The Alluvial Sand Cone Trail – A Local Exploration from Village History to the Ice Age

The alluvial sand cone trail begins at Altranft Castle – located on the western edge of the Oderbruch – and leads along defining elements of the village of Altranft and its history into the earth's history and back again.

Start: At the Oderbruchmuseum, Altranft Castle, Am Anger 27 in 16259 Bad Freienwalde OT Altranft.
Goal: Old Dike at Freienwalder Landgraben
Length: approx. 6 km; Duration: about 3 hours

The alluvial sand cone trail offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in the natural and cultural features of the landscape around Altranft and to get to know an old pasture landscape. A detailed description of the walk, which includes 18 stations, has been prepared by Benjamin Hulster.

The walk offers interesting information about the economic and cultural history of the village of Altranft: from the manor house to the former Bergthal sheep farm to the briquette factory that once operated in Altranft. It leads to the geological educational trail that presents rocks from Scandinavia that were deposited on the edge of the Oderbruch by ice age glaciers thousands of years ago. The path continues via the old Bergthal sheep farm to the edge of the “Altranft-Sonnenburg pasture landscape” nature reserve. With a bit of luck, you can see the hoopoe there in addition to the open-land species barred warbler, wheatear and woodlark. The path leads past the Altranft train station and the Mittelflurhaus on the village green back to the castle and ends at the Freienwalder Landgraben.

The alluvial sand cone path can be combined with the “Talk Walk” of the Oderbruch Museum.

A map of the Schwemmsandkegelweg with a QR code for downloading the tour to your smartphone can be found on the Oderbruch Museum website.

The walk can also be used outside of the museum's opening hours.

Mark
The walk is not marked.

Arrival and Departure
By car via the B 167 and the Schlossstraße, parking lot Am Anger
By train: RB 60 from Eberswalde or Frankfurt (Oder), Altranft station, about 10 minutes walk to the museum
With various bus lines to Altranft