The Ruppiner Land - in the tourist context too Ruppiner Seenland called - is in the north Brandenburg. It extends from the northern edge of Berlin to the beginning of the Mecklenburg Lake District.
places
- Dannenwalde
- Furstenberg
- Gransee
- Cramps
- Lindow (Mark)
- Neustadt (Dosse)
- Rheinsberg
- Velten
- Wusterhausen (Dosse)
- Kampehl
Other goals
- Natural park Stechlin-Ruppiner Land
- Natural park Barnimer Land
background
The rule of Ruppin was an imperial immediate county until 1524. Then it became part of the Mark Brandenburg and later Prussia, in which it formed the district of Ruppin. This was only dissolved in the GDR in 1952. Today the western part of the historical landscape (Neuruppin, Rheinsberg) belongs to the Ostprignitz-Ruppin district, the eastern part (Oranienburg, Fürstenberg) to the Oberhavel district.
Geographically, the region is shaped by the landforms left by the last Ice Age. The north of the Ruppiner Land (around Fürstenberg and Rheinsberg) belongs to the Neustrelitz Kleinseenland. These include the Große Stechlin and the Rheinsberger See. This is followed by the relatively hilly and wooded Ruppin Switzerland between Rheinsberg and Neuruppin (the name is of course a slight exaggeration - the highest point is the 97 meter high Zechower Berg), or to the east of it the Granseer Platte. This is followed in a southerly direction by the densely wooded Rüthnicker Heide and the slightly hilly Ruppiner Platte. The boggy Rhinluch, which emerged from a glacial valley, finally extends west of Oranienburg.
The Ruppiner Land was made famous by the poet Theodor Fontane, who came from Neuruppin and lived in the area Walks through the Mark Brandenburg and the novel The Stechlin set a literary monument.
getting there
By plane
Berlin Brandenburg Airport
(IATA: BER)
By train
There is no long-distance train station in the region. You have to switch from long-distance to regional transport in Berlin.
The most important railway line is the RE5 (Berlin Hbf – Neustrelitz – partly Rostock / Stralsund), which runs every hour and stops in Oranienburg, Löwenberg, Gransee, Dannenwalde and Fürstenberg. The RB12 runs a similar route, but comes from Berlin-Ostkreuz, also stops between Oranienburg and Löwenberg in Sachsenhausen, Nassenheide and Grünenberg and continues from Löwenberg via Zehdenick to Templin. The RB54 connects Löwenberg with Rheinsberg (via Herzberg, Lindow) only during the summer half of the year (late March to early November). The western part of the Ruppiner Land, on the other hand, is on the route of the RE6 (Berlin-Gesundbrunnen-Spandau-Hennigsdorf-Wittenberge; every hour), with stops among others. in Neuruppin, Walsleben. Neustadt (Dosse) can be reached with the RE2 from Berlin Hbf or Spandau.
From Berlin to Oranienburg it takes a good hour to Fürstenberg or Neuruppin and 1½ hours to Rheinsberg.
In the street
The A24 motorway (Berlin – Hamburg) with connection points in Kremmen, Fehrbellin and Neuruppin. Coming from Rostock, you can leave the A19 at Wittstock. The eastern half of the Ruppiner Land, on the other hand, opens up the federal highway B96, which leads through Oranienburg, Gransee and Fürstenberg on the way from Berlin to Neustrelitz.
mobility
Tourist Attractions
- 1 Rheinsberg Castle
is a prime example of the Frederician Rococo. A Renaissance moated castle once stood here, then Friedrich II (the Great) received it from his father as a crown prince. He moved here with his wife Elisabeth Christine in 1736 and had the palace completely rebuilt according to his ideas. According to Friedrich, the Rheinsberg years were the happiest of his life. After his accession to the throne in 1740, he had Sanssouci Palace built in Potsdam, which is stylistically based on Rheinsberg. Kurt Tucholsky made the castle famous in his story "Rheinsberg: A picture book for lovers". The Kurt Tucholsky Literature Museum is also located in the palace.
- 2 NaturParkHaus Stechlin, Kirchstrasse 4, 16775 Stechlin OT Menz. Tel.: 49 (0)3308251210, Email: [email protected]. Visitor center of the Stechlin-Ruppiner Land nature park with exhibition, sensory garden, landscape to hear, moor adventure trail and forest & water adventure trail.Open: Oct - Apr Mon - Fri 10:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m. Sat, Sun, public holidays 11:00 a.m. - 4:00 p.m., May - Sept Mon - Fri 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. Sat, Sun, public holidays 11:00 a.m. - 17:00.
- Industrial museum and adventure park Brickyard Park in Zehdenick (OT Mildenberg)
activities
kitchen
nightlife
security
climate
literature
Web links
Ruppiner Seenland on the official website of the travel destination Brandenburg
