Editing Hiddensee (section)

=== From 1989 ===
After the [[Political union|reunification]], a new pier for the cargo ferry was completed in Vitte. Some sailors then used the old concrete pier of the push boat in Kloster as a sailing harbor. From the 2010s, a yachting harbor with sanitary facilities was created during the largest harbor renovation project in Kloster.

In 1992, the research facilities at the Schwedenhagen test site of [[Central Institute for Electron Physics]] in Berlin and the Ferry Island test site of [[Central Institute for Microbiology and Experimental Therapy]] in Jena were abandoned.

Hiddensee was also the site of the [[large-scale electric vehicle test]] launched in 1992 by the Federal Ministry of Research and the automotive industry. In the course of the test, a large solar system was installed on the roof of a building at the port of Vitte, which still exists today.

In May 2010, the tent cinema in Vitte had to be closed after 46 years. After a transitional period at changing locations, a new tent cinema opened at Vitte harbor in 2012, with [[Jörg Mehrwald]] as its director until 2020.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2022-10-15|author=Ostsee-Zeitung|language=de|title=Hiddenseer Kino-Chef schmeißt hin|date=2 October 2020 |url=https://www.ostsee-zeitung.de/lokales/vorpommern-ruegen/ruegen/nach-neun-jahren-hiddenseer-kino-chef-schmeisst-hin-PZD7WZVFUUVRN56FLMEVT6WT6I.html}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>

Between 2010 and 2014, some roads were repaved or paved at all and the local roads were widened by a good 50 percent (Vitte-Neuendorf 2010 and Kloster-Vitte 2014). In Vitte, a helipad went into operation in 2012 for emergency patients and for a disaster situation.

In October 2019, a new island bus with electric drive was put into operation. The predecessor ran on diesel and was thus still one of the few combustion vehicles on the island, after the police had also switched to an electric car in September 2015.

Due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]], the island was closed to tourists for some time in 2020.

At the beginning of 2021, it became known that the municipality of Hiddensee would like to expand the harbor in Vitte. Plans include a 135-place yachting harbor, a multipurpose hall, a 5590-square-meter photovoltaic system, a seawater desalination plant in a twelve-meter tower, two piers, an expansion of the ferry dock for cruise ships, and several other buildings. A citizens' initiative has been formed against the expansion plans.<ref>{{cite web|access-date=2021-08-12|title=Bürgerinitiative HAFEN VITTE|url=https://vitte-hafen.de|website=vitte-hafen.de}}<!-- auto-translated by Module:CS1 translator --></ref>