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Germany
Schleswig-Holstein
Herzogtum Lauenburg
Ratzeburg

Experience border - briefly

Routes
Bike touring routes & trails
Germany
Schleswig-Holstein
Herzogtum Lauenburg
Ratzeburg

Experience border - briefly

Moderate

4.7

(23)

94

riders

Experience border - briefly

02:02

26.4km

190m

Cycling
The tour takes you from the island town of Ratzeburg via the former German-German border, Utecht and Schlagsdorf back to Ratzeburg.

On the way you have fantastic views over Lake Ratzeburg, pass pasture landscapes and can find out more about the regional border history at Grenzhus Schlagsdorf. www. Grenzhus.de

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Last updated: July 11, 2024

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Ostufer des Großen Ratzeburger Sees

Campower Steilufer

Mechower Seeufer und angrenzende Flächen

Steinerne Rinne und Mechower Holz

Biosphärenreservat Schaalsee

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1.34 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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2

7.26 km

Rest Area Among Apple Trees

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Here you can definitely watch great sunsets.

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11.5 km

View of Lübeck and Lake Ratzeburg

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8% gradient over 1.4 km

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18.0 km

Grenzhus Schlagsdorf – Museum of the Inner German Border

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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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19.2 km

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

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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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19.6 km

Mechower See Observation Tower

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Climb up! The view of Lake Mechower is worth it.

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26.4 km

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Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

6.54 km

4.59 km

3.62 km

1.23 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

18.0 km

3.49 km

2.75 km

1.46 km

691 m

< 100 m

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November 10, 2022

The tour takes you from the island town of Ratzeburg via the former German-German border, Utecht and Schlagsdorf back to Ratzeburg.



On the way you have fantastic views over Lake Ratzeburg, pass pasture landscapes and can find out more about the regional border history at Grenzhus Schlagsdorf. www. Grenzhus

Translated by Google •

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