Hiking on the nature park trail through the landscape of the Mecklenburg Lake District at Rötelberg, © TMV/Gänsicke

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“PAHLHUUS“ – Visitor centre of the UNESCO biosphere reserve “Schaalsee“

  • Open today
  • Wittenburger Chaussee, 19246 Zarrentin am Schaalsee

Welcome to the PAHLHUUS, the visitor centre of the UNESCO biosphere reserve „Schaalsee“. We are happy to inform you about touristic offers and show you the most beautiful places in the biosphere reserve. Extraordinary insights into nature and landscape of the region await you in an interactive exhibition.

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Schwerin Castle Museum

  • Open today
  • Lennéstraße, 19053 Schwerin

A variety of towers are reaching into the sky, on top of them golden domes and sparkling pinnacles. The museum shows the splendor of ducal times with beautiful rooms, weapons, fine china and silver. It is open to visitors.

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Cyclists at the tourist information office, © Stadt Neustrelitz

National park visitor centre in Neustrelitz

  • Closed today
  • Strelitzer Straße, 17235 Neustrelitz

Accommodation bureau, event service, sale of touristic relevant articles such as bike and hiking maps, picture postcards, illustrated books, guided city tours (including climbing the tower of the city’s cathedral), awarding touristic fishing licences

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Museum of local history Sternberg

  • Open today
  • Mühlenstraße, 19406 Sternberg

The museum of local history is located in the oldest house in the town of Sternberg. In a total of 14 exhibition rooms, the prehistory and early history of the town is presented here, among other things.

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Visitor information centre of the National Park “Serrahn“

  • Serrah Waldstraße, 17237 Serrahn

In the little village named Serrahn, which is located in the depths of the woods, visitors have the opportunity to have a look at the exhibition “Buchenurwälder der Karpaten und Alte Buchenwälder Deutschlands“ concerning the UNESCO world natural heritage.

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Tree top walk Usedom

  • Open today
  • Am Bahnhof, 17424 Heringsdorf

At treetop level, the Usedom treetop path winds its way through the Heringsdorf forest over a total length of 1,350 meters (incl. ramp in the tower). At up to 23 meters, guests walk through the island's typical beech and pine forest - past numerous information and adventure stations.

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Zarrentin lido

  • Freely accessible at any time
  • Am Badestrand, 19246 Zarrentin

With its 72 meters, the Schaalsee is the deepest lake in northern Germany. Many small shores around the lake invite you into the crystal clear water. The well-equipped bathing area in Zarrentin offers a slide, play facilities, a snack bar and a nostalgic bathing hut.

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Visitor information centre of the Nature Park “Sternberger Seenland“

  • Am Markt, 19417 Warin

The visitor information centre in Warin is the ideal starting point in order to inform oneself about the different destinations and experiences the nature park offers. One can learn something about the landscape’s formation and the way the human’s occupation influenced its development. The unique flora and fauna of the nature park greatly fascinate the visitors. Borrow a backpack at the visitor centre and discover the nature park in your own way.

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Schwerin Zoological Garden

  • Waldschulweg, 19061 Schwerin

A green oasis lies in the centre of Schwerin, which is characterised by a 3 ha large bird meadow as well as semi-natural animal enclosures, which are a second home to the 650 animals from 120 species. Schwerin zoo is one of the most beautiful in Germany.

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Schwerin Castle - Gardens

  • 19053 Schwerin

Though the Palace outshines almost everything around it, there is one more attraction on that island which you shouldn’t miss. To the left of the main entrance, walking through the castle garden, you will find the charming orangery. It is a delicate construction made of cast iron and glass, a unique example of 19th century architecture and one of a kind in Germany. With its parkways, arcades, flower beds, sculptures, and the cross channel the baroque-style castle garden knows how to impress. The garden is public and open to visitors.

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Kobrow Carriage Museum

  • Am Dorfteich, 19406 Kobrow II

With more than 200 coaches, wagons and sledges, the collection in Kobrow is one of the richest and most important in Germany. The elegant victorias, coupes, wagonettes, landaus, phaetons and hunting carriages show the great variety of designs. There is also a museum café.

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MÜRITZEUM - The NatureExperienceCenter in Waren (Müritz)

  • Open today
  • Zur Steinmole, 17192 Waren (Müritz)

The Müritzeum shows the beauty and special features of the Mecklenburg Lake District and the Müritz National Park in an interactive exhibition. In Germany's largest aquarium landscape for native freshwater fish, you dive under the water surface of the 1000 lakes.

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Visitor centre of the Nature Park “Insel Usedom“

  • Closed today
  • Bäderstraße, 17406 Usedom

The island of Usedom is one of the areas with the most bird species in Germany. Overall, more than 280 species have been observed, 150 of them also brood here. 11 kinds of raptors regularly brood in the nature park, one of them is the sea-eagle. The visitor centre of the island of Usedom is located next to the information centre of the city of Usedom on the ground floor of the “Klaus-Bahlsen-Haus”. The visitor centre could only be built and furnished with the aid of the great commitment and the generous support of the correspondent foundation.

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Visitor centre “Flatterhus Kratzeburg“

  • Dorfstraße, 17237 Kratzeburg

The visitor information centre called “Kratzeburger Flatterhus“ houses an exhibition about the mysterious hunters of the night: the bats.

