Parchtitz is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Geography and transport

Parchtitz is about 3 kilometres northwest of

Bergen auf Rügen Bergen auf Rügen is the capital of the former district of Rügen in the middle of the island of Rügen in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, Germany. Since 1 January 2005, Bergen has moreover been the administrative seat of the ''Amt'' of Bergen auf ...

and lies on the

Duwenbeek The Duwenbeek is the largest stream on the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen. The stream originates on the northern edge of the borough of Bergen auf Rügen, flows around the Nonnensee on its eastern side and empties into the bay of Koselower S ...

, the only large stream on Rügen. The stream's source is the lake of

Nonnensee The Nonnensee is a lake in the borough of Bergen auf Rügen, Vorpommern-Rügen district, in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. It is located northwest of the town of Bergen auf Rügen and is a very shallow lake. As a result, attempts were ...

, which also lies within Parchtitz and which was re-established in 1993 after a long period of being drained. The village lies immediately on the Landesstraße 30 from Bergen to Gingst. The B 96 and the railway line from

Stralsund Stralsund (; Swedish: ''Strålsund''), officially the Hanseatic City of Stralsund (German: ''Hansestadt Stralsund''), is the fifth-largest city in the northeastern German federal state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania after Rostock, Schwerin, Neub ...

to Sassnitz runs east of the village.

Villages

The following villages fall within the municipality:Hauptsatzung der Gemeinde
/ref> *Parchtitz *Boldevitz *Gademow *Muglitz *Neuendorf *Platvitz *Reischvitz *Volkshagen *Willihof

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Towns and villages on Rügen {{VorpommernRügen-geo-stub