View of Ratzeburg Cathedral – Ratzeburg Lake loop from Groß Sarau

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View of Ratzeburg Cathedral – Ratzeburg Lake loop from Groß Sarau

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View of Ratzeburg Cathedral – Ratzeburg Lake loop from Groß Sarau

01:58

26.7km

190m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: October 28, 2026

Tips

Includes a segment that goes up or down a series of steps

You may need to carry your bike.

After 15.1 km for 9 m

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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977 m

Rothenhusen

Highlight • Restaurant

Great excursion restaurant, Schnieke modernized. 2 terraces with views over the Ratzeburg lake, good map with moderate prices. Rothenburg is also a jetty for 2 ships: the Wakenitzlinie to / from Lübeck and the ship crossing the Ratzeburger See.

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6.68 km

Ostufer des Großen Ratzeburger Sees

Nature Reserve

8.63 km

Forest trail on the east shore of Großer Ratzeburger See

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It's not that steep. It's great to drive, but you always have to be focused.

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9.65 km

Singletrack Trail Through the Forest (Ostufer des Großen Ratzeburger Sees)

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This section of the cycle path is not without its challenges.

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13.1 km

View of Ratzeburg Cathedral

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The Ratzeburg Cathedral is picturesquely situated on a hill above the lake.

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14.2 km

Ratzeburg Lake

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In the southeast of Schleswig-Holstein in the Lauenburg Lakes Nature Park lies the Ratzeburg Lake, whose northeastern shore borders on Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania.
The lake area is divided into the Great …

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15.2 km

View of Lake Ratzeburg and Ratzeburg Cathedral

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The view over the lake is always different, e.g. today with many sailing boats.

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16.4 km

Beech Forest at Lake Ratzeburg

Highlight • Forest

17.4 km

Forest trail at Lake Ratzeburg

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Be sure to drive around the lake. It's worth it at any time of the year.

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26.7 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

16.9 km

3.02 km

2.68 km

2.24 km

1.92 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

11.3 km

7.69 km

4.88 km

2.20 km

583 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 31 October

11°C

8°C

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Comments

August 22, 2022,Runde von Groß Sarau um den Ratzeburger See

Holiday Day 1: We have moved into our domicile Groß Sarau "Hotel Nobis". Since it was still relatively early in the evening, we decided to go for a walk around the lake. Beautiful forest paths, great old houses, just our thing. Ratzeburg is also nice to look at. Unfortunately, the cathedral currently has ugly scaffolding. We particularly liked the way …

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August 4, 2023,04.08.2023 Und noch 'ne Runde um den See

I liked the tour so much yesterday that I convinced Silke to go on this tour today. Despite the constant threat of rain, we didn't get any rain. However, the bathing suit that we had carried with us remained in the bag. We caught up on swimming after the weather had improved in the evening.
The forest sections demand a …

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December 16, 2022,Um den Ratzeburger See

Once around the lake (without the kitchen lake), up on the west side and down again on the east side. The turning point was the Trave, which flows on to Lübeck.

Don't be surprised about steep ramps, both up and down. I only drove down with the brakes on, it was safer.

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August 6, 2022,06.08.2022 Ratzeburger See umrundet

The circumnavigation offers a lot of variety. Flat sections near the shore are in stark contrast to steep and challenging forest sections. The tour is not easy to do without, but with an e-bike it can also be done by less fit people; Assuming practice.
The homemade cake in the Domcafe is unbeatable 😋

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July 15, 2024,Rund um den Ratzeburger See

The trip around the lake is really sporty without an e-bike! Otherwise there is a lot of nature, cute marinas and swimming spots. The highlight was of course the Ratzeburg Cathedral.

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June 25, 2022,Von Rothenhusen um den Ratzeburger See

Bike and Swim: Beautiful bike ride around Lake Ratzeburg with several swimming stops. We chose Rothenhusen as the starting point. This is more or less directly on the A20 and offers a free forest parking lot (of course, the round is also easily possible from Ratzeburg).
On the east bank the terrain goes up and down again and again (the …

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June 18, 2022,Fahrradtour

Beautiful door. Always along the lake. In the forest area, there are often short passages that go really up and down again. A lot of dirt road but good to drive. Again and again a clear view of the beautiful lake.

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