The writer Bertolt Brecht and the actress Helene Weigel had chosen the idyllic property with studio in Buckow (Brandenburg Switzerland) as their summer residence since 1952. Bertolt Brecht wrote the "Buckow Elegies" here in 1953, which can be read in the lyrical garden.

After Brecht's death in 1956, Helene Weigel continued to invite many guests here and used the property alongside her Berlin apartment for recreation until her death in 1971. The Brecht-Weigel House in Buckow (Märkische Schweiz) has been a memorial to the artist couple since 1977.

Heinrich von Kleist came from an old noble Pomeranian family. According to tradition, he joined the Royal Prussian Infantry Regiment No. 14 (Guard Regiment) at the age of 15. After seven years of military service, he resigned "out of an inclination towards the sciences" and began studying at the Brandenburg State University in his hometown of Frankfurt an der Oder. In the spring of 1800, Kleist became engaged to Wilhelmine von Zenge, daughter of the city commandant, but in August 1800 he broke off his studies and left Frankfurt, only returning for a few days at a time. He travelled to Würzburg and Paris, and spent several months in Switzerland. His first work, 'The Schroffenstein Family', was published there in 1803. After voluntarily giving up a career as a civil servant, Kleist lived as a freelance writer in Dresden, Prague and Berlin from 1807. He published an art journal and a daily newspaper; In total, Kleist left behind 8 dramas, 8 short stories, 2 articles, 29 poems, 12 essays, 3 fables, 55 epigrams, 1 idyll and 17 anecdotes. Three of his dramas were first performed during his lifetime. On November 21, 1811, Heinrich von Kleist shot Henriette Vogel, an acquaintance from his Berlin circle, and himself. Both were buried directly at the place of death on the Kleiner Wannsee near Berlin.

In the Kleist Museum in Frankfurt (Oder) you can learn and see everything about the famous writer. 

John Heartfield, born Helmut Herzfeld on June 19, 1891 in Berlin, was an important German artist and pioneer of political photomontage. As a member of the Dada movement and the Communist Party of Germany, he used photomontage to fight against fascism and National Socialism. His works, known for their sharp criticism of Adolf Hitler and the Nazi regime, were published in left-wing magazines. After the Nazis came to power, he fled first to Prague and later to London. In 1950 he returned to East Germany, where he lived and worked until his death in 1968. At this time he also acquired the small property in Waldsieversdorf, right on the Däbersee, and used it as a summer residence. Heartfield's works have had a lasting influence on political art and photomontage and can still be admired today in the John Heartfield House. 

Fontane's famous tales through the Margraviate of Brandenburg lead through countless places in our beautiful Oder-Spree Lake District. Embark on Fontane's discovery tour and see the landscape through his eyes. 

The German writer is known for his autobiographical novels and short stories, as well as new interpretations of classic works. In the 60s he withdrew from Berlin and spent most of his time in Blabber, a district near Beeskow. He always incorporated the surroundings of the Spree river landscape into his works. Today the residential and work house on Blabbergraben is a literary and meeting place.