Oberbarnimer Feldstein route
The Oberbarnimer Feldsteinroute in Brandenburg is a cultural and historical route on the trail of the building material fieldstone . The 41.5 kilometer long trail is located in the northwestern part of the Märkische Schweiz Nature Park in the Märkisch-Oderland district and runs mostly through the municipalities of Oberbarnim and Prötzel .
The route was opened in 2012 and is mainly designed as a hiking trail , but can also be explored by bike - with the inclusion of a few pushing stretches over field and forest paths that are softened depending on the season. The field stones deposited in large quantities on the base moraine surfaces of the Barnim plateau are a legacy of the melting inland ice of the Vistula glaciation . The route aims to make the various facets of technology, construction, use and design of the building material field stone an example of experience. In addition, the route opens up some of the scenic landmarks in the high relief southeastern Barnimhang to the Stobbertal and in the Stobbertal nature reserve .
Planning, financing and opening
The Oberbarnim Feldsteinroute was planned over several years under historical and geological advice by the municipality of Oberbarnim, represented by the Office of Märkische Schweiz . The project was supported by the Local Action Group (LAG) Märkische Seen e. V. (LEADER group) and the LAG Märkische Schweiz e. V. (AFG Märkische Schweiz). Most of the funding came from the federal government , the state of Brandenburg, the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development and LEADER , a European Union funding program for actions in rural areas .
The trail was opened on April 22nd, 2012 with various events and celebrations. This included the opening concert field stone and music in the listed but completely plastered Pritzhagen field stone church with a musical reading from the correspondence between Frederick the Great and his sister Wilhelmine . The field stone church stands on the village green of the route point Pritzhagen . The anger of the village with the surrounding field stone walls and the field stone enclosures of the farmsteads in the center of the village had already been renovated in 2004.
Concept and construction material field stone
The historically grown village villages along the route are largely shaped by the field stone architecture. The stones were not only piled up to form dry stone walls on property and pasture boundaries, but were also used to build churches, barns, stables and farmhouses. Information boards at every point on the route provide information about the history of the villages and churches, about the technology and special features of the field stone construction. The route presents examples of individual renovated farms .
The dry stone walls are also biotopes for various plant and animal species. In the joints you will find special plant communities that have adapted to extreme ecological site conditions. They also offer a habitat for various heat-loving animal species, such as lizards , common toads , wild bees and ground beetles .
route
The Oberbarnimer Feldstein route is marked with "OFR". The logo shows a green “O” in cursive and bold capital letters and next to it the letters “FR” in brown, underneath a fine, curved green line. The two-line lettering "Oberbarnimer Feldsteinroute" follows below the line. The route begins at the S-Bahn station (line S5) Strausberg-Nord , divides into a circular route after the first stop at Klosterdorf and leads back to Strausberg via Klosterdorf.
- From the train station the route leads through Strausberg-Nord to the first station, Klosterdorf , a Kreuzangerdorf belonging to the municipality of Oberbarnim that was owned by the Zinna monastery in 1241 at the latest, with various stone buildings, including a stone church from the 13th century. Here six (of the total of thirty) information boards teach, among other things, about the gusset technique and about friezes and ventilation slots as decorative elements. After dividing the path, it goes over the northern circuit on the Kähnsdorfer Weg
- Kähnsdorf, a former Vorwerk and today's part of the municipality of Prötzel . The irregular Cyclops construction, which is widespread in the region, can be seen on the few remaining building walls . In Kähnsdorf the nature park Märkische Schweiz is reached. The next station
- Prädikow, also part of the municipality of Prötzel, offers three architectural monuments related to field stones : manor with residential and farm buildings as well as driveway and paving; two four-family farm workers' houses with two stable buildings and a wash house; the church, originally a three-aisled basilica made of regular stone blocks.
- In the artists' village of Ihlow, part of Oberbarnim , five information boards explain the ensemble of a church from the 13th century, a country house, field stone buildings and several ponds. Using the example of the Ihlower estate ensemble, the exemplary renovation of field stone buildings and the hardship of transporting the stones in earlier times are discussed. In Ihlow, the route, which has so far led north and east, turns south and after a longer distance, mainly through open land , reaches
- Pritzhagen . Further south, the path goes down the Barnimhang through the dense forests of the Pritzhagener Heide in the Stobbertal and reaches the Pritzhagener Mühle via Tornow . Mentioned for the first time in 1375 and rebuilt in 1650 after its destruction in the Thirty Years' War, the mill was granted a royal liquor license as early as 1827 and is considered the oldest restaurant in Märkische Schweiz . Past the neighboring Großer Tornowsee in the Natura 2000 and FFH area "Tornowseen-Pritzhagener Berge" the path runs through the Stobbertal back to the west
- Buckow , the capital of Märkische Schweiz , leaves the center of the village to the south. After circumnavigating the north bank of the Schermützelsee , the path on the Barnimhang gains altitude again and reaches the plateau
- Bollersdorf with the field stone church Bollersdorf and a restored four-sided courtyard . Via the Sophienfliess it goes to
- Grunow , another district of Oberbarnim. On field stone streets you get through the village to the village church , which is located a little outside the village , which, in addition to chessboard stones, has a stone with a Jerusalem cross , which is unique in the region according to Matthias Friske .
- The last two information boards are in the Ernsthof , a former agricultural farm.
From the Ernsthof the route leads over the border of the Märkische Schweiz nature park and via Klosterdorf, the starting point of the circuit, back to the Strausberg-Nord train station.
literature
- Matthias Friske : The medieval churches on the Barnim. History - architecture - furnishings (= churches in rural areas . Volume 1 ). Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-931836-67-3 .
Web links
- Oberbarnimer Feldstein route. Overview map.
- Oberbarnimer Feldstein route. (PDF; 1.8 MB) Information and route description.
Individual evidence
- ^ Mathias Raabe: 41.5 kilometers through enchanted villages . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 5, 2012.
- ↑ a b oberbarnimer-feldsteinroute.de: Flyer of the Oberbarnimer Feldsteinroute. ( Memento of the original from August 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 1.8 MB) (German, accessed on September 18, 2013)
- ↑ maerkischeschweiz.eu: Office Märkische Schweiz. Music summer. Field stone and music .
- ↑ Information board for the Oberbarnimer Feldstein route on the history of Pritzhagen in front of the village church, installed in 2011.
- ^ Matthias Friske, p. 210 ff.
- ↑ List of monuments of the state of Brandenburg: Landkreis Märkisch-Oderland (PDF) Brandenburg State Office for Monument Preservation and State Archaeological Museum
- ^ Matthias Friske, p. 249 f.
- ↑ Between fins and wings: 4) Pritzhagener Mühle. Flyer of the visitor center Drei Eichen , Buckow, undated (received 2011).
- ↑ maerkische-schweiz.de: Local Action Group Märkische Schweiz e. V .: Natural area Märkische Schweiz .
- ↑ 3450-306 Tornowseen - Pritzhagener Berge. (FFH area) Profiles of the Natura 2000 areas. Published by the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation . Retrieved November 21, 2017.
- ^ Matthias Friske: The medieval churches on the Barnim. History - architecture - furnishings (= churches in rural areas . Volume 1 ). Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-931836-67-3 , p. 165 .
