It lies between Stralsund and Greifswald on the B 105 [de] federal road in northeastern Germany.

From the village of Stahlbrode that used to belong to it, there is a car ferry to the island of Rügen (Zudar peninsula).

The Sühnestein ("Atonement Stone") has a kneeling figure with hands clasped, next to Christ on the cross.

The weathered inscription above the crucified Jesus probably originally ran: "orate pro ravno van barneko".

The princely councillor and Landvogt, Raven Barnekow, however, was sentenced to death and executed in Stralsund in 1453 as a result of false allegations.