Usedom Island Nature Park

Even in East German days several parts of Usedom had been declared nature reserves, and they were gradually expanded.

[1] In December 1999 the entire region was officially designated a nature park in the sense of being a large-scale cultural landscape.

An information centre, the Ruth and Klaus Bahlsen House, with exhibition rooms, maps and leaflets, is located in the historic station building on the Bäderstraße from Usedom.

These include beach and littoral, lakes and marshes, dunes, pine and beech forests mixed with small villages and fields.

The eutrophic and shallow lakes, such as the Gothensee and Schmollensee are ideal for bird roosting and nesting sites.