Why this ride
Out of Sperenberg, one way: 128 km, roughly 2 h 27 in the saddle.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Lehnin Abbey and Zauche Roads · part 3
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 128 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 27
- 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 checkpoint 8 → Back to Lehnin Abbey
Speed drops and stays down. Park rather than crawl through. 44 km through ground somebody thought worth listing. The road passes it rather than bypassing it.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 37 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. 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 is where the day begins. Next is Lehnin Abbey and Zauche Roads checkpoint 8.
2. 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
Finish at Lehnin Abbey and Zauche Roads checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is Back to Lehnin Abbey.
3. 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
The route ends here after 128 km.
Leg by leg
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.