# Glowe

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Municipality in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

Glowe Municipality St. Paul's Church, Bobbin Coat of arms Location of Glowe within Vorpommern-Rügen district Location of Glowe Glowe Show map of Germany Glowe Show map of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Coordinates: 54°34′13″N 13°28′8″E / 54.57028°N 13.46889°E / 54.57028; 13.46889 Country Germany State Mecklenburg-Vorpommern District Vorpommern-Rügen Municipal assoc. Nord-Rügen Government • Mayor Uwe Radeisen Area • Total 22.14 km2 (8.55 sq mi) Elevation 4 m (13 ft) Population (2024-12-31)[1] • Total 977 • Density 44.1/km2 (114/sq mi) Time zone UTC+01:00 (CET) • Summer (DST) UTC+02:00 (CEST) Postal codes 18551 Dialling codes 038302 Vehicle registration RÜG Website www.glowe.de

**Glowe** is a [municipality](/source/Municipalities_of_Germany) in the [Vorpommern-Rügen](/source/Vorpommern-R%C3%BCgen) district, in [Mecklenburg-Vorpommern](/source/Mecklenburg-Vorpommern), [Germany](/source/Germany). It is a state-recognised resort.

## Geography

Glowe in 2011

Glowe aerial view

Glowe lies about 18 kilometres north of [Bergen auf Rügen](/source/Bergen_auf_R%C3%BCgen) and is located at the western end of the boundary between the [Jasmund](/source/Jasmund) peninsula and the narrow land bridge of [Schaabe](/source/Schaabe) between the [Baltic Sea](/source/Baltic_Sea) (the bay of [Tromper Wiek](/source/Tromper_Wiek)) and the lagoon of [Großer Jasmunder Bodden](/source/Gro%C3%9Fer_Jasmunder_Bodden).

### Municipal subdivisions

The municipality consists of the villages:

- Glowe

- Baldereck

- Kampe

- Bobbin

- Polchow

- Ruschvitz

- Spyker

## History

Glowe was first documented in 1314. The name "Glowe" comes from the [Slavic](/source/Slavic_languages) *Gluowa* or *Glova* and means something like "head", named after the 9-metre-high *Königshörn*, a small headland. The small parish grew up on and around the *Königshörn*.

The area was part of the [Principality of Rügen](/source/Principality_of_R%C3%BCgen) until 1326 and thereafter the [Duchy of Pomerania](/source/Duchy_of_Pomerania). Under the [Treaty of Westphalia](/source/Treaty_of_Westphalia) in 1648, Rügen, and thus the territory of Glowe, became part of [Swedish Pomerania](/source/Swedish_Pomerania). In 1815, Glowe went, as part of [New Western Pomerania](/source/New_Western_Pomerania), to the [Prussian province of Pomerania](/source/Prussian_province_of_Pomerania). Since 1818, Glowe has been part of the [county of Rügen](/source/Landkreis_R%C3%BCgen).

As seaside resort tourism began to take off in the early 20th century, the former fishing village expanded more and more into the neighbouring woods of the *Schaabewald*.

From 1952 to 1955 Glowe was part of the [county of Bergen](/source/Kreis_Bergen). Thereafter the village became part of the [county of Rügen](/source/Kreis_R%C3%BCgen) again, this time in the [district of Rostock](/source/Bezirk_Rostock) until 1990, when it became part of the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. In 2011 the county of Rügen was merged into [Vorpommern-Rügen](/source/Vorpommern-R%C3%BCgen).

## Sights

Spyker Castle

- The *Muschel* ("mussel") in Glowe: a [prestressed concrete](/source/Prestressed_concrete) building by Ulrich Müther in the shape of a mussel (until 1990 known as the *Ostseeperle* restaurant)

- Sea promenade and harbour in Glowe

- [Spycker Castle](/source/Spycker_Castle), now a hotel once belonged to the Swedish field marshal and governor general of [Swedish Pomerania](/source/Swedish_Pomerania), [Carl Gustav Wrangel](/source/Carl_Gustav_Wrangel)

- [Lake Spycker](/source/Spyckerscher_See_and_Mittelsee_Nature_Reserve)

- Fishing village of Polchow with harbour

- Gothic fieldstone church of [St. Paul's](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=St._Paul%27s_Church,_Bobbin&action=edit&redlink=1) in Bobbin dating to the 14th century

- [Glowe Chapel](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Glowe_Chapel&action=edit&redlink=1)

- [Dinosaur Land](/source/Dinosaur_Land_(R%C3%BCgen))

- The [DGzRS](/source/German_Maritime_Search_and_Rescue_Service) [lifeboat](/source/Lifeboat_(rescue)), *[Kurt Hoffmann](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kurt_Hoffmann_(boat)&action=edit&redlink=1)*, is stationed in Glowe

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Bevölkerungsstand der Kreise und Gemeinden 2024"](https://www.laiv-mv.de/static/LAIV/Statistik/Dateien/Publikationen/A%20I%20Bev%C3%B6lkerungsstand/A113/A113%202024%2000.xlsx) (XLS) (in German). [Statistisches Amt Mecklenburg-Vorpommern](/source/Statistisches_Amt_Mecklenburg-Vorpommern).

## External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Glowe](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Glowe).

- [Glowe](https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Glowe#Q561014) travel guide from Wikivoyage

- [Official website of Glowe](http://www.glowe.de/)

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