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Scharmützelsee – Forest trail by Lake Scharmützelsee loop from Bad Saarow

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Bad Saarow

Scharmützelsee – Forest trail by Lake Scharmützelsee loop from Bad Saarow

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Scharmützelsee – Forest trail by Lake Scharmützelsee loop from Bad Saarow

07:12

28.2km

110m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 18, 2026

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Dahme-Heideseen

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Start point

Train Station

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163 m

Bad Saarow station building and forecourt

Highlight • Rest Area

The Bad Saarow train station is a really beautiful and well-kept train station in the well-known spa town on the Scharmutzelsee.

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774 m

Scharmützelsee

Highlight • Lake

The Scharmützelsee appears peaceful on this sunny late October day. Incidentally, it is not named after a brief military conflict, but rather takes its name from the Middle Low German corruption of the Old Sorbian word for buckthorn, Čremušn. Brandenburg's second largest lake is ten kilometers long, up to one and a half kilometers wide and a maximum of 29 meters deep.

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929 m

View of the Scharmützelsee

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With this view, you can understand why the Berlin poet Theodor Fontane called the lake "Märkisches Meer" when he visited in 1881. A name that is still used in tourism advertising today.

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1.18 km

Promenade on Lake Scharmützelsee

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The perfect place for a leisurely stroll along the lake. If you then take a look at the old mansions on the waterfront, you'll feel like you're in the Hamptons on Long Island - even if some of the houses still look a little abandoned.

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1.63 km

Lighthouse

3.94 km

Beach

7.84 km

Scharmützelsee

Lake

9.11 km

Lake Scharmützelsee

Highlight • Lake

The lake is great! Nature, culture, great way. The water is also great - wonderfully "soft" and clear. It should be the best swimming lake in Germany 🙂
The circumnavigation is recommended, only Wendisch-Rietz did not meet my taste - too touristy 🙄

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10.3 km

Shelter with a view of Lake Scharmützelsee

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This elevated wooden shelter with a wonderful view of the Scharmützelsee is brand new. Trainees at the Müllrose forestry company built it in 2024.

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11.1 km

Forest trail by Lake Scharmützelsee

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Well-kept paths in the bank area with many boards.

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11.6 km

Hundebadestelle

Beach

13.2 km

Wendisch Rietz Lock

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The lock, which has existed since 1865, was renovated in 1965 with concrete chamber walls and automated in 2004. The lock is activated using the request levers at the waiting points in the respective outer harbor. During operation in the summer months, up to 10,000 pleasure boats are on the move here. It is one of three locks that must be overcome on the way from Berlin to Scharmützelsee.

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28.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.1 km

5.85 km

5.39 km

4.63 km

1.17 km

Surfaces

11.0 km

6.83 km

6.72 km

2.99 km

394 m

246 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 10 May

17°C

8°C

67 %

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Scharmützelsee – Forest trail by Lake Scharmützelsee loop from Bad Saarow

Bad Saarow station building and forecourt

Scharmützelsee

View of the Scharmützelsee

Promenade on Lake Scharmützelsee

Lake Scharmützelsee

Shelter with a view of Lake Scharmützelsee

Forest trail by Lake Scharmützelsee

Wendisch Rietz Lock

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