Knights and lords

Majestically enthroned above Bad Belzig: Eisenhardt Castle with its keep, gatehouse, seven round towers, castle tower with magnificent views of the medieval town, museum, gallery, chocolaterie... Experience art, culture and traditional crafts and taste regional products – a perfect combination on this tour. Wiesenburg welcomes cyclists with a baroque castle that is now under new ownership and has a magnificent landscape park. Take a stroll as they did in olden times – on the Baroque parterre to the scented rhododendrons, castle pond and exotic giant trees.Length: 36 kilometresStart/Finish: Bad BelzigRoute sign/Logo: noneHow to get there:Car: A9 (Niemegk exit) or A2 (Ziesar or Brandenburg/Havel exit) to Bad Belzig (about one hour)Train: RE 7 from Berlin to Bad Belzig (about two hours)Stops: Grubo, Jeserig/Fläming, Wiesenburg, Neuehütten, Schlamau, Schmerwitz, Hagelberg, Klein Glien, BornePoints of interest/background information:Castle brewery (Belziger Burgbräu und Whisky) opposite Eisenhardt Castle - the historic town centre of Bad Belzig -Töpferei Königsblau pottery and potter’s café in Schmerwitz - Gut Schmerwitz organic farm and farm shop - Brandenburg’s highest summit cross at 201 metres above sea level (summit book!) in Hagelberg - Künstlerdorf Borne artists’ colony with felting yard and gallery - Bockwindmühle windmill Borne, Galerie WiesenburgPossible combinations:Fläming Cycle PathEuropean Bicycle Route R1Historic Town Centre Cycle Path 4Tour BrandenburgInternationaler Kunstwanderweg (international art hiking trail)Burgenwanderweg (castle hiking trail)Conditions of the trail/surface: Tour on separate cycle paths/partially on low traffic roadsMaps/Literature:
"Bikeline Radkarte Fläming. Bad Belzig - Beelitz - Lehnin - Potsdam - Treuenbrietzen - Werder (Havel) - Ziesar", 1:75.000, mit UTM-Netz, Esterbauer Verlag, ISBN-13: 978-3850003056, Euro 6.90