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skirmish lake

Maritime holiday charm with nature park connection

Think about vacation. Put your feet in the water. Let yourself be pampered with culinary delights and experience holiday feeling pure at Scharmützelsee!  

In the Scharmützelsee region you will discover Wellnesslandscapes, overwhelming Nature with numerous bathing lakes, an inland dune, salt marshes, boulders and even mountains. 

Immerse yourself in the always sophisticated villa colony of Bad Saarow or into the history of the Streleburg Storkow and thus also into the lives of numerous personalities such as dazzling actors or powerful boxers. Experience your holiday moment in the Scharmützelsee region. 

  • The Scharmützelsee, also known as the Märkisches Meer, is the second largest natural lake in Brandenburg. With its excellent water quality, it is ideal for swimming and other water sports. 

  • Everywhere along Lake Scharmützelsee you can perfectly observe and listen to songbirds such as blackbirds and thrushes or water birds such as cormorants from the jetties. 

  • The state-approved health resort of Bad Saarow with its thermal brine mud bath offers numerous opportunities for health and relaxation. 

  • The over 800-year-old Strele Castle is the cultural center of the town of Storkow (Mark) and houses a tourist information office and the visitor center of the Dahme-Heideseen Nature Park with an interactive exhibition. The historic building is also an event location and starting point for great excursions into the Sielmann nature landscape. 

  • From soaking wet to bone dry, the Dahme-Heideseen Nature Park presents a typical section of the young moraine landscape within the heath and lake area of ​​eastern Brandenburg. Brandenburg's largest inland dune is located here. 

  • In the state-approved health resort of Wendisch Rietz, three lakes meet and health expert Kneipp has also left his mark in the idyllic family town. 

Naturgut Köllnitz

The excursion destination for the whole family 
at the Groß Schauener See

The idyllic Köllnitz nature estate is a wonderful place to lose track of time. Here, farmers, fishermen and chefs work hand in hand and use what nature has to offer. 

Located in the middle of the Groß Schauener lake chain nature reserve, there are numerous opportunities to relax and discover new things: with a delicious fish sandwich from the farm shop, while hiking, cycling or fishing in the species-rich nature reserve of the Heinz Sielmann Foundation or with a delicious seasonal menu on the sunny terrace of the Köllnitzer Hofküche. Also worth seeing for young and old is the free, interactive exhibition in the Heinz Sielmann Forum.

At various events you can experience the sustainable work on the natural estate first hand: 

Farmer x Fisherman x Cook: 
During the 8-course dinner according to the “Farm to Table” concept, the farmer, fisherman and chef provide insights into the work on the natural estate. 

Sander, lake and char: 
A fishing evening (May to October) with freshly smoked char, a fishing trip, funny anecdotes and exciting insights into fishing. 

smoking courses with fishermen for small groups directly at the smokehouse. (monthly from October to April)

The Köllnitzer Seehotel, newly renovated in 2023, offers comfortable beds and a delicious breakfast for a good start to the day.

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Eagle meets Zander

Eagle meets Zander bike tour at Scharmützelsee and Storkower See
© TMB photo archive / Steffen Lehmann

The one-day bike tour "Eagle meets Zander" combines cycling along the water with culinary breaks in a relaxed way. And it doesn't get much fresher than that: Zander, eel, pike or carp were just swimming in the clear lake and a little later they are being offered to guests in the restaurant, at the snack bar or from the sales van. 

If you want to enjoy these advantages and cycle through beautiful countryside, the "Eagle meets Zander" tour is the right choice. There is no shortage of opportunities to enjoy a fish meal around the Storkow and Scharmützelsee lakes. Depending on your mood, you can choose a restaurant with a view of the lake, the café in the castle courtyard or a rustic country inn. 

The flat profile of the tour and the good cycle paths leave plenty of time for nature observation in addition to eating and cycling. The osprey in particular impresses with its wide wings in the sky and with its hunting skills on the lake.

You have to see these places!

Places worth seeing

Bad Saarow 

health resort on Lake Scharmützelsee

© Seenland Oder-Spree / Florian Läufer

Wendisch Rietz 

Kneipp health resort

© Seenland Oder-Spree / Florian Läufer

Culture at Scharmützelsee and Storkower See 

Events & Concerts

good food in the Scharmützelsee region

culinary delights

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Interesting facts about the region

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