Entlang der Buckower Kleinbahn cycling tour - Discovery Tour

This tour optionally takes you along the Buckower narrow gauge museum railway from Müncheberg to Waldsieversdorf. Müncheberg is the gateway to the Märkische Schweiz region and can look back on a long history. A visit to the town centre, which is almost completely surrounded by the town wall built from 1319 onwards, takes you back to the time of the Middle Ages. The two town gates with their fortified towers, the Berlin and Küstrin tower gates, are silent witnesses of this era. The town wall is the home to an Ice Age gallery, a large part of the wall with 27 boulders of Scandinavian origin. A church founded by the Cistercians in the 13th century is of particular architectural interest. It was destroyed in 1945 and rebuilt in the early 1990s. A unique building houses the town library and an event room, both accessible by lift. You can cycle to Waldsieversdorf, a state-approved resort that was newly established in the hills overlooking the Däbersee lakes. A landmark of the municipality is the old water tower, which now serves as an observation tower. Waldsieversdorf also had a summer visitor, the internationally renowned photo artist John Heartfield. He had a summerhouse built near his friend Bertolt Brecht on Lake Däbersee. Length: 16 kilometres (1 hour)Start: Müncheberg railway stationFinish: Waldsieversdorf, MünchebergLogo / route sign: not specifiedHow to get there: Take the RE3 (Schwedt) regional express train from Berlin central station to Berlin-Lichtenberg. From here, take the RB26 (Kostrzyn) regional train to Müncheberg (about 1 hour).Return journey: Take the RB26 regional train from Müncheberg to Berlin-Lichtenberg. From here, take the RE3345 regional express train to Berlin central station (about 1 hour).Route: Müncheberg railway station, Waldsieversdorf, Müncheberg railway station, Müncheberg, Müncheberg railway stationRoute description: The tour heads north from Müncheberg railway station to Waldsieversdorf. From there, back over the railway to St. Marien parish church in the small town of Müncheberg. The last section of the tour returns to the starting point at Müncheberg railway station. From April to October, you can also travel on the Buckower Kleinbahn narrow-gauge railway for the section of the tour between Müncheberg railway station and Waldsieversdorf.Sights:Waldsieversdorf: Heimatstube local history parlour, water tower, John-Heartfield-Haus, the former residence of the founder of photomontageMüncheberg: St. Marien parish churchPossible combinations:Oderbruchbahn Cycle PathAuf den Spuren der Oderbruchbahn, a tour taking you on the tracks of the Oderbruch railwayMärkische Schlössertour, a castle tour of the Mark Brandenburg regionEuropean Bicycle Route R1Trail conditions / surface: not specifiedMaps / literature: "Seenland Oder-Spree Nordteil (Landkreis Märkisch Oderland): Fahrrad- und Erlebniskarte", Maßstab 1 : 75.000 / 1 : 175.000 Landkarte Folded Map, Verlag: Pietruska; Auflage: 3 (22. November 2011), ?ISBN-10: 3934895824, Euro 6.90