The Rassower Strom is a waterway that lies at the tip of the tongue of land between the lagoons of the

Wieker Bodden The Wieker Bodden is a lagoon or ''bodden'', that is largely surrounded by the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen. It is part of the North Rügen Bodden Chain. Location The Wieker Bodden lies between the peninsula of Bug (Rügen), Bug to the ...

and Breetzer Bodden and is part of the

North Rügen Bodden The North Rügen Bodden ( or ''Rügenschen Innenboddenkette'') are a string of West Pomeranian lagoons, known as ''bodden'', on the Baltic Sea coast of northeastern Germany. They are almost entirely surrounded by the island of Rügen and its penin ...

Chain. On its southern shore is the ferry boat landing stage between the villages of ''Vaschvitz'' and ''Fischersiedlung'' in the municipality of Trent. It separates the heartland of the island of

Rügen Rügen (; Rani: ''Rȯjana'', ''Rāna''; , ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. The "gateway" to Rügen island is the Hanseatic ci ...

, the

Muttland Muttland comprises the main section of the German island of Rügen Rügen (; Rani: ''Rȯjana'', ''Rāna''; , ) is Germany's largest island. It is located off the Pomeranian coast in the Baltic Sea and belongs to the state of Mecklenburg- ...

, from the peninsula of

Wittow Wittow is the northernmost peninsula of the island of Rügen. Wittow was a separate island until the High Middle Ages, but since then has been connected to the Jasmund peninsula of Rügen by the Schaabe spit. Wittow is most famous for Cape Ark ...

in the north. At its narrowest point it is wide. The

Wittow Ferry The Wittow Ferry () is a ferry service for foot passengers and vehicles (up to a total weight of 30 t each) from the heart of the German Baltic Sea island of Rügen, the Muttland, to the peninsula of Wittow to the north. It has also given ...

crosses the Strom. It is a ferry service for foot passengers and vehicles (up to a permitted total weight of 30 t each). In severe winters, when the water surface of the ''

bodden Bodden are briny bodies of water often forming lagoons, along the southwestern shores of the Baltic Sea, primarily in Germany's state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. These lagoons can be found especially around the island of Rügen, Usedom and ...

'' freezes over, the Rassower Strom remains largely ice-free as a result of the current to and from the

Großer Jasmunder Bodden The Großer Jasmunder Bodden belongs to the Northern Rügener Boddens and is a water body on the southern edge of the Baltic Sea in the German state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Description It is a ''bodden'', a type of lagoon that occurs in nort ...

and provides a refuge for large numbers of

water fowl The Anatidae are the biological family of water birds that includes ducks, geese, and swans. The family has a cosmopolitan distribution, occurring on all the world's continents except Antarctica. These birds are adapted for swimming, floating o ...

References

Geography of Rügen North Rügen Bodden {{Rügen-geo-stub