Why this ride
A 61 km one-way ride from near Schwerin, about 1 h 03 of riding.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Schwerin Lakes and Manor Roads · short arc
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 61 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 1 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: planning record, not independently verified geometry.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distances and riding times are planning figures. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Scenic road chapters
Schwerin castle lakefront → Sternberg lake roads
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 160 km. The line follows the shore because there is nowhere else for it to go.
Chapter facts
- Length
- 160 km
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Schwerin castle lakefront
Schwerin Castle looks like a fairy tale that got out of hand. Golden domes, turrets, bay windows and gilded ornaments crowd a small island in the middle of Lake Schwerin, joined to the town by a bridge, and at dusk the whole thing is reflected in the water in a way that makes people stop their cars. The building seen today is largely a nineteenth-century neo-Renaissance reconstruction, made for the grand dukes of Mecklenburg-Schwerin on the site of a medieval fortress, and it now houses the state parliament of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern as well as a museum. The castle and its gardens are part of a World Heritage ensemble inscribed in 2020.
Read the complete Schwerin castle lakefront write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Schwerin castle lakefront is where the day begins. Next is Sternberg lake roads.
2. Sternberg lake roads
Sternberg is a small town of about five thousand in the Mecklenburg lake country, east of Schwerin, on a lake of the same name in a landscape of low hills, reedbeds and rolling farm fields. The Sternberger Seenlandschaft is a patchwork of water left behind by the last ice age, and the lakes here are quiet, clear and good for swimming in summer, with small public beaches and shady shoreline spots. Wismar, the old Hanseatic port on the Baltic, lies to the north, and Gägelow, the other village on the list, is one of its suburbs.
Read the complete Sternberg lake roads write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Sternberg lake roads comes up about 33 km into the recorded legs. Next is Güstrow old town meal stop.
3. Güstrow old town meal stop
Güstrow is a town of thirty-one thousand in central Mecklenburg, and one of the best places in the region to walk around for an hour with a coffee in your hand. It was once a ducal residence, and in the sixteenth century the dukes built a splendid Renaissance palace here, one of the finest in northern Germany, with decorated gables, a big courtyard and an Italian-influenced design. The old centre, with its market square, brick gothic houses and half-timbered corners, is compact and pleasant, and the cathedral, a vast brick church from the thirteenth century, rises above the roofs.
Read the complete Güstrow old town meal stop 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 61 km.
Leg by leg
Schwerin castle lakefront to Sternberg lake roads
Schwerin castle lakefront → Sternberg lake roads is 33 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Sternberg lake roads to Güstrow old town meal stop
Sternberg lake roads → Güstrow old town meal stop is 28 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.