The Station-Lakes-Tour

The Railway Station and Lakes Tour combines active leisure with culture and culinary delights. Actively experience history and the present in the Zossen region and around Lake Mellensee. Apart from a wide range of opportunities for sports, whether on a wakeboard on the water, on a draisine on land or futuristically on a Segway: there are so many reasons why this region is attractive to both young and old. Numerous nature reserves are to be found along the Railways Station and Lakes Tour. Natural produce and regional provenance are the culinary mantras of the local restaurateurs. The Flair Hotel Reuner, for example, serves produce from its own kitchen garden and game breeding farm. Lovers of history will discover many traces of a turbulent past. Historic railway stations and the Royal Military Railway await you: a sign of times gone by. Former gypsum quarries are still amazing to look at. You can undertake this tour by bike or on foot. Your hosts along the way look forward to hearing your stories. And if you’d prefer to spread the 41 kilometres over several days, simply extend your stay and stay overnight in former rail sleeper compartments in the quaint Schlafwagenhotel. A truly unique experience!

Length: 41 kilometres (4 hours)

Start/finish: Zossen railway station

Logo/route sign: Not specified

How to get there: From Berlin central station (Hauptbahnhof), take the RE5 regional train (Elsterwerda) or the RE7 regional train (Wünsdorf-Waldstadt) to Zossen (around 50-60 minutes).

Route: Zossen, Dabendorf, Saalow, Alexanderdorf, Kummersdorf, Sperenberg, Rehagen, Klausdorf, Mellensee, Zossen

Points of interest/background information:Zossen: Zossen Wakeboard & Water Ski Park, draisine driving – recreational railway (Zossen-Mellensee)Saalow: Schubert’s;barn windmill in SaalowAlexanderdorf: Alexanderdorf Monastery - St Gertrude’s AbbeySperenberg: Sperenberg local history parlour, Daske bicycle rental & camper site and camp-site by the lake, Bildhauer-Bahnhof sculptor's railway stationRehagen: Rehagen railway stationKlausdorf: Klausdorf School and Local History Museum, Klausdorf lido
Food and drink along the way:
A warm welcome awaits you from the following hosts:Zossen: Flair Hotel Reuner, "Zur Alten Gärtnerei” country manorDabendorf: Charlie Weischner’s farm and organic farm shopKummersdorf: Kummersdorfer KrugSperenberg: Sperenberg lidoRehagen: Rehagen organic farm shop, Rehagen railway stationKlausdorf: "Zur Heimat” restaurant and guest house, Klausdorf lidoMellensee: Sjö Hus holiday house, Fischer Dowhaluk, Fischhof Mellensee fish restaurant,
Trail conditions / Surface: not specified

Maps/Literature:"Potsdam - Havelland - Fläming: Fahrradkarte. GPS-genau", 1:70000, KOMPASS-Karten; Auflage: 3 (1. März 2016), ISBN-13: 978-3850262729, Euro 7.99