Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Wolgast is a German town in the district of Ostvorpommern, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, on the bank of the river Peenestrom, vis-a-vis the island of Usedom that can be accessed by road and railway via a bascule bridge. In December 2004, the town held a population of 12,725. The precursor of present-day Wolgast was a Wendish stronghold, the fort Hologast. In 1123, Hologast surrendered to the Pomeranian duke Wartislaw I. In 1128, the Wends were baptized by Otto of Bamberg, who destroyed a local Gerowit temple and set up the St-Petri Church at that site. German settlers populated the growing town soon after, and the city of Wolgast was granted Lübeck law by Wartislaw III in 1282.