Märkischer Landweg, hiking trail

The hike starts in Feldberg and is divided into 10 stages. It crosses three of Brandenburg’s national landscape areas: the Uckermärkische Seen Nature Park, the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve and the easternmost protected area of the state: the Unteres Odertal National Park.
Along the route you can admire a landscape formed during the Ice Age. There are channel lakes and terminal moraines, as well as meadows, fields and many forests. You will not only find sandy pine forest on your way, but also various types of mixed deciduous forests with beech and oak trees. This sparsely populated area near the Oder is characterised by ancient swamp and floodplain forests along the oxbow river arms, which are lined with sedge reeds and reed beds. This area is considered the most intact river meadow landscape in Europe and is a paradisiacal habitat for water birds offering space for breed, resting or overwintering.
Alternatively you can start in Fürstenberg/Havel, which you can reach by taking the RE5 from Berlin. The hiking trail takes you to Lychen via Himmelpfort and is also marked with the hiking sign. In it meats the main route, which continues to Odertal via Templin and Angermünde.

Length: 187 kilometres (9 - 10 days)

Start: Feldberg / Finish: Mescherin

Logo/route sign: blue cross against a white background

How to get there: Take the RE5 (Rostock) from Berlin central station to Neustrelitz. From here, take bus no. 619 to Feldberg (about 2.5 hours).

Return journey: From Mescherin, you can take to bus to Schwedt via Gartz. From here, the RE3 (Wittenberg) takes you to Berlin central station (about 1.5 hours). Alternatively, you take the bus from Mescherin to Tantow. From there, you continue by train to Berlin (with one change in Angermünde).

Route: Feldberg, Lychen, Alt Placht, Annenwalde, Röddelin, Templin, Milmersdorf, Ringenwalde, Poratz, Peetzig, Wolletz, Angermünde, Crussow, Schöneberg, Stolpe, Alt-Galow, Stützkow, Criewen, Meyenburg, Schwedt, Vierraden, Hohenfelde, Heinrichshof, Hohenreinkendorf, Geesow, Mescherin

Route description (stages):Feldberg, Kolbatzer Mühle (14 kilometres), alternatively: Fürstenberg/Havel, Himmelpfort (20 kilometres)Kolbatzer Mühle, Lychen (13 kilometres), alternatively: Himmelpfort, Lychen (11 kilometres)Lychen, Templin (26 kilometres)Templin, Ringenwalde (27 kilometres)Ringenwalde, Wolletz (21 kilometres)Wolletz, Angermünde (10 kilometres)Angermünde, Stolpe (15 kilometres)Stolpe, Schwedt (24 kilometres)Schwedt, Groß Pinnow (17 kilometres)Groß Pinnow, Mescherin (19 kilometres)Sights:Lychen: historic town centre with St. Johannes town church (13th century), Rafting Museum, visitor centre of the Uckermärkische Seen Nature Park, excursion boats, boat rental, raft tripsCarwitz: Hans-Fallada museumPanoramic mountain on the Bohnenwerder peninsulaAlt Placht: ChurchRingenwalde: Church & castle groundsPoratzWolletzseeAngermünde: Old Town with churches, castle ruins, powder tower, sculpture park at the Lake Mündesee promenade, town hall with market fountain, Ehm Welk and local history museum, zooCrussow: ChurchStolpe: Tower and rampartsSalveymühle museumCriewen: Landscape park, national park visitor centrePossible combinations:Stübnitz Circular TrailUckermärker Landrunde Hiking TrailTempliner Stadtsee Circular TrailWolletzsee Circular Hiking TrailFrom the Grumsin Beech Forest information point through the World Natural Heritage Site Grumsin Beech ForestWild Woods Way - Hiking in the Lower Oder ValleyThe Wetland Views Trail - Hiking in the Lower Oder ValleyTrail conditions/surface: mostly natural surface, about 20% paved

Maps/Literature:Übersichtskarte “ADFC-Regionalkarte Uckermark, mit Wanderrouten”, 1:75.000, Bielefelder Verlag, ISBN 978-3-87073-831-0, Euro 8.95alle Teilbereiche “Radwander- und Wanderkarte”, 1:50.000, Dr. Barthel Verlag, Karten 195, 221,214,101, 246, Euro 5.90 eachTeilbereiche Fürstenberg/Lychen/Templin “Klemmer Pocket Rad-, Wander- und Paddelkarte”, 1:50.000, Klemmer-Verlag, Karten 21, 22, Euro 3.90 each