The Märkische Umfahrt is a 179 km long water hiking route in Brandenburg, Oder-Spree-Seengebiet southeast of Berlin. Through the Dahme Umflutkanal between Märkisch Buchholz and Unterspreewald, this route, completely covered in eight to twelve days, becomes a round trip, hence the name.
In order to travel the longer Spree section of the tour downstream, it is advisable to drive the route counter-clockwise as described below. The entry point, however, can be freely chosen. Anyone who uses the natural Spree arm at the Alte Tränke below Fürstenwalde, for example, can skip the only less attractive section of the round tour. From Kehrsdorfer Schleuse you paddle on a straightened federal waterway that is used by large inland vessels, so you could stop there too.
Sections
Dahme, upstream: - Schmöckwitz- Zeuthener See- Koenigs Wusterhausen- Krüpelsee- Prieros
The Dahme Umflutkanal connects the Dahme with the Spree near Leibsch: - Märkisch Buchholz (bivouac place https://www.maerkischbuchholz.de/verzeichnis/objekt.php?mandat=41873 Barrages in quick succession, boat tow, it goes quite high!) Approx. 7km to ... - Koethener See: Here you can stop in Koethen, and then paddle directly east of the flood canal to Leibsch (approx. 5km), or, more interesting, (approx. 4km) to ... - Gross Wasserburg on the edge of the Unterspreewald (canoe station, pub) - Unterspreewald
Spree, downstream to the Spree-Oder-Kanal- Leibsch (double lock self-service !, bivouac option) - Neuendorfer See (watch out for wind!) - Alt-Schadow (rarely operated lock without boat tow) - Werder (water hiking rest area) - Schwielochsee
- Beeskow- Neubrück (simple bivouac place) - Drahnendorfer Spree
Fürstenwalder Spree (waterway) - Kersdorfer Schleuse (a few hundred meters east of the mouth of the Drahnendorfer Spree) - Berkenbrück (rest area with restaurant, RB train station) - Fürstenwalde (Sluice) - large drinking troughs (weir with boat tow, bivouac area) - Müggelspree- Hangelsberg (small landing bay, snack bar, charging station) - Jägerbude (campground) - Dämeritzsee / Erkner (possibility of bivouacking on a beach on the north bank) - Hessenwinkel on the west bank of the Dämeritzsee - Junction option Müggelspree - New Venice - Gr. Müggelsee- Goosener Kanal - Seddinssee- Schmöckwitz
literature
Canoe compact Märkische Umfahrt: round trip between Spreewald and Berlin | Michael Hennemann | ISBN: 9783934014817
