Dierhagen
Municipality
Protestant church
Location of Dierhagen within Vorpommern-Rügen district
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Coordinates: 54°17′29″N 12°21′38″E / 54.29139°N 12.36056°E / 54.29139; 12.36056
Country	Germany
State	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
District	Vorpommern-Rügen
Municipal assoc.	Darß/Fischland
Government
• Mayor	Christiane Müller (Left)
Area
• Total	27.47 km2 (10.61 sq mi)
Elevation	3 m (10 ft)
Population  (2021-12-31)[1]
• Total	1,587
• Density	58/km2 (150/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC+01:00 (CET)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+02:00 (CEST)
Postal codes	18347
Dialling codes	038226
Vehicle registration	NVP
Website	www.ostseebad-dierhagen.de

Dierhagen is a municipality in the Vorpommern-Rügen district, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany.

Location

Dierhagen is on the Fischland-Darß-Zingst peninsula. The district is surrounded by the Baltic Sea to the north and northwest and the Saaler Bodden to the east and southeast.^[2]

Dierhagen has six districts:

• Dierhagen Dorf
• Dierhagen Strand, a 7-km-long beach with fine white sand
• Dierhagen Ost
• Neuhaus
• Dändorf
• Körkwitz

History

Dierhagen was founded in 1311 when German settlers expanded their territory into the area of Ribnitz (moved eastward).^[3]

Notable residents

• Egon Krenz, who briefly served as the leader of East Germany in 1989, has lived in the town since 2003.