Kreidefelsen am Königsstuhl / Stubbenkammer

About this spectacle

Standing atop Königsstuhl, visitors look out over a sheer 118-metre wall of brilliant white chalk dropping straight into the Baltic Sea. The contrast between the dense UNESCO-listed beech canopy behind you and the vertiginous cliff edge is striking in any season — spring green, autumn gold, or winter bare. The chalk face is geologically restless: visible scars from the 2005 and 2023 collapses remind you that the coastline is actively reshaping itself. Below, the sea churns against chalk rubble; above, ravens and ravens patrol the forest edge. The viewpoint called Königsstuhl (King's Chair) frames the panorama of Stubbenkammer bay, the wooded chalk headlands receding in both directions. On clear days the water shifts through every shade of Baltic grey-blue. The air carries salt and the cool damp of old beech forest. It is a brief, intense encounter with geological time happening at human scale.

When to go

Jan — Dec, peak Sep — May

Getting there

Nearest airport: RLG. Nearest city: Stralsund.

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