Start / Finish: Fürstenwalde/Spree
Length / Duration: 179 kilometers / about 11 hours
Logo / route sign: keyhole with crown
Road condition / route development: predominantly developed cycle paths; a small number of unpaved paths and small local roads
Course: Fürstenwalde, Berkenbrück, Steinhöfel, Müncheberg, Tebnitz, Wulkow, Neuhardenberg, Gusow-Platkow, Seelow, Diedersdorf, Alt Madlitz, Briesen (Mark), Sauen, Görzig, Groß Rietz, Tauche, Ranzig, Beeskow, Radinkendorf, Raßmannsdorf, Berkenbrück, Fürstenwalde
Arrival/Departure:
- Arrival: RE1 to (Frankfurt (Oder)) to Fürstenwalde/Spree
- Check out: RE1 from Fürstenwalde/Spree
Directions
After starting in Fürstenwalde, things get very British in the small town of Steinhöfel. The castle is located in the middle of the wonderful landscape park, which is considered one of the most beautiful in Brandenburg. With its old trees, small temples and many figures, the park never ceases to amaze its visitors.
Reichenow Castle is not to be missed. From Obersdorf you can reach Reichenow via quiet country roads. The house is the newest member of the Märkische Schlössertour route. The flag flies proudly over the tower of the house. The castle park slopes gently down to the Haussee. Of course there is a lovely place to swim here. Sounds like a perfect place for a break. If you would like to stay overnight in a castle, this is the place for you. Reichenow Castle is now a hotel.
There are more castle views in Trebnitz and Wulkow. In Trebnitz, next to the castle, there is a museum dedicated to the artistic work of Gustav Seitz.
In Neuhardenberg, which was still called Marxwalde in the GDR, the history of Prussia can be seen in a particularly impressive way. King Friedrich Wilhelm III gave it to his Chancellor von Hardenberg. Friedrich Schinkel converted the castle into an outstanding place of classicism. It was also Schinkel who, as a young architect, gave the church its current form. Of course, Neuhardenberg Castle includes the castle park - a jewel designed by the garden artist Peter Joseph Lenné.
The manor houses and estates along the route are no less magnificent. For example, the Alt Madlitz estate, the former moated castle in Beeskow, Groß Rietz Castle or the Sauen manor house, where August Bier lived. The surgeon earned his living as a forester. In the Sauen forest you can see today how a pine forest became a mixed forest.
There is one thing you should definitely bring with you on the Brandenburg Castle Tour: enough time. Because each of the noble residences and manor houses is an invitation to linger!
Our advice: Admire the starry sky in the Schinkel Church in Neuhardenberg!
Sights:
- Steinhöfel: Castle with English park
- Müncheberg: St. Mary's Church with Schinkel Tower, city wall
- Trebnitz: Neo-Baroque Castle, Gustav Seitz Museum
- Wulkow: Castle, Church
- Neuhardenberg: castle complex, Schinkel Church
- Seelow: Seelow Heights Memorial
- Diedersdorf: Castle Park
- Alt Madlitz: Manor house, park with classicist temple
- Beeskow: historic old town, castle, St. Mary's Church, city wall
- Giesensdorf: former manor
- Groß Rietz: Castle, park with obelisk
- Sauen: Manor house, species-rich mixed forest
Good food:
- Zunfthaus383 in Fürstenwalde/Spree
- 2Bistrorante zum Storchennest in Jahnsfelde
- Café am Kirchberg in Müncheberg
- Gasthaus zur Ostbahn in Trebnitz
- Country inn distillery in Neuhardenberg
- Eisgarten Buchholz in Falkenhagen (Mark)
- Eiscafé Hartmann in Neubrück
- cucina cerde in Beeskow
- Genuss Werk Stadt in Beeskow
- country butcher's shop in Ranzig
- Restaurant Zur Sonne in Tauche
Good sleep and camping:
- Reichenow Castle in Reichenow-Möglin
- Neuhardenberg Castle
- Waldhotel Seelow in Vierlinden
- Seehotel Luisenhof & Panda Restaurant in Falkenhagen (Mark)
- Gut Klostermühle in Alt Madlitz
- Alwine – Country house on the Spree meadows in Neubrück
- Boootshaus – Am Spreeufer in Beeskow
- Hotel Zum Schwan in Beeskow
- Strandbad & Camping Oderbruch at the Baggersee in Gusow-Platkow
- Spreepark Camping in Beeskow
- Seecamp Waldreich in Ranzig
Possible combinations:
- Oder-Spree tour
- Spree Cycle Path
- Tour Brandenburg
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