A varied and beautiful circular trail that has been awarded the German Hiking Association's Quality Trail for Hikable Germany. Shady forest paths, sun-drenched deciduous forests, narrow valleys and small bodies of water - nature shows all its facets. This almost sixty-kilometer-long circular trail can be discovered individually on short four- to eight-kilometer-long tours or hiked in its entirety over three longer stages.
Length: 60 km, 2 to 3-day tour
Start finish: hiking car park at the Wriezen city lake
Mark: red dot on a white background
Arrival/departure
- Car: A11, AS Finowfurt, B167 Eberswalde - Bad Freienwalde - Wriezen, Parking: Hiking car park Wriezen
- Public transport: Train line RB 60 Berlin-Lichtenberg - Eberswalde - Frankfurt/Oder between start and finish, VBB Bus 887 Werneuchen - Bad Freienwalde
Directions / Things to see and know
Stage 1: Wriezen - Falkenberg/Mark
From the parking lot in Wriezen, the path leads close to the railway line and road to Altranft (If arriving by train, first head to the town lake/parking lot). Before reaching Rathsdorf, the Stork Tower, the chimney of a former brickworks, is a striking feature. The path runs alongside the railway line. In Altranft The railway tracks are crossed. The route then loops through the village to the Brandenburg Open-Air Museum in the former castle park. A geological nature trail is located at the edge of the village. In Bad Freienwalde, the Oderland Trail now follows the route of the Tower Trail. The path winds its way through the Freienwalde Forest in several switchbacks before reaching the chapel. More switchbacks follow, involving numerous ascents and descents, before a sudden view opens up to an impressive ski jump complex, a rare sight in the low mountain ranges. A path leads to the B158 highway. After crossing it, the trail passes the Owl Tower. More switchbacks, always with ascents and descents, follow until reaching the Devil's Lake. At the start of the ridge trail, there is a turnoff to the Bismarck Tower. A sunken lane leads from the Tobbenberg Hut to Falkenberg.
Stage 2: Falkenberg/Mark - Wölsickendorf
The hike begins with the ascent to Karlsburg. From there, with bends, ascents and descents, down into an idyllic valley and through the Cöthen park. The sound of the Cöthen river accompanies the hiker through the village. At the end of the village, turn left. The turnoff to the left leads into the Gamengrund nature reserve and further to the small Gamensee. The hike continues along the eastern shore of the lake. Soon you reach the rest area at the Great Gamensee. The path winds its way between several small lakes with water lilies and a few small differences in altitude. An old fieldstone road leads out of the valley and the hike is a pleasant field path lined with hedges to Wölsickendorf.
Stage 3: Wölsickendorf - Wriezen
Behind Wollenberg, the village road becomes a forest path that winds through sparse mixed forest. Turn right on the L35, then follow the markings at the car park onto the forest path that leads through the forest past small ponds. A paved road goes up to the Teller. It goes down to the Baaseemoor, which looks like a flooded alluvial forest. Steps lead over an embankment to the nature trail hut and bring the Baasee into view. The path leads between the moor and the lake past the tallest tree, a mighty Douglas fir, to the forest tavern at the Baasee. Turn left at the car park and continue through the forest to reach Sonnenburg. After leaving the forest, the landscape changes. Sandy paths lead through meadows and fields. The path leads through a dry valley, the Biesdorfer Kehlen nature reserve, with typical vegetation to the forest pool, and then back to the hiking car park at the Stadtsee in Wriezen.
Maps / Literature:
- Leisure map "Bad Freienwalde and surroundings", 1: 25.000, State Surveying and Geoinformation Brandenburg, ISBN 978-3-7490, 6,00 Euro
Texts courtesy of www.wandermagazin.de
