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Hiddensee | |
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 Dornbusch Lighthouse on Hiddensee Island | |
 Flag  Coat of arms | |
Location of Hiddensee within Vorpommern-Rügen district  | |
  Hiddensee  Hiddensee | |
| Coordinates: 54°32′24″N 13°5′34″E / 54.54000°N 13.09278°E | |
| Country | Germany |
| State | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern |
| District | Vorpommern-Rügen |
| Municipal assoc. | West-Rügen |
| Area | |
• Total | 19.02 km2 (7.34 sq mi) |
| Highest elevation | 72 m (236 ft) |
| Lowest elevation | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2023-12-31)[1] | |
• Total | 993 |
| • Density | 52/km2 (140/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC+01:00 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+02:00 (CEST) |
| Postal codes | 18565 |
| Dialling codes | 038300 |
| Vehicle registration | RÜG |
| Website | website |
Hiddensee (German pronunciation: [ˈhɪdn̩zeː] ) is a car-free island in the Baltic Sea,[2] located west of Germany's largest island, Rügen, on the German coast.
The island has about 1,000 inhabitants. It was a holiday destination for East German tourists during German Democratic Republic (GDR) times, and continues to attract tourists today. It is the location of the University of Greifswald's ornithological station. Gerhart Hauptmann and Walter Felsenstein are buried there.
- ^ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden 2023" (XLS) (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 2023.
- ^ "Quiet and child-friendly - car-free islands in the North Sea and Baltic Sea - Discover Germany". entdecke-deutschland.de. 1 February 2021. Retrieved 18 February 2022.