Zudar

Location of the Zudar peninsula on Rügen

Farmworkers' houses on the Zudar in 1963

TheZudaris a peninsula on the German Baltic Sea island ofRügen.It is about 18square kilometresin area and sharply divided.

Location

The peninsula lies between the bay ofSchoritzer Wiek,the lagoon ofRügischer Bodden(the northern part of theGreifswalder Bodden) and the southwestern entrance to theStrelasund.

The peninsula is 900 metres wide at its narrowest point, and its highest elevation is found in the east of the peninsula at a height of25 m above NN.The Zudar also has the southernmost point of Rügen, thePalmer Ort

History

Until 12 June 2004 the municipality of Zudar that lies on the peninsula was independent. From that date it was incorporated into the town ofGarz.This also affected the former Zudar parishes of Freudenberg, Foßberg, Glewitz, Grabow, Losentitz, Maltzien, Poppelvitz and Zicker.

In 1854,Max Hofmeier,who was later agynaecologistand head of theUniversity of Würzburg,was born on Zudar.

Sights

• St. Laurence's Church(St.-Laurentius-Kirche)
• 1963 farmworkers' houses (Landarbeiterhäuser)

Transport

The Glewitz Ferry – the second most important link between Rügen and the mainland after the fixedStrelasund Bridge– runs between Stahlbrode and the Zudar.