The Saaler Bodden in turn is the south-western end of a chain of bays leading to the Baltic Sea.

Touristically relevant is Ribnitz-Damgarten's situation at the southern end of the Fischland, the peninsula dividing the chain of bays from the Baltic Sea.

The Danish princes of Rügen responded by erecting a fortress on the opposite side that later became the town of Damgarten.

The Walter-Bachmann-Flugzeugbau KG, as it was later called, turned the fisher's and farmer's town into a seat of war-essential production.

[4] After World War II, this base became one of the major deployments of the Soviet Air Forces in East Germany.

As both towns' councils had previously voted against the merger, it can be supposed that this decision was made under political pressure.

[6] The coat of arms shown in the information box is based on the blazon found in the Hauptsatzung (main charter) of Ribnitz-Damgarten.