the East German navy, the Volksmarine, was given the name of Palmer Ort. The town of Stralsund named one of its roads Zum Palmer Ort.
References
- ^ Martin Holz: Rügens unbekanntes Land ("Rügen's unknown land"), Berliner Zeitung, 18 February 2005.