Editing Rügen (section)

=== Part of Pomerania ===
[[File:Belagerung ruegen.jpg|thumb|Invasion of Rügen by Brandenburg-Prussia at [[Putbus|Neukamp]] in 1678 (etching by Jan Luiken).]]
[[File:Rügenkarte-Lubinus.jpg|thumb|1608 map by [[Eilhardus Lubinus]]]]
After the death of the last Slav prince of the ''Wizlawiden'' (''House of Wizlaw'') dynasty, [[Wizlaw III, Prince of Rügen|Wizlaw III]], in 1325, the principality was acquired by the duchy of [[Pomerania-Wolgast]] as a consequence of the 1321 inheritance agreement ({{lang|de|Erbverbrüderung}}), and from 1368/72–1451 was part of the estate of a branch line, the dukes of [[Pomerania-Barth]]. This state of affairs, together with the disputes over the Danish throne that occurred at that time, led to the [[Rügen wars of succession]]. After they had played out, the former principality went in 1354 to Pomerania-Wolgast and thus became part of the [[Holy Roman Empire]].

In 1478, Pomerania-Wolgast and [[Pomerania-Stettin]] were united and, 170 years later, the combined state went to Sweden in 1648 as a result of the [[Treaty of Westphalia]] (see [[Swedish Pomerania]]). Rügen was part of Swedish Pomerania from 1648 to 1815. The largest landowners, owning at least one-fifth of the island until 1945, was the [[House of Putbus]], which was an offshoot of the earlier ruling princes of the Wizlawid dynasty. In 1727, they were created counts of Holy Roman Empire and 1731 counts in Sweden, ultimately Swedish princes in 1807.

Under [[Gustav IV Adolf of Sweden]] the town of [[Gustavia, Rügen|Gustavia]] was constructed on the [[Mönchgut]] peninsula, but was abandoned during the [[Napoleonic Wars]]. In the years 1678 and 1715, Rügen was briefly wrested from the Swedes by the Elector of Brandenburg, [[Frederick William of Brandenburg|Frederick William]] and by the King in Prussia, [[Frederick William I of Prussia|Frederick William I]]. For example, a Brandenburg-Danish army landed on the island as part of the [[Invasion of Rügen (1678)|invasion of Rügen in 1678]]. After the [[Treaty of Saint-Germain (1679)|Treaty of Saint-Germain]] in 1679 the island passed from Danish to Swedish ownership again. At the time of [[Napoleonic Wars]], Rügen was held by the [[France|French]] from 1807 to 1813. In the [[Treaty of Kiel]] of 1814, it was transferred initially from Sweden to Denmark and then fell to [[Prussia]], along with New Western Pomerania ({{lang|de|Neuvorpommern}}), thanks to the [[Congress of Vienna|Vienna Convention]] of 1815. In 1818, the island became part of the administrative district of [[Regierungsbezirk Stralsund|Stralsund]] and thus belonged to the Prussian [[Province of Pomerania (1815–1945)|Province of Pomerania]]. [[Wilhelm Malte I]] (1783–1854), 1st prince of Putbus, was the last Governor of Swedish Pomerania and the first under Prussian rule.

[[File:Schloss Ralswiek 2 crop.jpg|thumb|[[Ralswiek]] Castle]]
In 1816, the first bathing resort was founded at [[Putbus]]. Later more resorts were established, and Rügen remained the most popular holiday resort of Germany until [[World War II]].