Lenschow Memorial Stone – Overcoming Borders Sculpture loop from Wakenitzniederung

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Lenschow Memorial Stone – Overcoming Borders Sculpture loop from Wakenitzniederung

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Lenschow Memorial Stone – Overcoming Borders Sculpture loop from Wakenitzniederung

01:51

7.22km

30m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 8, 2026

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Wakenitzniederung

Wakenitz

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1.01 km

Remains of Border Watchtower at Lenschow

Highlight • Historical Site

Only a few traces of this terrible past can be found on the former border strip (FRG / GDR).
Here is the stump of a worn watchtower.

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1.05 km

Lenschow Memorial Stone

Highlight • Monument

Here once stood the village Lenschow, which was demolished in the 70s. It was too close to the border to the single FRG.
Today, there is almost nothing left to see from the former inner-German border.

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1.29 km

Wakenitz River (former border river)

Highlight • River

From here you have a beautiful view of the river, which is also called the "Amazon of the North".
The bridge connects Schleswig-Holstein with Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

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1.40 km

Grenzer Überwinden Sculpture by Claus Götz

Highlight • Monument

The sculpture by Schattin sculptor Claus Görtz depicts a person rising like a phoenix from and above the demolished border fortifications.
The sculpture is made from old barriers.

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1.80 km

Drägerweg

Highlight • Trail

The Drägerweg is a hiking trail between Lübeck and Rothenhusen that has been continuously maintained since 2007.

The trail runs almost parallel to the Wakenitz, but has little contact with …

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4.02 km

Drägerweg Trailhead at Rothenhusen

Highlight • Trail

Beginning of the Drägerweg near Rothenhusen.

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4.74 km

Alder Carr in the Wakenitz Lowlands

Highlight (Segment) • Forest

Even if it does not look like this: you can get through dry feet. Right at the beginning of the hike, at the foot of the pedestrian bridge, lies this beautiful Bruchwald in the Wakenitz lowlands.

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5.90 km

Overcoming Borders Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

Shortly before the pedestrian bridge over the Wakenitz is the sculpture "Overcoming Borders" by the Schattin-based sculptor Claus Görtz. Manufactured in 2008 from old barriers.

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