Why this ride
Rolling fields, manor houses and lake-country calm. 149 km round from Schwaan - plan on about 2 h 18 of riding. It goes by way of Basedow manor roads, Malchin lake view and Teterow window. It keeps to quiet secondary roads.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Mecklenburg Switzerland Manor Roads
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 149 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 18
- Journey
- Loop
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
Basedow manor roads → Malchin lake view
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 10 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 8 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Schwaan river road
Schwaan lies on the Warnow river a short ride south of Rostock, and it is one of those small Mecklenburg towns that surprise you with a bit of art. In the late nineteenth century, painters were drawn to the Warnow valley for its meadows, light and quiet, and Schwaan became known as a colony of artists, a bit like Ahrenshoop on the coast. A small museum shows work from the period, and the old town still has a gentle, creative atmosphere. The Gothic brick church, built in the typical north German style of red brick, stands above the river and gives the place its character.
Read the complete Schwaan river road write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Schwaan river road sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Basedow manor roads.
2. Basedow manor roads
Planning note
Basedow manor roads comes up about 78 km into the recorded legs. Next is Malchin lake view.
3. Malchin lake view
Malchin is a lake town in the heart of what is called Mecklenburg Switzerland, a name that makes visitors from the Alps smile, because the highest hills here are not much more than a hundred metres. But the name has a point. After the flat plains of northern Germany, this area of rolling moraine, deep lakes and beech woods does feel like a small world of its own, shaped by the last ice sheet that left behind a landscape of ridges, hollows and scattered boulders.
Read the complete Malchin lake view write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
about 86 km into the recorded legs you reach Malchin lake view. Next is Teterow food window.
4. Teterow food window
Teterow is a small town beside a lake, and among motorcycle people it has a bigger reputation than its size suggests. The Bergring, a hilly circuit just outside the town, has hosted motorcycle racing since the 1920s and 1930s, and it was one of the best-known tracks in East Germany, drawing crowds to watch grass track and speedway on the steep slopes. It is a place where riders from across the region come to watch, and the local pride in it is real. If you ride through when a meeting is on, the roads fill with bikes and the air smells of two-stroke.
Read the complete Teterow food window write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Somewhere to get off the bike, about 101 km into the recorded legs. Next is Back to Schwaan.
5. Back to Schwaan
Planning note
Back at Back to Schwaan. That is the ride.
Leg by leg
Basedow manor roads to Malchin lake view
Basedow manor roads → Malchin lake view is the reward section in Rostock. Look through the bends, use legal pull-offs for photos and keep a little margin for tractors, cyclists and damp shade. The best ride here is smooth, not noisy.
Malchin lake view to Teterow food window
Malchin lake view → Teterow food window is the logistics leg. Watch junctions, villages and speed changes, then let the roadbook do its job: move you out of the clutter without spending your best attention too early.