The Wallensteingraben is a connecting ditch between Lake Schwerin and the Baltic Sea in Wismar. In its approximately 20-kilometer-long course, it overcomes a height difference of 37.8 meters. The watercourse so named today consists of the artificially created outflow of Lake Schwerin and the largely original course of the stream once called Stivine (depending on the source, also: Steffine or Stevina). A canal built in the 16th century, which shortened the course of the stream over large parts, fell into disrepair just a few years after it was built.

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The Wallensteingraben begins on the northern shore of Lake Schwerin. The 1.5-kilometer-long connection to Lake Losten to the north was created artificially by cutting through a terminal moraine ridge that marks the North Sea-Baltic Sea watershed. On the way to Lake Losten, the Bad Kleinen-Rostock railway line and state road 31 are passed under.

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1. Wallensteingraben Rest Area – Wallensteingraben loop from Dorf Mecklenburg

9.80km

02:32

50m

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2. Lostener Lake – Wismar Waterworks (Wasserkunst) loop from Dorf Mecklenburg

29.3km

07:32

140m

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3. Lostener Lake – Wallensteingraben loop from Eck-Losten

12.1km

03:08

70m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

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Location: Bad Kleinen, Northwest Mecklenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany

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1. Wallensteingraben Rest Area – Wallensteingraben loop from Dorf Mecklenburg

2. Lostener Lake – Wismar Waterworks (Wasserkunst) loop from Dorf Mecklenburg

3. Lostener Lake – Wallensteingraben loop from Eck-Losten

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