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Schaalsee Canal – Farchau Mill loop from Ratzeburg

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Schaalsee Canal – Farchau Mill loop from Ratzeburg

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Schaalsee Canal – Farchau Mill loop from Ratzeburg

03:25

45.6km

290m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: April 4, 2026

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Salemer Moor mit angrenzenden Wäldern und Seen

Lankower Seeufer, Grammsee und Umgebung

Mechower Seeufer und angrenzende Flächen

Steinerne Rinne und Mechower Holz

Campower Steilufer

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.34 km

Schaalsee Canal

Highlight • River

So beautiful there! The path leads off to the Farchauer Mill!

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4.23 km

Farchauer Mill Hotel & Restaurant

Highlight • Restaurant

The Hotel-Restaurant Farchauer Mühle is located in the Schmilau district directly on Lake Küchen. Boat trips are possible from the hotel's own boat and bathing jetty. The city center of Ratzeburg is about three kilometers away.

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4.64 km

Farchau Mill

Highlight • Historical Site

farchauer-muehle.de/zeitgeschichte
Very nice mill...

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19.8 km

Salemer Moor mit angrenzenden Wäldern und Seen

Nature Reserve

24.6 km

View of Lankower Lake

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From this hill with pavilion and bench you have a great view of the surrounding nature and the Lankower See in the distance.

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25.9 km

Border Trail Schlagsdorf

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The border paths from Schlagsdorf around the Mechowrr lake are very beautiful, interesting and steeped in history. If you want to walk this path with its 8.3 km, you should …

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28.5 km

Grenzhus Schlagsdorf – Museum of the Inner German Border

Highlight • Historical Site

Very nice little exhibition that is really worth a visit. As a child of the Berlin Wall, you may have grown up with it, but here you can see once again how perfidious the inner-German border was. More information: herzogtum-lauenburg.de/poi/grenzhus

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29.7 km

Former Inner German Border (Grenzlinie) at Steinerne Rinne and Mechower Wood

Highlight • Historical Site

I can well understand these feelings described by JR and one should stop with humility and gratitude in such places of history - what has brought the inner German border …

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40.8 km

Ostufer des Großen Ratzeburger Sees

Nature Reserve

41.0 km

Seebruch

Forest

41.6 km

Eastern Shore of the Great Ratzeburg Lake Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

A quiet route ideal for driving. Through nature and without car noise

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45.6 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

25.5 km

8.45 km

5.25 km

3.81 km

2.66 km

Surfaces

18.6 km

15.9 km

5.48 km

3.85 km

1.62 km

158 m

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Wednesday 27 May

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Schaalsee Canal – Farchau Mill loop from Ratzeburg

Schaalsee Canal

Farchauer Mill Hotel & Restaurant

Farchau Mill

View of Lankower Lake

Border Trail Schlagsdorf

Grenzhus Schlagsdorf – Museum of the Inner German Border

Former Inner German Border (Grenzlinie) at Steinerne Rinne and Mechower Wood

Eastern Shore of the Great Ratzeburg Lake Nature Reserve

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