Discover 11 hidden attractions, cool sights, and unusual things to do in Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve (Germany). Don't miss out on these must-see attractions: Lake Werbellin, Amtssee, and Bärenkasten. Also, be sure to include Parsteiner See in your itinerary.
Below, you can find the list of the most amazing places you should visit in Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve (Brandenburg).
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Lake Werbellin
Also known as: Werbellinsee
Lake in Germany. Lake Werbellin is a lake in the Barnim district of Brandenburg, Germany. It is located south of Joachimsthal in the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve. The southern shore belongs to the Schorfheide municipality. With a surface area of 7.82 square kilometers it is the fourth largest lake in Brandenburg and with 51 meters the second deepest.[1]
Amtssee
Lake in Germany. Amtssee is a lake in the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve in Brandenburg, Germany. It is located in the municipality of Chorin, Barnim district.[2]
Bärenkasten
Also known as: Festung Oderberg
Historical landmark in Oderberg, Germany. Bärenkasten is a ruined castle in Oderberg, Brandenburg, Germany.
The castle was built in the second part of the 14th century. It was built in the south of the city to protect the passage over the River Oder. During the Thirty Years' War the castle was enlarged in phases. The castle was gradually demolished between 1730 and 1754.[3]
Parsteiner See
Lake in Germany. Parsteiner See is a lake in the Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve in Brandenburg, Germany. At an elevation of 44 m, its surface area is 10.03 km². It is located in the municipality of Parsteinsee, Barnim district.[4]
Grimnitzsee
Lake in Germany. Grimnitzsee is a lake in Landkreis Barnim, Brandenburg, Germany. At an elevation of 64 m, its surface area is 7.8 km². It is situated in the municipality of Joachimsthal.[5]
Oderberg Inland Navigation Museum
The Inland Waterways Museum in Oderberg presents several historical themes of the Oderbruch and Old Oder region with a focus on inland waterways. The most important exhibit is the side-wheel steamer Riesa.
Address: 44 Hermann-Seidel-Straße, Schorfheide-Chorin Biosphere Reserve
Lübbesee
Lake in Germany. Lübbesee is a lake in Brandenburg, Germany, located in the town of Templin. Its surface area is 3 km².[6]
Oder–Havel Canal
Also known as: Oder-Havel-Kanal
The Oder–Havel Canal is a German canal built between 1908 and 1914, originally known as the Hohenzollern Canal, mostly replacing the Finow Canal. Together with Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthaler Wasserstraße, the Oderhaltung and the Schwedter Querfahrt it forms the Havel-Oder-Wasserstraße. It runs from the town of Cedynia near the city of Szczecin on the Oder River between Germany and Poland to the Havel, a tributary of the Elbe, near Berlin. It is 82.8 kilometres long, and 33 metres wide.
In 1934 a ship lift was built on the canal, near Niederfinow. It vertical lift was 36 metres (118 ft). The dimensions of the caisson are 85 x 12 x 2.5 m. It could lift vessels of up to 1000 tonnes displacement.[7]
Niederfinow Boat Lift
Also known as: Schiffshebewerk Niederfinow
Historical landmark in Niederfinow, Germany. The Niederfinow Boat Lift is the oldest working boat lift in Germany. It lies on the Oder-Havel Canal near Niederfinow in Brandenburg. The lift overcomes a difference in elevation of 36 metres.[8]
Dorfkirche Bralitz
The Lutheran Village Church of Bralitz is a church in Bad Freienwalde in the district of Bralitz in the district of Märkisch-Oderland in Brandenburg, Germany. The church is located in the center of the village on the Anger, north of the fork Oderberger Straße / Am Dornbuschsee. The churchyard is enclosed by a stone wall. The church and parsonage are listed buildings.
Since 2000, the pastorate is no longer occupied, the parish is served by Oderberg.
Greiffenburg
Greiffenberg Castle is a ruin of a hilltop castle on a hill in the Welsetal valley on the northern edge of the Greiffenberg district of the town of Angermünde in the Uckermark district of Brandenburg, Germany.