Bodstedter Bodden, Coastal lagoon in Vorpommern-Rügen District, Germany.

The Bodstedter Bodden is a shallow coastal lagoon on the Baltic Sea in the Vorpommern-Rügen District, forming part of the Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain. It is edged by wide reed beds, small islands, and low-lying shores that give it an open, flat character.

The Bodstedter Bodden lies within the Darss-Zingst Bodden Chain, a lagoon system on the Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Its present shape results from post-glacial sea-level rise, which flooded former land surfaces and linked the basin to the Koppelstrom, Prerower Strom and Meiningen narrows. The Prerower Strom is a former sea inlet that now empties into the bodden from the northeast.

The bodden takes its name from Bodstedt, the village in the Fuhlendorf municipality on its southern shore. Born a. Darß, Wieck a. Darß and Fuhlendorf are the villages on the water; the Prerower Strom, a former sea inlet, still empties into the bodden in the northeast. The shoreline lies within the Western Pomerania Lagoon Area National Park.

The area is easy to reach from the surrounding coastal villages, and the shoreline paths offer open views over the water. Those going out by boat should take care near the reed zones and shallower parts of the lagoon.

The Borner Bülten, a group of swampy islands on the western edge of the lagoon, act as a natural divider between this water and the neighboring Koppelstrom. These formations grow from accumulations of peat and reed rather than solid ground, which makes them rare along this coast.