organizations. In addition, there were 12,245 places for children in summer camps and another 20,800 places for campers. The plots were located mainly near the beaches. Increased holiday capacity was not however generated until the 1970s and 1980s.
In 1990, R�gen became part of the new state of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and, together with the neighbouring islands of Hiddensee and Ummanz, formed the district of R�gen. Since the 2011 Mecklenburg-Vorpommern district reforms R�gen has been part of Vorpommern-R�gen.
In 2007 a second bridge, the R�gen Bridge (R�genbr�cke), was built to replace the first one built in 1936.
R�gen has now surpassed Sylt as the most popular German island again
