E-Bike-Tour "Zu den Reetz Dörfern: Natur pur"

Length / duration: 91 kilometres / 6 hours

Start / finish: Golzow

Route: Golzow - Sophienthal - Genschmar - Kienitz - Groß Neuendorf - Zollbrücke - Neurüdnitz - Altreetz - Wustrow - Neulewin - Ortwiger Loose - Zechin - Golzow

Route marking / logo: not available

How to get there:

• Train: Take the RB26 (Kostrzyn) regional train from Berlin Ostkreuz (about 1 hour)
• Car: Take the A113 and A10 motorways and B1 from Berlin to Golzow (about 1.5 hours)

Route description: 

The tour starts and finishes in Golzow. Here you can visit the Filmmuseum Potsdam, which evokes memories of the long-running documentary series “The Children of Golzow”. The route passes through Genschmar heading towards the municipality of Sophienthal, where many blue bicycles can be discovered along the way. Cycling along the Oder Dike, the route takes you to the town of Groß Neuendorf. Here there is an old harbour with a gallery and two museums. The route to Zollbrücke continues on the Oder Dike. Now you can pick up speed because part of the route is straight.

The Theater am Rand theatre is located in Zollbrücke. It was established by the two artists Thomas Rühmann and Tobias Morgenstern and hosts performances every weekend.

The return trip takes you on a route inland, passing through the village of Altreetz to the oldest colonist village of Neulietzegöricke. Many of the old half-timbered houses have been lovingly reconstructed in this idyllic village. 

In Neubarnim, cyclists will pass by many half-timbered houses typical of the region and then continue along a two-kilometre long unbroken avenue of linden trees heading towards Letschin. The Bockwindmühle Wilhelmsaue post mill, the earliest type of European windmill, can be seen before you reach Letschin. There is much to discover in Letschin itself, such as the Letschiner Heimatstube local history parlour, Fontane Park, a monument of “Old Fritz”, the Schinkelturm tower and a railway museum. The route passes through Zechin before reaching the starting point and therefore the end of the tour. In the municipality you will find the Königs-Mühle mill, an open-air pool and the village museum.

Points of interest / background information:

• Neubarnim: Avenue of linden trees, half-timbered houses
• Letschin: Schinkelturm tower
• Villages with original character: Wollup, Zechin, Friedrichsaue and Wilhelmsaue

Possible combinations:

• E-bike tour "Lebuser Land und Reitweiner Sporn, an e-bike tour around the Lebuser Land region and Reitweiner Sporn mountain
• Vom Berg ins Tal, a tour taking you from mountain to valley
• Oderbruchbahn Cycle Path
• European Bicycle Route R1
• Oder-Neiße Cycle Path

Trail conditions: mainly asphalted tracks, little traffic

Maps / literature: "Seenland Oder-Spree (Landkreise Oder-Spree und Märkisch Oderland): Fahrrad- und Erlebniskarte", Maßstab 1 : 100.000 / 1 : 175.000 Landkarte – Folded Map, Verlag: Pietruska; Auflage: 4 (August 2017), ​ISBN 978-3-945138-01-4, Euro 6.90