Eight Stage of Tour Brandenburg: Templin - Chorin

The eighth stage of Tour Brandenburg extends 46 kilometres from Templin to Chorin. The tour takes your through the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve with its many lakes and woods. You reach Joachimsthal am Werbellinsee and Lake Grimnitzsee via Friedrichswerder. Then you reach the famous monastery of Chrorin via Senftenhütte.Length: 46 kilometres (3 hours)Start: TemplinFinish: ChorinLogo/route sign: red Brandenburg eagle against a white backgroundHow to get there: RB12 from Berlin-Lichtenberg (about 1.5 hours)Return journey: From Chorin, take the RE3 to Berlin central station (about 1 hour).Route: Templin, Gollin, Friedrichswalde, Joachimsthal, Grimnitz, Alhüttendorf, Senftenhütte, ChorinSights:Templin: Maria-Magdaleen church, town history museum, St.George -chapel, lidoJoachimsthal: Sculpture garden at the town hall, town churchGrimnitz: Castle ruins, lido, BIORAMA Project viewing platformAlthüttendorf: Nature observation pointChorin: Village church, Cistercian monasteryPossible combinations:Uckermark Circular Cycle RouteCharming Tour of the Southern UckermarkUckermark for Advanced Cyclists“Stone Trail” Cycle PathAround Lake GrimnitzseeForests, Water and an Enormous LiftCistercian TourTrail conditions/surface: The tour consists of largely well-maintained and mostly asphalted cycle paths. Large sections of the “Tour Brandenburg” have already been upgraded and are signposted to make it easy to cycle without any restrictions.Please note: This stage of the tour, once you have passed Lake Grimnitzsee and Althüttendorf, you will cycle along the B 198 for about 1 kilometre. Please take special care along the road. A cycle path next to a road is currently being planned.Maps/Literature:“Tour Brandenburg: Rund um Berlin durch ganz Brandenburg”, Maßstab 1:75.000, ISBN 978-3850002141, Esterbauer, 3. Aufl. (2014)