Cucumber bike path
| Gurkenradweg | |
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| overall length | 250 km |
| Flooring | Asphalt, paved gravel, mostly very good quality |
| difficulty | light |
| Traffic volume | partly on roads with moderate to heavy traffic, isolated dirt roads |
| ADFC certification | 1 out of 5 stars |
The Gurken-Radweg is a round tour of around 250 kilometers in Brandenburg through the Brandenburg wetland Spreewald . It owes its name to the Spreewald gherkins , a culinary delicacy that Theodor Fontane found at the top of regional agricultural products on his hikes through the Mark Brandenburg in the 1870s.
landscape
Most of the cycle path leads through the Spreewald biosphere reserve and thus through a cultural landscape of international importance. The landscape is characterized by almost three hundred streams , to which the course of the Spree branches out over an area of approx. 500 km². Extensive, moisture-loving alder forests have formed on the marshy soils , which, even in their remaining stocks, are among the largest in Central Europe. White storks , cranes and sea eagles can be seen in the Spreewald. Bilingual place name signs refer to the Sorbian culture with its own customs, costumes and language.
In 2001 the cycle path was awarded the tourism prize of the State of Brandenburg, which was awarded for the first time this year .
Route and accommodations
The route, which is around 250 kilometers long, leads through the larger towns of Lübbenau , Lübben (Spreewald) and Cottbus in Niederlausitz , all of which are served by the train . Other possible starting points with train stations are Vetschau and Peitz . Since the circuit touches twice, at Lübben and Burg , the entire route can be divided into three individual circuits. The route has no significant gradients and is mostly of good quality. In a few places there are unpaved roads (e.g. short sandy forest paths that are very difficult to drive on in dry conditions). Many hotels, inns and guesthouses along the route have adapted to cyclists and offer various special services as well as overnight stays for one night.
Route with sights
The beginning in Lübben serves only as an example.
- Lübben ( Lübben Castle and Castle Island, Paul Gerhardt Church )
- Lubolz
- Kasel-Golzig
- Sagritz
- Golßen ( Castle Golßen , City Church Golßen )
- Rietzneuendorf-Friedrichshof
- Brand ( Tropical Islands )
- Krausnick ( Krausnicker Berge , Krausnick village church )
- Koethen
- further around the Neuendorfer See
- Alt-Schadow
- Groß Leuthen (Groß Leuthener See, Groß Leuthen Castle )
- Schlepzig ( Dorfkirche Schlepzig , Bauernmuseum Schlepzig , Weidendom Schlepzig )
- then along the Wasserburger Spree to Lübben , see above
- Alt Zauche
- Neu Zauche ( village church Neu Zauche , Gutshaus Neu Zauche )
- Straupitz (Spreewald) ( village church Straupitz , Castle Straupitz , Dutch windmill Straupitz , Byttna )
- Burg (Spreewald) (scattered settlement, Bismarck tower , adventure station )
- Diss
- Peitz ( fortress tower, hut museum, Peitz pond landscape)
- Cottbus ( Branitz Park and Castle , Cottbus Zoo , Spremberger Tower , Dieselkraftwerk Art Museum , Spreeauen Park)
- Advertise
- Burg (Spreewald) , see above
- Suschow
- Stradow
- Vetschau ( Wendish-German double church , white stork center )
- Raddusch (faithfully reconstructed Slavic castle Raddusch )
- Leipe
- Lehde (lagoon village, Spreewaldmuseum Lehde , farmhouse and cucumber museum)
- Lübbenau (old town, castle , Sankt Nikolai church , Spreewald museum )
- Lübben , see above
See also
literature
- Cycle touring map Leporello Gurkenradweg Spreewald. Publicpress-Verlag, 1: 50,000, ISBN 978-3-89920-472-8 .
- Gurken-Radweg im Spreewald - adventure cycling in the Spreewald . Spiralo 1: 50,000, BVA Bielefelder Verlag 2008, ISBN 978-3-87073-269-1 .
Web links
- www.spreewald.de/gurkenradweg Route with map and GPS data
- Spreewaldkarte.de route
- Gurkenradweg in the ADFC tour portal ( Memento from November 2, 2017 in the Internet Archive )
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Gurkenradweg im Spreewald , on spreewald-info.de, accessed on May 3, 2019
- ↑ a b Award from the bicycle club: Gurkenradweg now has a star , on lr-online.de, accessed on May 3, 2019