Born auf dem Darß is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany.

It is part of the peninsula Darß, to which also belong the villages of Prerow and Wieck.

Born is situated at the southern shore of the peninsula Darß at the coastal lagoon (Low German: Bodden), between Wieck and the Baltic seaside resort Ahrenshoop.

The peninsula is part of the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park.

[citation needed] For centuries Born belonged to the Duchy of Pomerania and became Swedish after the Thirty Years War.