The Prignitz is located in the northwest of the state Brandenburg. Small parts also extend to the north Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania (please refer Mecklenburg-Schwerin) and to the south to Saxony-Anhalt (please refer Altmark).
places
- 1 Bad Wilsnack - old pilgrimage destination and thermal brine bath.
- 2 Havelberg - the old cathedral city lies at the mouth of the Havel into the Elbe.
- 3 Kyritz - also called Kyritz at the knatter - at the Kyritz chain of lakes located.
- 4 Lenzen (Elbe) - with a former border observation tower directly on the Elbe
- 5 Meyenburg - Castle with castle museum, fashion museum, library and castle park
- 6 Pearl Mountain - District town and also historically the capital of Prignitz.
- 7 Putlitz - is one of the oldest towns in Prignitz.
- 8 Pritzwalk - celebrated its 750th anniversary in 2006.
- 9 Wittenberg - with the largest free-standing clock tower in the world
- 10 Wittstock - with a historic city center.
- 11 Wootz - is the capital of the municipality of Lenzerwische in the wetland of the same name between the Elbe and Löcknitz rivers
Other goals
- Elbe-Brandenburg river landscape biosphere reserve
- Westhavelland Nature Park
- Doemitz
background
The Prignitz is a landscape on the northeastern bank of the Elbe that is shaped by the river plains of the Elbe and Havel. It is predominantly one level, intensively used for agriculture and criss-crossed by forest and heather areas.
The Prignitz is part of the Elbe valley. The Elbe lowlands continue in, among other places West Mecklenburg, Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt (Altmark and Magdeburg Börde). The Prignitz also closes the western part of the Havelniederung a. The Havelniederung settles in the east in the Havelland away. The confluence of the Havel and Elbe rivers lies in the country Saxony-Anhalt.
language
Low German is occasionally still spoken in Prignitz.
getting there
The only Highwaythat crosses the region is the A 24 from Hamburg to Berlin. At Wittstock leads to the A 19 Rostock a. The continuation of the A 14 from the direction is also planned Magdeburg North. The following Federal highways lead through the Prignitz:
- B 5 from Berlin over Pearl Mountain and Ludwigslust to Hamburg.
- B 103 from Rostock over Guestrow and Pritzwalk to Kyritz (Connection B 5).
- B 107 of Chemnitz above Bad Düben and Havelberg to Pritzwalk (connection B 103).
- B 189 from Magdeburg above Wittenberg and Pritzwalk to Autobahn 24 and 19.
- B 195 from Zarrentin at the Schaalsee above Boizenburg and Lenzen (Elbe) to Wittenberge (connection B 189).
- B 321 from Hagenow above Schwerin and Parchim to Pritzwalk (connection B 189).
When you get out of the Altmark If you arrive, you have to take the Elbe, except in Wittenberge ferry cross. Ferries operate at Lenzen, Schnackenburg and Havelberg.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- Blumenthal observation tower - The with 53 ° 5 '29 "N.12 ° 20 '58 "E. standing observation tower is a landmark of Ostprignitz. The timber structure, which opened in September 2004, is 45 m high and has a viewing platform at a height of 36.40 m. The tower is freely accessible during the day against admission according to self-assessment.
- - Admission (Trusted Office): Adults: € 1, children up to 14 years 0.50 cents). In extreme weather (storm), however, the structure can be closed.
- - For directions and further information see: www.blumenthaler-aussichtsturm.de.
- Demerthin Castle, 10 km northwest of Kyritz on the B5 to Perleberg, well-preserved manor house from the late Middle Ages. More information in Wikipedia article.
activities
kitchen
- Knee pork cabbage is in the Prignitz national dish. It is a sour vegetable similar to sauerkraut. It consists of white cabbage, blue marrow stem cabbage, or leaves of red cabbage, kale, and cherry and vine leaves. The cabbage leaves are boiled, squeezed out, salted in, pounded in layers with the vine and cherry leaves in stoneware pots and then fermented lactic acid for a few weeks. The Knieperkohl is served with pork knuckle, cabbage sausage, Knacker or Kasslerkamm, with potatoes.
Knieperkohl with smoked pork, cabbage sausage and potatoes
security
climate
literature
Web links
- www.dieprignitz.de - Prignitz website via the Prignitz e.V.
- Side of the city of Lenzen Elbe
- Prignitz on the official website of the travel destination Brandenburg
