Glowe

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Glowe

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Glowe

Coordinates: 54°34′13″N 13°28′8″E / 54.57028°N 13.46889°E / 54.57028; 13.46889Coordinates: 54°34′13″N 13°28′8″E / 54.57028°N 13.46889°E / 54.57028; 13.46889
Country Germany
State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District Vorpommern-Rügen
Municipal assoc. Nord-Rügen
Government
  Mayor Uwe Radeisen
Area
  Total 22.14 km2 (8.55 sq mi)
Population (2013-12-31)[1]
  Total 993
  Density 45/km2 (120/sq mi)
Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
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 in 2011
Glowe aerial view

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:

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 Principality of Rügen until 1326 and thereafter the Duchy of Pomerania. Under the Treaty of Westphalia in 1648, Rügen, and thus the territory of Glowe, became part of Swedish Pomerania. In 1815, Glowe went, as part of New Western Pomerania, to the Prussian province of Pomerania. Since 1818, Glowe has been part of the county of Rügen.

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 county of Bergen. Thereafter the village became part of the county of Rügen again, this time in the district of Rostock until 1990, when it became part of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. In 2011 the county of Rügen was merged into Vorpommern-Rügen.

Sights

Spyker Castle

References

External links

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