Six-locks-tour

From lock to lock - always along the water
Discover six very different lock systems along historic canals and cycle through the wonderful landscape of the Barnim and Schorfheide Nature Park.
Length: 44 kilometers
Start/Finish: Zerpenschleuse train station (with parking lot and bicycle rental at Bootshaus Lotti)
Junctions: 38 - 37 - 76 - 74 - 75 - 35 - 39 - 40 - 80 - 70 - 38
Route: Zerpenschleuse, Marienwerder, Rosenbeck, Eichhorst, Groß Schönebeck, Böhmerheide, Hammer, Liebenwalde, Zerpenschleuse
Path quality: consistently paved bike paths

Tour description: The Six Locks Tour partly follows the regional cycle paths Berlin-Usedom, Oder-Havel, and Berlin-Copenhagen along the Finow and Werbellinkanal canals and through the Schorfheide.
In Zerpenschleuse, you can experience a lifting and a folding bridge in action and admire the brick-framed construction of the church. The lock system was newly built in 2016. In the immediate vicinity, there is a harbor village with holiday homes and a marina.
The Ruhlsdorf and Leesenbrück locks were built in 1878 and are currently being renovated.
On the approximately 250-year-old Werbellinkanal, the locks in Rosenbeck and Eichhorst have already been renewed and automated.

Sights and interesting facts:
In Eichhorst, the Askanierturm at Lake Werbellin offers a wonderful view.
Visit the hunting lodge Schorfheide in Groß Schönebeck, the wildlife park with the Wolf Information Center, or go climbing in the Schorfheide climbing forest.
In Böhmerheide, you can purchase Schorfheide ceramics and swim in the Weißer See.
The former city jail in Liebenwalde now houses the local history museum.
At the city harbor of Liebenwalde, you can use a folding bridge to cross the Finow Canal. The more than 400-year-old Finow Canal is the oldest navigable artificial waterway in Germany. The idyllic section between Liebenwalde and Zerpenschleuse is also called the "Langer Trödel," derived from "treideln - pulling with a rope," which referred to pulling boats upstream.