Explore the Uckermark in northern Germany – Märkische Landweg

From the moraine hills of the Ice Age landscape near Feldberg you hike past a chain of lakes to the rafting town of Lychen. Magnificent views, idyllic paths and lots of opportunities to take a refreshing swim in the lake await you on this stage.



The starting point of the Märkischer Landweg is the former… read more

You leave the old rafting town of Lychen to the southeast and initially walk about seven kilometers past two connected lakes. The Zens and Platkow lakes are channel lakes that were left behind by the last ice age. The high bank, shaded by beeches and other deciduous trees, is beautiful and idyllic. You… read more

In Templin you leave the Uckermark Lakes Nature Park and enter the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve. Extensive and lonely forests with pines, old hat oak or lowland beech await you, in which endangered animal and plant species find undisturbed habitats. On this stage there should be space for a picnic… read more

In Ringenwalde there is a wooden statue opposite the village church. It bears the name "Goddess of Peace" because it was carved from the wood of the peace oak, which was planted in 1870 on the occasion of the victory in the Franco-German war. In 2010 it had to be felled and this beautiful statue was… read more

The landscape changes completely on this stage: You leave the forests of the Uckermark, hike on field paths, often lined with trees and bushes, over open, agriculturally used area and at the end of the day you reach the wonderful Oder valley.



You start in Wolletz and follow the dreamlike path towards… read more

On this stage you hike downstream, again and again with beautiful views of the last largely intact floodplain in Europe. Meandering oxbow lakes, alluvial forests, sedge reeds and reeds offer you a great panorama and the resting, wintering and breeding birds a paradisiacal environment. You will definitely… read more

The landscape on this stage is open and wide and you hike - in contrast to the lonely forests of the first stages - through many small towns and past storehouses or barns. Until not so long ago, one of the three largest tobacco growing areas in Germany was actually here, and tobacco is still grown on… read more

On the last stage of the Märkischer Landweg you can expect a beautiful, gently undulating landscape and wonderful views of the church towers of Gartz. Fields and meadows are criss-crossed by paths lined with fruit trees. Small forests provide shade and offer you nice places for a picnic or a break.



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