# Darß > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dar%C3%9F > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Dar%C3%9F.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar%C3%9F > Source revision: 1312222878 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Peninsula in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany This article does not cite any sources. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Find sources: "Darß" – news · newspapers · books · scholar · JSTOR (August 2023) (Learn how and when to remove this message) The **Darß** or **Darss** (German pronunciation: [\[daʁs\]](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Standard_German) [ⓘ](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:De-Dar%C3%9F.ogg)) is the middle part of the peninsula of [Fischland-Darß-Zingst](/source/Fischland-Dar%C3%9F-Zingst) on the southern shore of the [Baltic Sea](/source/Baltic_Sea) in the [German](/source/Germany) state of [Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania](/source/Mecklenburg-Western_Pomerania). The peninsula's name is of [Slavic](/source/Slavic_languages) origin. There is a large forest in the Darß. In recent times, the name "Darß" has also been used to refer to the entire peninsula. The Darß is famous for being a resting place for tens of thousands of migrating [cranes](/source/Crane_(bird)) and [geese](/source/Goose). Tourism has long been a source of income and has increased since [German reunification](/source/German_reunification), but the Darß is still far from being a crowded tourist place. Location of the Darß in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. ## Location and character The Darß lies northeast of [Fischland](/source/Fischland) and west of the peninsula of [Zingst](/source/Zingst), its boundary with the latter being formed by the inlet of the [Prerower Strom](/source/Prerower_Strom). To the north lies the [Baltic Sea](/source/Baltic_Sea); to the south the lagoons of [Saaler Bodden](/source/Saaler_Bodden) and [Bodstedter Bodden](/source/Bodstedter_Bodden), which belong to the [Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain](/source/Darss-Zingst_Bodden_Chain). The Darß measures between 10 and 12 kilometres (6.2 and 7.5 mi) from north to south and from east to west and is home to the villages of [Born a. Darß](/source/Born_a._Dar%C3%9F), [Prerow](/source/Prerow) and [Wieck](/source/Wieck_a._Dar%C3%9F). The village of Ahrenshoop in the municipality of [Ahrenshoop](/source/Ahrenshoop) belongs to Vordarß, whilst the southern villages in Ahrenshoop, [Althagen](/source/Althagen) and [Niehagen](/source/Niehagen), are part of Fischland. Most of the Darß is covered by the woodland of the [Darß Forest](/source/Dar%C3%9F_Forest), 5,800 hectares (14,000 acres) in area. On the northern tip of the Darß, at [Darßer Ort](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dar%C3%9Fer_Ort&action=edit&redlink=1), is a [lighthouse](/source/Lighthouse) of the same name. The National Park exhibition in Wieck a. Darß provides information about the geological development as well as the flora and fauna of the [Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park](/source/Western_Pomerania_Lagoon_Area_National_Park), as does the [Natureum](/source/Dar%C3%9Fer_Ort_Natureum) in Wieck a. Darß attached to the [Darßer Ort Lighthouse](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Dar%C3%9Fer_Ort_Lighthouse&action=edit&redlink=1), as outstations of the [German Oceanographic Museum](/source/German_Oceanographic_Museum) in [Stralsund](/source/Stralsund). Darßer Ort is an extended chain of sandbanks running in a northeasterly direction. The entire area around Darßer Ort as well as the northwestern part of the Darß Forest is part of Protection Zone I of the National Park and may only be visited on marked paths. The rest of the forested region is also part of the National Park. ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Darß](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Dar%C3%9F). - [official site](http://www.fischland-darss-zingst.de/) - [Darß Auf der Sonnenseite](http://www.darss-aufdersonnenseite.de/) [54°25′N 12°32′E / 54.417°N 12.533°E / 54.417; 12.533](https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Dar%C3%9F¶ms=54_25_N_12_32_E_type:isle) Lighthouse *Darßer Ort* West coast of the Darß Coastal changes of *Darßer Ort* 1835–2007. Authority control databases VIAF GND --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Darß](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar%C3%9F) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dar%C3%9F?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.