Why this ride
135 km one way from Zehdenick - plan on about 2 h 44 of riding. The climb of the day is near Neuruppin. Much of it runs through woodland.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Dahme-Heideseen Backroads · part 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 135 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 44
- 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
Dahme-Heideseen Backroads fuel gate → Dahme-Heideseen Backroads high p
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 79 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 60 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Fuel stop in Zehdenick
Planning note
Dahme-Heideseen Backroads is where the day begins. Next is High point near Neuruppin.
2. High point near Neuruppin
Two of the most important figures in Prussian culture were born in Neuruppin: the architect Karl Friedrich Schinkel in 1781 and the novelist Theodor Fontane in 1819. Fontane went on to write the Wanderungen durch die Mark Brandenburg, a multi-volume account of his travels through the region, and the first volume opens with the county of Ruppin. Reading even a few pages before riding these roads gives them a depth they might otherwise lack.
Read the complete Food stop near Neuruppin write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Food stop near Sandau.
3. Food stop near Sandau
Sandau is one of the smallest towns in Germany, a cluster of houses and a big Romanesque brick church on the east bank of the Elbe in Saxony-Anhalt, opposite the meadows that stretch towards Havelberg. A cable ferry crosses the river here, a slow and peaceful way to reach the other bank, and the experience of standing on the deck with your bike, watching the broad, brown river slide past, is a fine reason to come.
Read the complete Food stop near Sandau 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 135 km.
Leg by leg
Fuel stop in Zehdenick to High point near Neuruppin
Fuel stop in Zehdenick → High point near Neuruppin is 60 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
High point near Neuruppin to Food stop near Sandau
High point near Neuruppin → Food stop near Sandau is 75 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
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