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Mecklenburg State Theater

  • Closed today
  • Alter Garten, 19055 Schwerin

The Mecklenburg State Theater in the beautiful state capital Schwerin has a lot to offer: a talented acting ensemble, a versatile musical theater, the third oldest orchestra in Germany, an international ballet ensemble, the Young State Theater Parchim and the traditional Fritz Reuter Stage - up Platt, as well as the highlight of the season every summer, the Schwerin Castle Festival with a diverse program.

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The nature park trail in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern starts in the Schaalsee biosphere reserve, a green mosaic of tranquil forests, clear lakes, moors, fields and pastures. The glaciers of the last ice age formed the Schaalsee. The state capital Schwerin and its imposing castle crown the first part of the route through the glacial hill country. From the smallest state capital in Germany, the trail leads directly into the tranquillity of the Sternberg Lake District Nature Park. This is characterised by the deeply cut through valley of the Warnow, numerous crystal-clear lakes and historical highlights such as the Groß Raden open-air archaeological museum with its faithful replicas of the homes and workshops of the north-west Slavic tribes a thousand years ago. Beyond the Nossentiner/Schwinzer Heide Nature Park with its ancient pine forests, the historic Dobbertin Monastery, stately manor houses and starry nights, the route splits into the north and south routes.

Southern route of the Nature Park Trail E9a - From lake to lake to the sea

The southern route runs for almost 700 kilometres through the inland area from the Schaalsee biosphere reserve to the island of Usedom and is designated as European long-distance hiking trail E9a as far as Altwarp. The centre of the southern route of the nature park trail is the Müritz - Germany's largest inland lake. The Müritz National Park and the tranquillity of the Mecklenburg Kleinseenplatte begin on the eastern shore of the "Little Sea", as the Müritz is also known.

Every autumn, thousands of cranes gather in the Müritz region to recharge their batteries before flying on to their wintering grounds. Loud trumpeting fills the air and in the evening the "birds of happiness" migrate in large and small flocks to their roosts. Crystal-clear lakes up to 60 metres deep, beech forests whose treetops have been towering into the sky for more than three centuries, small villages with ancient fieldstone churches and wonderfully cosy cafés characterise the Feldberg lake landscape. The Luzin ferry - one of the last hand-operated cable ferries in Europe - is well worth a trip across the turquoise-green shimmering narrow Luzin.

An impressive finale to the southern route is the sweeping view over the Szczecin Lagoon and the arrival on the sunny island of Usedom. In Heringsdorf, hikers can get eye-level with mighty treetops of primeval beech and pine trees on the treetop trail. The 33-meter-high observation tower offers an impressive panorama in all directions and shows the island in all its diversity - the wide fine-sand Baltic Sea beach, the imperial spas with their piers and the tranquil backwater with dreamy villages and blooming salt marshes.

You can find more information, sights, accommodations and routing features for the southern route onOutdooractive.

Northern route - quiet lakes and ice-age hill ranges

The northern route leads through the hilly landscape in the heart of Mecklenburg. It looks like a low mountain range and is therefore called "Mecklenburg Switzerland". It is considered a typical cultural landscape with rich natural features and many manor houses, castles and gardens. Already at the beginning of the northern route, the 96-meter high Röthelberg offers one of the most beautiful views of Mecklenburg Switzerland and Lake Kummerow Nature Park. Here, a landscape of flowing lines spreads out, interspersed with field copses, hedges, avenues and small villages. In between stand solitary oak trees, some as old as 600 years.

In autumn and spring, thousands of geese and hundreds of cranes rest in the fields. Impressive views of Lake Malchin and Lake Kummerow accompany the hiker on the way over the curved chains of hills.

The final stretch then leads north or south of the Peene Valley through the extraordinary river landscape to Demmin. The northern route will be completed piece by piece in the next few years in the Peene Valley River Landscape Nature Park and will then lead to the Island of Usedom in the future.

More information, sights, accommodations and routing features for the northern route can be found on Outdooractive.

+++ The signposting of the nature park trail in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern is constantly being updated and completed. Until then, it is best to use the Outdooractive app for navigation. +++

We recommend the following maps for this tour:

  • Hiking on the Nature Park Trail MV - Feldberger Seenlandschaft and Müritz National Park (pdf, 1.8 MB)
  • Hiking on the Nature Park Trail MV - Mecklenburg Switzerland and Lake Kummerow (pdf, 1,58 MB)
  • Hiking on the Nature Park Trail MV - Biosphere Reserve Schaalsee (pdf, 1,25 MB)
  • Hiking on the Nature Park Trail MV - Peene Valley and Usdom Island (pdf, 1,53 MB)
  • Hiking on the nature park trail - Sternberger Seenland (pdf, 0,8 MB)
  • Hiking on the Nature Park Trail MV - At the Szczecin Lagoon (pdf, 0.9 MB)
  • Hiking on the Nature Park Trail MV - Nossentiner/Schwinzer Heide (pdf, 0.86 MB)

Brochures with information on individual sections are available here.

 

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Rail connections: Schwerin, Waren, Neustrelitz, Torgelow, seaside resorts of the Island of Usedom, Wolgast, Anklam

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  • Marking: blue horizontal stripe on white background
  • Tour tips: Information centers of the National Natural Landscapes, Schwerin Castle, Müritzeum, Luzin ferry, Ukranenland Torgelow, tree top walk Heringsdorf.
  • Note: The signposting of the nature park trail in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern will be completed in the course of 2024. Until then, it is best to use the Outdooractive app for navigation

Author's tip:

Tour tips: Information centers of the National Natural Landscapes, Schwerin Castle, Müritzeum, Luzin ferry, Ukranenland Torgelow, treetop walk Heringsdorf

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