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Location of the town of Putbus within Vorpommern-Rügen district
Putbus
Theatre

Putbus
Coordinates	54°20′N 13°29′E / 54.33333°N 13.48333°E / 54.33333; 13.48333Coordinates: 54°20′N 13°29′E / 54.33333°N 13.48333°E / 54.33333; 13.48333
Administration
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Vorpommern-Rügen
Mayor	Harald Burwitz

Basic statistics
Area	66.60 km² (25.71 sq mi)
Elevation	50 m (164 ft)
Population	4,624 (31 December 2010)^[1]
- Density	69 /km² (180 /sq mi)
Other information
Time zone	CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2)
Licence plate	RÜG
Postal code	18581
Area code	038301
Website	www.putbus.de

Putbus is a small town on the southeastern part of the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, North Germany. The town has 4,741 inhabitants^[2] and is a significant tourist destination with numerous seaside resorts.

Putbus was founded by Prince and Lord, later Governor General, Wilhelm Malte zu Putbus as his town of residence. Wilhelm Malte also introduced sea bathing to Germany at Lauterbach which is about 2 km from Putbus. The former Schloss was destroyed by the East German régime after World War II but its orangery and stables survive in the very beautiful park. The town is also notable for the small theatre and the Crown Prince's residence (now a tourist office and museum). The town is connected to the rest of Rügen by the narrow gauge steam railway known as Rasender Roland and by good roads and cycle tracks.

Horse-chestnut avenue in the city park of Putbus
Classicist market at the Circus of Putbus
Former Putbus Castle

References

^ "Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise, Ämter und Gemeinden in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern 31.12.2010" (in German). Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. 6 July 2011. http://service.mvnet.de/statmv/daten_stam_berichte/e-bibointerth01/bevoelkerung--haushalte--familien--flaeche/a-i__/a123__/2010/daten/a123-2010-22.pdf.
^ "Startseite / Stadtportrait / Fakten und Zahlen". Stadt Putbus. http://www.putbus.de/03329e99b509ebb01/03329e99b509f0c07/index.html. Retrieved 2008-10-07. (German)

External links

Media related to Putbus at Wikimedia Commons

(German) Putbus Official Website

Towns and municipalities in Vorpommern-Rügen

Geography of Pomerania

Regions

Current	Vorpommern (Western or Hither Pomerania) · Zachodniopomorskie · Pomerelia (Kashubia) · Pomerania euroregion

Former	Farther Pomerania · Circipania · Lauenburg and Bütow Land · Lands of Schlawe and Stolp

Administration

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (Germany) · West Pomeranian Voivodeship (Poland) · Pomeranian Voivodeship (Poland) · Złotów County (Greater Poland Voivodeship) (Poland)

Towns

Lists

List of towns in Vorpommern · List of towns in Farther Pomerania · Pomeranian cities, towns and villages · List of placenames in the Province of Pomerania (A-H · I-P · Q-Z)

Largest

>100,000	Tricity (Gdańsk · Gdynia · Sopot) · Szczecin · Koszalin

>50,000	Słupsk · Stargard Szczeciński · Stralsund · Greifswald

Islands

Greifswalder Oie · Hiddensee · Rügen · Ummanz · Usedom · Vilm · Wolin

Peninsulae

Fischland-Darß-Zingst · Jasmund · Hela · Mönchgut · Wittow

Rivers

Dziwna · Grabowa · Ina · Łeba · Oder · Parsęta · Peene · Peenestrom · Randow · Recknitz · Rega · Ryck · Słupia · Świna · Tollense · Trebel · Uecker · Vistula · Wieprza

Lakes

Lake Dąbie · Lake Gardno · Kummerower See · Łebsko Lake · Lake Miedwie

Bays, lagoons

Bay of Gdańsk · Bay of Greifswald · Bay of Pomerania · Szczecin Lagoon

National parks

Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park · Jasmund National Park · Lower Oder Valley National Park · Wolin National Park · Słowiński National Park

History of Pomerania

Administrative

Western Pomerania and Farther Pomerania ^{(before 1945)}	Billung March Northern March Principality of Rügen Duchy of Pomerania House of Pomerania List of Dukes Cammin Gützkow Schlawe-Stolp Lauenburg-Bütow Partitions P.-Stolp Swedish Pomerania Brandenburgian Pomerania (Draheim) Province of Pomerania (1815–1945) (Neumark, Posen-West Prussia, List of placenames) Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Zachodniopomorskie ^{(after 1945)}	Szczecin Voivodeship Koszalin Voivodeship Słupsk Voivodeship West Pomeranian Voivodeship

Pomerelia Kashubia	Medieval duchies (Samborides) State of the Teutonic Order Royal Prussia (Pomeranian Voivodeship (1466–1772)) Free City of Danzig (1807–14) West Prussia Pomeranian Voivodeship (1919–39) (Polish Corridor) Free City of Danzig (1920–39) Reichsgau Danzig-West Prussia Pomeranian Voivodeship (Kashubian placenames)

Ecclesiastical

Roman Catholic	Conversion of Pomerania Diocese of Kolberg (hist.) (Congress of Gniezno) Diocese of Cammin (hist.) Diocese of Culm (hist.) Diocese of Roskilde (hist.) Diocese of Włocławek (Leslau) (hist.) Prelature of Schneidemühl (hist.) Archdiocese of Berlin Archdiocese of Szczecin-Kamień Diocese of Koszalin-Kołobrzeg Diocese of Pelplin

Protestant	Protestant Reformation Evangelical State Church in Prussia (hist.) Pomeranian Evangelical Church

Demography

Archaeological
cultures

Peoples

Major demographic
events

Languages
and dialects

West Germanic	Low German: Low Prussian and Pomeranian (Mecklenburgisch-Vorpommersch, East Pomeranian) Standard German

West Slavic	Polabian† Polish Pomeranian (Kashubian, Slovincian†)

Treaties

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