Malte of Putbus
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Wilhelm Malte I Fürst und Herr zu Putbus was a German prince (Fürst) from the old Slavic-Rügen noble family of the lords of Putbus. He acted as a Swedish governor in Swedish Pomerania and later, under Prussian rule, as the chairman of the regional council (Kommunallandtag) of Pomerania and Rügen.
Portrait of Wilhelm Malte I, Granitz Hunting Lodge
A young Wilhelm Malte in the uniform of a cornet in the Swedish Light Life Dragoon Regiment, oil painting in Granitz Hunting Lodge on Rügen.
Monument to Wilhelm Malte I, erected in 1859 by Friedrich Drake
Rügen
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Rügen 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.
Mönchgut lagoon countryside
Cape Arkona
Jasmund National Park, famous for its chalk cliffs, the symbol of Rügen: Victoria-Sicht (Victoria's View) and Königsstuhl (King's Chair) from the Baltic Sea
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