Why this ride
Out of Zehdenick, one way: 338 km, roughly 6 h 03 in the saddle. On the way it passes near Liebenwalde, Scenic stretch near Werder, Kloster Lehnin and near Sperenberg.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Lehnin Abbey and Zauche Roads · short arc
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 338 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 6 h 03
- 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
Lehnin Abbey and Zauche Roads food stop → Lehnin Abbey and Zauche Road
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 17 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 16 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Food stop near Zehdenick
Planning note
Food stop near Zehdenick is where the day begins. Next is High point near Liebenwalde.
2. High point near Liebenwalde
Planning note
High point near Liebenwalde comes up about 16 km into the recorded legs. Next is Scenic stretch near Werder.
3. Scenic stretch near Werder
Albert Einstein spent his summers in Caputh, on the shore of the Templiner See between Werder and Potsdam, in a wooden house he had built in 1929. He loved sailing on the lakes and called the house his paradise. When the Nazis came to power in 1933, he left Germany and never returned. The house, a modern timber building on a hill above the village, can be visited, and it is a fascinating glimpse into the private life of a genius.
Read the complete Food stop near Werder write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 100 km into the recorded legs you reach Scenic stretch near Werder. Next is Berlin motorcycle escapes return.
4. Near Kloster Lehnin, on the way back
Lehnin Abbey was founded in 1180 by Margrave Otto I of Brandenburg, who, according to legend, fell asleep under an oak while hunting, dreamed that a white stag was attacking him, and drove it off by calling on Christ. The Cistercian monks who came from the Harz cleared the forests, drained the marshes and built a great brick church, one of the earliest examples of the north German Brick Gothic. It still stands, restored, in a quiet village surrounded by lakes and forests.
Read the complete Near Kloster Lehnin, on the way back write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Berlin motorcycle escapes return, about halfway. Next is Photo stop near Sperenberg.
5. Photo stop near Sperenberg
The Soviets called it the Forbidden City. At Wünsdorf, east of Sperenberg, the high command of the Soviet forces in Germany had its headquarters until 1994, a vast garrison town hidden in the forest, home to tens of thousands of soldiers and their families, with schools, shops and theatres, closed to ordinary Germans. Before that, the German army had its own headquarters here, with huge bunkers built in the 1930s. Guided tours of the bunkers and the old garrison offer a fascinating glimpse into the military history of the twentieth century.
Read the complete Photo stop near Sperenberg write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Photo stop near Sperenberg sits at 209 km, about halfway. Next is Lehnin Abbey and Zauche Roads checkpoint 8.
6. Near Glienicke
Until 1989 the Berlin Wall ran right past here. Glienicke/Nordbahn, just across the boundary in Brandenburg, was home to the Entenschnabel, the duck's bill, a narrow strip of East German territory that poked into West Berlin, with houses whose gardens backed onto the Wall. Today the Mauerweg, a walking and cycling path, follows the old border line, and a few traces remain.
Read the complete Near Glienicke 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 338 km. Next is Back to Lehnin Abbey.
7. Back to Lehnin Abbey
Werneuchen is not on anyone's list of famous places, and that is part of its charm. It sits on the Barnim plateau northeast of Berlin, a town of a little under eight thousand people surrounded by wide, open farmland, big skies and the thin line of a tree-lined road that always seems to run straight to the horizon. The ride that ends here has spent the day around Lehnin Abbey on the other side of the capital, so this is the long loop home, a different Brandenburg from the pine country in the west.
Read the complete Lehnin Abbey write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Back to Lehnin Abbey closes the day.
Leg by leg
Food stop near Zehdenick to High point near Liebenwalde
Food stop near Zehdenick → High point near Liebenwalde is 16 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
High point near Liebenwalde to Scenic stretch near Werder
High point near Liebenwalde → Scenic stretch near Werder is 84 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Scenic stretch near Werder to Near Kloster Lehnin, on the way back
Scenic stretch near Werder → Near Kloster Lehnin, on the way back is 29 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Photo stop near Sperenberg to Near Glienicke
Photo stop near Sperenberg → Near Glienicke is 91 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.