Swimming spot on Insel Usedom – Grüssow Village loop from Rankwitz

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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

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Swimming spot on Insel Usedom – Grüssow Village loop from Rankwitz

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Swimming spot on Insel Usedom – Grüssow Village loop from Rankwitz

04:53

19.3km

40m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

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Insel Usedom

Waypoints

Start point

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2.60 km

Quilitz Village and Historic Fisher Cottages

Highlight • Settlement

Small sleepy place in the Lieper angle (nature park) between Peenestrom and Achterwasser. Pay attention to the parking lot at the village kiosk ;-)

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6.43 km

Traditional thatched fisherman's house in Warthe

Highlight • Monument

7.61 km

View of Gnitz

Highlight • Viewpoint

Since we had only been hiking over there on the Gnitz the day before 🥾, it was particularly interesting for us to take a close look at the opposite bank 😃

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7.81 km

Achterwasser beach near Warthe

Highlight • Beach

Very nice idyllic beach section. Nice to look at even in bad weather.

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9.26 km

Old Pump House on Usedom Island

Highlight • Structure

9.34 km

Swimming spot on Insel Usedom

Highlight • Beach

The path on the dike up to here is easy to drive when it has been freshly mowed. When the meadow is high, there is only a very narrow path for hikers and cyclists

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10.2 km

Grüssow Dike Path (Usedom Circular Route)

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Nice path on the dike along the backwater, which is part of the Usedom cycle path. For the inexperienced, the natural path could be difficult to navigate.

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12.7 km

Grüssow Village

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Grüssow, an old farming village, is located in the Lieper Winkel, directly on the Achterwasser. The village, in which there are almost exclusively open courtyards, was first mentioned in documents …

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13.5 km

Viewpoint

19.3 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.6 km

3.40 km

2.06 km

1.31 km

Surfaces

7.89 km

4.69 km

3.47 km

3.23 km

< 100 m

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Friday 16 October

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Comments

July 14, 2023,Usedom - Runde bei Rankwitz.

Due to the heat and the few shadows, this tour was quite demanding.
Otherwise it is a very nice area, quiet, not too crowded, with beautiful, old, well-kept houses.

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July 31, 2025,Kleiner Strandabschnitt – Deichweg Grüssow Runde von Rankwitz

The tour is beautiful, the scenery, and the small villages are perfect for those seeking peace and quiet. The villages are well maintained, unlike many others on the island. However, there are virtually no rest areas, benches, or anything similar. The municipality should improve this.

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April 5, 2023,Usedom - am Achterwasser

Usedom does not always have to be a beach and the Baltic Sea.

Today we went from Rankwitz along the backwaters.
A large part of the route can be walked along the dike paths. From here there is a beautiful view of the backwaters or of the fields and meadows criss-crossed by many drainage ditches.

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September 14, 2021,Lieper Winkel

Lieper Winkel, always beautiful. This time without many pictures.

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January 2, 2024,Rankwitz – Deichweg Grüssow Runde

Luckily the weather held up well. There was only a bit of drizzle in the last 2 km.
And exactly halfway there was a risk of wet socks 😅 - luckily there was wood in the area so we were able to continue the round with dry feet.

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March 31, 2025,Rund um den Lieper Winkel

Following the call of the Baltic Sea, I find myself on Usedom once again. Today I started in Rankwitz. Unfortunately, there is no official parking lot in the town itself. There is parking available at the start of the tour, but spaces are very limited. I checked with a local resident and set off. The tour circles the Lieper Winkel, …

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April 26, 2026,26.04.2026 ☀️ Lieper Winkel 🔄️

Start ▶️ in Rankwitz "Am Hafen", free parking, from the 🅿️ you cross the street directly onto sandy ground into the pine forest 🌲🌲.
With a short detour to the Krienker See 🌊 without a great view, so back again and follow the planned route.
The soft sandy ground changes at the end of the forest 🌲🌲 to a paved …

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July 4, 2023,Der Lieper Winkel, im Kreis herum (Uhrzeigersinn)🔄😊

The island of Usedom with its rough beauty, always great.
I've ridden this tour twice by bike, on foot you perceive everything much more intensely. The end was exciting again, the rain was approaching and I was faced with a herd of bulls and a 5 meter wide ditch.... 1.5 km detour. 😬

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