Habitats on the island of Hiddensee

The island of Hiddensee, often referred to as the pearl of the Baltic Sea, is a popular holiday destination.

Get more information about the island and current events at www.seebad-hiddensee.de [de].

The island of Hiddensee is situated within the National Park ‘Vorpommersche Boddenlandschaft’. Please observe the special regulations of the national park, which you can find along with further information about the national park at www.nationalpark-vorpommersche-boddenlandschaft.de/en/. The Biological Station has special permits to conduct excursions in the national park area.

Please contact us if you are planning excursions!

Hiddensee is of particular interest to biologists because of its high habitat diversity. The island offers a range of habitats that have become rare in our cultural landscape or have been disrupted in many places by human influences, such as eutrophication. Among these rare habitats are the salt marshes along the Bodden coast, the shore vegetation on the sandy beaches in the west of the island, sandy dry grasslands in the Dornbusch area (the northern part of the island), the coastal heaths and the shallow waters of the Bodden. A number of rare animal and plant species can be found in these areas.

You can find detailed information about the bird life on the island at the Vogelwarte Hiddensee and in volume 21 of the German Maritime Museum's publication series Meer und Museum [Sea and Museum].