2nd stage "Havel Cycle Route": Fürstenberg/Havel - Oranienburg

Start your tour in the water town of Fürstenberg/Havel, which rightly bears its name: The city is located on three islands surrounded by arms of the Havel River. More than half of the city's area consists of water. Santa Claus is already waiting for you in the nearby resort town of Himmelpfort! If he is not there in person, you can visit his living room and hand in your wish list. Following the course of the river, you will discover numerous circular lakes in Mildenberg. For more than 100 years, clay was quarried here for nearby Berlin. The banks of the former clay pits are now overgrown with reeds, the many brickworks closed. The Mildenberg Brickworks Park tells of the clay mining and brick production of that time. In Zehdenick, the monastery ruins await a visit. Follow the Havel further to Oranienburg and wave to the numerous houseboaters on your Havel tour. Princes and electors resided in Oranienburg, the cycle path leads directly past Oranienburg Castle, the most important baroque castle in the Mark Brandenburg.

Length: 78 km

Start: Fürstenberg / Havel / Destination: Oranienburg

Logo / route sign: dark bluesign with curved light blue ribbon, an orange bicycle and the name in white letters

Arrival: From Berlin main station with the RE5 (Rostock) to Fürstenberg / Havel (approx. 1h).

Departure: From Oranienburg with the RE5 (Wünsdorf-Waldstadt) to Berlin main station (about 30 minutes).

Course : Fürstenberg / Havel, Himmelpfort, Bredereiche, Dannenwalde, Wentow, Zabelsdorf, Marienthal, Burgwall, Mildenberg, Zehdenick, Krewelin, Liebenwalde, Oranienburg

Sights :

• Fürstenberg: Ravensbrück Memorial and Memorial Site, Town Church
• Himmelpfort: Monastery herb garden, Cistercian monastery ruins
• Bredereiche: Village church
• Dannenwalde: Village church
• Mildenberg: Gypsy Park, village church
• Zehdenick: town church, monastery barn
• Liebenwalde: Museum of local history in the town prison
• Oranienburg: Sachsenhausen Memorial and Museum, Palace and Park, Oranienwerk

Possible combinations:

• Berlin-Copenhagen Cycle Route
• Of Father Christmas and Silkworm
• Lakes Culture Cycle Route
• Tour Brandenburg
• Queen Luise Cycle Route
• Oder-Havel Cycle Route
• Historic Town Centres Cycle Routes - Route 2

Route condition / route development: In the Brandenburg district of Oberhavel, between Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania and the border to Berlin, the routes are in excellent condition and lead exclusively on asphalt cycle paths or quiet side roads. In Potsdam use of existing cycle paths, between Potsdam and Brandenburg an der Havel newly upgraded cycle path, between Brandenburg an der Havel and Havelberg partly country road and roadside cycle paths.

Maps / literature:

"Bikeline Havel Cycle Route with Havelland Cycle Route." From the Mecklenburg Lake District to the Elbe. 1:50.000. Cycle tour book, publication date 03/2021, publisher: Verlag Esterbauer.

"KOMPASS Fahrrad-Tourenkarte Havel-Radweg", 1:50.000 Bicycle Tour Map. GPS-genau. 1:50000. map, Publication date: 18.03.2021, Publisher: Kompass-Karten GmbH.

"Havel Cycle Route Hiking and Cycling Map", 1:50,000 (with zig-zag folding)

Along the Havel from its source in Ankershagen via Fürstenberg, Berlin and Potsdam to Havelberg on the Elbe, Publication date 01.10.2021, Publisher: Barthel Verlag