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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediatranslated with google translatorThe fishing village of Vitt is on the German island of Ruegen, specifically, on the peninsula Wittow near Cape Arkona. The village belongs to the municipality Putgarten. Due to its location in a canyon on the banks of the cliff, called Liete, Vitt is not visible from a distance. If you come to the verge of the gorge, we get a glimpse of the thatched roofs of the village.place nameThe name derives from the word Vitt Vitte (s) / Witte (Swedish: vittja = “landing”, “Trade and stack space”) from. In fact, Vitt was initially only temporarily inhabited Vitte, where the captured fish was processed (See also Vitte). The name could also be from Vit, a common Slavic name (as the local founder), or witt derived for white.Since no charter exists, the exact age of the village is not known. According to the reports of the Danish historian Saxo Grammaticus but the village is already in the 10th Have heard century as a fishing and trading port for Slavic Jaromarsburg at Cape Arkona.The first mention was made on 25 May 1290, when the prince Rüganer Witzlaw II the town the right and the freedom of fishing conceded.Above the village stands a small chapel Vitter, whose construction started in 1806 and was finally completed 1816th It was built because more and more visitors to the shores of the old church pastor sermons Ludwig Gotthard Kosegarten had come and found some of the visitors in bad weather no more room in the fishermen’s huts.The heritage village is very well protected and enjoys a steady influx of tourists. In the small harbor cruises around Cape Arkona can be booked with fishing boats.Vitt is best reached by bike or by train from the Arkona Putgarten. There must also leave private car as driving is allowed on the Cape only with special permission.