 Whomsoever wished to be king, had to climb up the cliffs from the seaward side.Another legend has it that the notorious pirate Störtebeker was born on Jasmund in 1340 at Ruschvitz manor house.The Pirates' Gorge ("Piratenschlucht") in Sassnitz not far from the old town is supposed to have been one of the many hiding places for Störtebeker and his Victual Brothers in the Baltic Sea area.