WOLGAST, a seaport town in the Prussian province of Pom erania, situated on the river Peene, which separates it from the island of Usedom, 3o m. by rail E. of Greifswald. Pop. (1933) 7,633. Wolgast became a town in 1247, and after being the resi dence of the duke of Pomerania-Wolgast, it was ceded to Sweden in 1648. It was captured in 1675 by Frederick William, elector of Brandenburg. It was restored to Germany in 1815.