Highlights and program items
Some particularly worth seeing contributions from the extensive program:
• Steam engine of the Jena estate distillery (Cöthen): The oldest original steam engine in Berlin and Brandenburg, dating from 1875, opens from 10 a.m. to 18 p.m. The visitor experience will be accompanied by lectures, a café, and the EX-ZESS! art exhibition.
• Pyramid Garzau-Garzin: The otherwise closed pyramid hall (octagon) is opened and visitors are informed about the symbolic building.
• Müncheberg Parish ChurchFrom 13 p.m. to 16 p.m. there will be guided tours of the church, including a climb up the church tower.
• Brecht-Weigel-Haus (Buckow – Märkische Schweiz): between 12 and 18 o'clock there will be an action day with free admission including an exhibition opening.
• Neuzelle Monastery and Straw House: free guided tours
• Storkow Castle: Between 10 a.m. and 17 p.m., there are interactive tours on topics such as reconstruction, the city's treasures, and a new permanent exhibition (glacier tunnel, soil laboratory, cabinet of curiosities) - visitors can also look forward to a special exhibition entitled "Bicycle & Freedom."
• Castle Beeskow: Free guided tours take place regularly between 11 a.m. and 16 p.m.
• Xaver Scharwenka's Musenhütte (Bad Saarow): Brandenburg's only music museum opens from 14 p.m. to 18 p.m. Visitors can enjoy a guided tour of the listed building, a performance by the "invisible pianist," and the exhibition "Saarow Personalities."
• Schloss Hubertushöhe: The castle owner guides you through the historic building and the castle park.
• Erkner motorway maintenance depot : Visitors can view the motorway history collection from 10 a.m. to 15 p.m. – with guided tours at 10:15 a.m., 12 p.m. and 00:13 p.m.
• Kersdorf lock: Free guided tours, family activity day
• Museum courtyard at Sonnenluch with local history museum (Erkner): Historically dressed actors show scenes from the settlement of the Palatinate colonists in 1750, including music, dance, arts and crafts, a café and petting zoo – open from 11 a.m. to 17 p.m.
The program includes numerous other fascinating monuments and cultural offerings in the Oder-Spree Lake District:
• Local history rooms in Letschin, monastery church and Long House in Altfriedland, manor house of the future (Neuhardenberg)
• The individual monument “Brandstraße” in Beeskow, Friedland Castle or the House of Change in Heinersdorf
• Town hall with water tower in Neuenhagen or the Rüdersdorf Museum Park
• Fieldstone churches in Rehfelde and Werder or the Eisenhüttenstadt monument with the Hotel Lunik and the Museum of Utopia and Everyday Life
The Open Monument Day® offers an excellent opportunity to discover the region's cultural monuments in a unique atmosphere – often with free guided tours, exhibitions, and activities. Many venues invite you to experience the scenic beauty of the Lake District while enjoying a bike ride or hike.
Tour suggestions and an overview of the participants of the nationwide action day in the region can be found on this Flyer which is also available at all tourist information offices in the region. Parallel to the Open Monument Day, the Odervorland district traditionally also hosts the event “NatureCulture” instead.