Rügen, a deeply-indented island of Germany, in the Baltic, separated from the Pomeranian coast by a channel (Strela Sund) about a mile broad; the soil is fertile, and fishing is actively engaged in. Bergen (4) is the capital.
Population (circa 1900) given as 45,000.
Definition taken from The Nuttall Encyclopædia, edited by the Reverend James Wood (1907)
Ruge, Arnold * Ruhr