ケッツィン/ハーフェルのおすすめウォーキング＆ハイキングルート

Perhaps the most beautiful section of the 66 Lakes Trail, along the Havel Canal, stretches from Paaren to beyond Buchow Karpzow, a strip of riparian forest on both sides of the canal. Beautiful in every season. Magnificent old trees in the marsh. Dreamlike!

Ice cellars for storing natural ice were, before the invention of refrigeration, the privilege of kings and wealthy landowners. Later, ice cellars were also built for communal use. This is likely the case with the ice cellar located behind the Paretz barn in the Rohrhaus garden. It is one of three ice cellars that once existed in Paretz. While the two located in the royal gardens no longer exist, the ice cellar built around 1850 was restored by the Historical Paretz Association in 2007 and opened as a small museum in 2010. Further information can be found at: https://www.paretz-verein.de/seite/131483/historischer-eiskeller.html

The complex, constructed by French prisoners of war and consisting of the Paretz Lock, the pump house, and the transformer station tower, was completed in 1916. It is now a listed monument due to its harmonious aesthetics and the technically sophisticated design of the pumping system. The system on the Paretz-Nauen Canal served to improve the Havelland Luch, a project initiated by King Frederick William I of Prussia in 1718. Controlled drainage and irrigation via ditches and drains was intended to enable continuous agricultural use of the temporarily flooded fields. The improvement resulted in the reclaiming of 500 km² of arable land in the Havelland Luch alone. The water generated during drainage collected at the lowest point of the terrain and had to be pumped from there into a higher drain or canal. This was done using powerful electric pumps capable of moving up to 22,000 m³/h of water. In the 1970s, they were replaced by two modern underwater pumps. The lock lost its importance with the construction of the Havel Canal in 1951-1952 and was opened permanently. Source: https://www.paretz-verein.de/seite/131480/schleuse-und-sch%C3%B6pfwerk.html

There are also a few benches here, some of which are covered.

Someone has renamed this spot "Favorite Spot," and they certainly deserve it. The solid wooden bench is very comfortable and also offers some protection from the rain.

A small, artificially created peninsula that separates a small bay south of Paretz from the Havel River. It offers a rather beautiful view of the Havel all the way to the Ketzin ferry. However, from a small bathing area halfway along the peninsula, the path to the tip is sometimes disastrous.

The listed Paretz Lock, with its pumping station (building at the rear in the photo), a transformer tower (in the front), and a lock keeper's house (no longer present), is no longer operational. It was part of the former Nauen-Paretz Canal. In order to make the Havel lowlands here in the Havel bend suitable for agriculture, the Prussian King Frederick William I ordered its construction in 1718. Water from the lower-lying areas was pumped into the canal by scoop wheels and diverted to the Havel.

This is how refrigerators used to work