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Overcoming Borders Sculpture – Mechower See Observation Tower loop from Ratzeburg

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Overcoming Borders Sculpture – Mechower See Observation Tower loop from Ratzeburg

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Overcoming Borders Sculpture – Mechower See Observation Tower loop from Ratzeburg

02:16

35.8km

200m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 14, 2026

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Ostufer des Großen Ratzeburger Sees

Kammerbruch

Wakenitz

Wakenitzniederung

Mechower Seeufer und angrenzende Flächen

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.63 km

Eastern Shore of the Great Ratzeburg Lake Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

A quiet route ideal for driving. Through nature and without car noise

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3.43 km

Ostufer des Großen Ratzeburger Sees

Nature Reserve

5.40 km

Campower Steilufer

Nature Reserve

9.10 km

Fährhaus Rothenhusen and View of Großer Ratzeburger See

Highlight • Restaurant

Great excursion restaurant, Schnieke modernized. 2 terraces with views over the Ratzeburg lake, good map with moderate prices. Rothenburg is also a jetty for 2 ships: the Wakenitzlinie to / from Lübeck and the ship crossing the Ratzeburger See.

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11.9 km

Overcoming Borders Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

Shortly before the pedestrian bridge over the Wakenitz is the sculpture "Overcoming Borders" by the Schattin-based sculptor Claus Görtz. Manufactured in 2008 from old barriers.

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12.0 km

Wakenitz River (former border river)

Highlight • River

From here you have a beautiful view of the river, which is also called the "Amazon of the North".
The bridge connects Schleswig-Holstein with Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

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13.9 km

Traditional Thatched-Roof Houses and Sculptures in Schattin

Highlight • Structure

29.9 km

Grenzhus Schlagsdorf – Museum of the Inner German Border

Highlight • Historical Site

Very nice little exhibition that is really worth a visit. As a child of the Berlin Wall, you may have grown up with it, but here you can see once again how perfidious the inner-German border was. More information: herzogtum-lauenburg.de/poi/grenzhus

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31.1 km

Former Inner German Border (Grenzlinie) at Steinerne Rinne and Mechower Wood

Highlight • Historical Site

I can well understand these feelings described by JR and one should stop with humility and gratitude in such places of history - what has brought the inner German border …

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31.5 km

Mechower See Observation Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

Climb up! The view of Lake Mechower is worth it.

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35.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

22.7 km

7.98 km

2.61 km

2.35 km

181 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

24.3 km

3.84 km

3.60 km

3.01 km

1.14 km

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Wednesday 15 July

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Overcoming Borders Sculpture – Mechower See Observation Tower loop from Ratzeburg

Eastern Shore of the Great Ratzeburg Lake Nature Reserve

Fährhaus Rothenhusen and View of Großer Ratzeburger See

Overcoming Borders Sculpture

Wakenitz River (former border river)

Traditional Thatched-Roof Houses and Sculptures in Schattin

Grenzhus Schlagsdorf – Museum of the Inner German Border

Former Inner German Border (Grenzlinie) at Steinerne Rinne and Mechower Wood

Mechower See Observation Tower

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