Why this ride
156 km one way from Ziesar - plan on about 2 h 38 of riding. The climb of the day is near Dreetz. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Barnim Forest and Werbellinsee · part 3
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 156 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 38
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Barnim Forest and Werbellinsee high point → Back to Barnim Forest
Slow enough to look. The surface follows the shoreline, so the corners arrive where the water decided, not where an engineer did. Water arrives beside the road and stays for 48 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 45 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Food stop near Ziesar
Ziesar was once the home of bishops. For several centuries, the Bishops of Brandenburg made the castle here their main residence, and the brick keep and the chapel with its medieval wall paintings still stand. The castle now houses a museum on medieval Christianity and episcopal life, a surprising treasure for a small town of a couple of thousand people on the edge of the Fläming.
Read the complete Food stop near Ziesar write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Food stop near Ziesar is where the day begins. Next is High point near Dreetz.
2. High point near Dreetz
Planning note
You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Back to Barnim Forest.
3. Back to Barnim Forest
Neuruppin is where Fontane was born, and the whole region still feels like one of his books. Theodor Fontane, the great novelist and travel writer of nineteenth-century Prussia, came into the world here in 1819 and later spent years walking through the Mark Brandenburg, recording its castles, lakes and villages in his Wanderings, a work that made the sandy north a place of literary pilgrimage.
Read the complete Barnim Forest write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 156 km.
Leg by leg
Food stop near Ziesar to High point near Dreetz
Food stop near Ziesar → High point near Dreetz is 111 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
High point near Dreetz to Back to Barnim Forest
High point near Dreetz → Back to Barnim Forest is 45 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.