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Stork Village Rühstädt – Elbe Floodplain near Bälow loop from Bad Wilsnack

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Stork Village Rühstädt – Elbe Floodplain near Bälow loop from Bad Wilsnack

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Stork Village Rühstädt – Elbe Floodplain near Bälow loop from Bad Wilsnack

05:58

23.7km

40m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 9, 2026

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Brandenburgische Elbtalaue

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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9 m

Bad Wilsnack station with an illustration of the town’s history

Highlight • Monument

On the gable end of the station building is the historical picture sheet in which the miraculous blood hosts play a prominent role. Her find turned Wilsnack into a well-known …

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657 m

Row of Traditional Half-Timbered Houses

Highlight • Historical Site

An interesting tour through the beautiful half-timbered town

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3.04 km

Windschutzstreifen

Forest

9.24 km

Stork Village Rühstädt

Highlight • Settlement

Nowhere in Germany do so many storks nest in such a small space as in the European stork village of Rühstädt near the Elbe.
The place is beautifully decorated and offers several options for a good stop.

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9.31 km

Village Church Rühstädt

Highlight • Religious Site

Also called Quitzow Church because the Quitzow family had a strong influence on the church in Rühstädt. The late Gothic brick building from the middle of the 15th century was …

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9.57 km

Rühstädt Castle / Castle Hotel & Castle Garden

Highlight • Castle

The castle with its park, built in 1782, now houses a hotel, surrounded by a beautiful, natural meadow landscape with many cycling and hiking trails

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9.71 km

Eiskellerberg in Schlosspark Rühstädt

Highlight • Structure

In the castle park is the Eiskellerberg, where food used to be cooled and stored. The ice for cooling was sawn out of the nearby castle pond in winter. Today, …

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11.6 km

Elbe Floodplain near Bälow

Highlight • Natural

The top of the dyke offers attractive views of the Elbe meadows.

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13.1 km

Elbe Observation Tower, Brandenburg Elbe Valley

Highlight • Viewpoint

In addition to a long break, you can also let your eyes wander over the Elbe meadows

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23.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

12.3 km

5.08 km

3.18 km

3.06 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

6.84 km

5.33 km

5.19 km

4.01 km

2.01 km

292 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 18 August

19°C

16°C

89 %

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Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Comments

November 6, 2022,Bad Wilsnack - Karthanepfad

The tour was recommended to me by Lutz - Berlin, who hiked the round in March 2020. Here is his tour komoot.de/tour/160282277
I didn't have the morning haze and ground fog, although I was on the road shortly after sunrise, but the sun was very present on this November day. If you like peace, seclusion and an unexcited landscape, you've …

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Stork Village Rühstädt – Elbe Floodplain near Bälow loop from Bad Wilsnack

Bad Wilsnack station with an illustration of the town’s history

Row of Traditional Half-Timbered Houses

Stork Village Rühstädt

Village Church Rühstädt

Rühstädt Castle / Castle Hotel & Castle Garden

Eiskellerberg in Schlosspark Rühstädt

Elbe Floodplain near Bälow

Elbe Observation Tower, Brandenburg Elbe Valley

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