Flaeming-Skate S4 und S5 via Baruth/Mark to Glashütte

Pass through Paplitz to reach Baruth. At the entrance to Baruth, the skating track ends for the time being. Continue along the footpath until you reach a roundabout. If you turn left here, you will reach the centre of the village with the 14th century church of St. Sebastian, which is particularly worth seeing. Only a few steps away from the church, the park belonging to Baruth Castle, a former landscape garden in the English style, invites you to explore. The castle itself is still waiting to be awakened from its slumber. The adjacent Old Castle, now called the Women's House, has already been renovated and forms a fairytale ensemble with the partially rebuilt half-timbered walkway. It is only a few steps from here to the railway station.

If you want to go further, you can follow the route of the S5 feeder road from the roundabout along the B 96 to the Glashütte museum village. At the Klein Ziescht junction you cross the railway tracks and from there it is only 3.5 km to the museum village. Further along the B96, a cycle path leads to Friedrichshof in the neighbouring district of Dahme-Spreewald. There, cyclists can connect to the Dahmeradweg. 

Note: The maintenance and care of the routes is one of the constant tasks in the Flaeming-Skate region. This means that there can always be temporary restrictions on sections of individual routes. Please check the Flaeming-Skate homepage for information on this aspect in good time before your arrival.

Length: 21 km from Holbeck to Baruth/Mark / 6 km to Glashütte
Start / Finish: Museum village Baruther Glashütte
Logo / route signs: Signposting S4 and S5
Surface: very good
Difficulty: easy
Special features: The section Holbeck to Baruth is as S4 a nearly 15 km long feeder road of the Flaeming skate. Not all village crossings are developed, so that skaters and cyclists have to switch to the road. The S5 is a 6 km long follow-up connection to the museum village Baruther Glashütte.

Course: Holbeck, Stülpe, Lynow, Schöbendorf, Paplitz, Baruth, Klein Ziescht, Klasdorf, Glashütte.

Train stations:

• Klasdorf-Glashütte
• Baruth/Mark

Places of interest:

• Stülpe Castle with park and Stülpe church with baroque interior
• Oscar Barnack Museum Lynow
• Baruth/Mark: St. Sebastian Church, Baruth Castle and Park
• Johannismühle Wildlife Park
• Museum village Baruther Glashütte

Possible combinations:

• Flaeming-Skate circular track 1 to and from Luckenwalde
• For cyclists, there is a connection from Baruth/Mark to Friedrichshof and the Dahmeradweg.