Start / Finish: Bad Freienwalde / Wriezen
Length / Duration: 61 kilometers / about 3,5 hours
Logo / route sign: drawn willow in a blue frame
Road condition / route development: predominantly asphalted
Course Bad Freienwalde, Schiffmühle, Altglietzen, Zollbrücke, Groß Neuendorf, Neulewin, Neubarnim, Wriezen
Arrival / Departure:
- Arrival: from Berlin with RE3 (Stralsund) to Eberswalde, then with RB60 (Frankfurt (Oder)) to Bad Freienwalde
- Check out: from Wriezen with RB60 to Eberswalde, then RE3 (Lutherstadt Wittenberg) to Berlin
From the mountain to the valley describes the tour from Bad Freienwalde to Wriezen aptly. In Bad Freienwalde, the oldest spa town in Brandenburg, it is worth looking back. Behind the town rises the Oberbarnim mountain range. This too is a legacy of the Ice Age.
But don't worry! There are no mountain stages on the 61 kilometers through the Oderbruch! Rather, it is a journey through a special landscape that would not exist without the Prussian King Frederick II. The drained former inland delta of the Oder is so flat that the view can wander uninterrupted over the landscape.
A large part of the tour runs along the Oder-Neisse cycle path. The cycle path along the German-Polish border is one of the most beautiful river cycle paths in Germany. At Bienenwerder you can cross the Oder over the Europa Bridge and cycle into neighboring Poland.
Do you know Viadrus? That is the name of the river god of the Oder and of the river itself. There is a sculpture depicting him on the Field Marshal's Hill in Güstebieser Loose. A few kilometers away is the Groß Neuendorf cultural harbor. You can take a break here between small galleries and cafés.
After the Oderbruch was drained, colonists founded new villages here. These colonists' villages all have the syllable "new" in their name. This is also the case with the town of Neubarnim, which has the longest linden tree avenue in Brandenburg. Incidentally, Norman Ohler wrote a historical crime novel called "The Equation of Life" about the time when the Oderbruch was drained.
Our advice: A round of swinging in the cultural harbor of Groß Neuendorf!
Things to see and know:
- Bad Freienwalde: Historic Old Town, Freienwalde Castle and Castle Park, Oderland Museum, St. Nikolai Church, St. Georg Concert Hall, House of Nature Conservation
- Schiffmühle: Fontane-Haus
- Bienenwerder: Europabrücke
- Zollbrücke: Theater am Rand (acting stars such as Thomas Rühmann and Ursula Karusseit meet here – almost directly behind the Oder dike)
- Groß Neuendorf: KOCH und KUNST Gallery, Old Fishing Village, Shoemaker and Blacksmith Museum, Cultural Harbour
- Neulewin and Neubarnim: Colonist villages
- Altwriezen: Historic Village Complex
- Wriezen: St. Marien Church
Good food:
- Restaurant Stadtmitte in Bad Freienwalde
- Restaurant Zur Oderbrücke in Altglietzen
- Oderglück Café Europabrücke in Neurüdnitz/Sierkiki
- dam master's office in Oderaue
- Turmcafé in the loading tower in Groß Neuendorf
- Pension am Radweg and Ristorante Juani in Wriezen
To sleep well:
- Hotel-Restaurant-Café Lender in Bad Freienwalde
- Radler´s Hof in Giesdorf
- machine house in Groß Neuendorf
- Pension zur Schmiede in Groß Neuendorf
Possible combinations
- Tour Brandenburg
- Oder-Neisse cycle path
Maps / Literature can be ordered via the Seenland Shop
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