Biesenthal – Trails, Water and History
Accommodation in Biesenthal
Biesenthal can be explored in different ways: on a circular hike through the Biesenthal Basin, on a loop around Lake Wukensee or by exploring the town’s history. Water, woodland and historic sites offer different possible focuses for a trip. When choosing a holiday apartment for your stay, you can first consider whether you would mainly like to spend time outdoors or also learn about the town’s history. The trails and sights offer various starting points for doing so.
Hiking trails through the basin and woodland
The circular hike through the Biesenthal Basin is about 12 kilometres long. It starts and ends in Biesenthal at Heideberg. Along the way, it passes through mixed woodland with stately beech trees and follows the banks of Lake Hellsee, fringed by alder carr. These landscape features shape the route and make it a way to spend longer stretches of your trip in nature. Bear the approximate distance in mind when planning your day.
The Biesenthal Basin Natura Trail offers another perspective on nature. It runs through the Biesenthal Basin Natura 2000 site. Those interested in landscapes and natural areas will find another thematic starting point for their trip alongside the circular hike. The two route descriptions have different emphases: the circular hike specifies its distance and landscape features, while the Natura Trail focuses on its route through the Natura 2000 site.
Lake Wukensee on foot and at the lido
Lake Wukensee can be walked around on a 2.5-kilometre path. Together with the roughly 12-kilometre loop through the Biesenthal Basin, this gives you a choice between two routes of different lengths. The distances refer to the routes themselves; they do not indicate how long an outing will take. The Wukensee lido in Biesenthal has a bathing jetty with a water slide and diving tower. If you like to spend your days walking outdoors and visiting other places by the water, you can take these locations into account when choosing a focus for your trip.
Churches, cemetery and local history
The Protestant town church reflects a long building history. It was probably a three-aisled fieldstone church dating from the mid-13th century. It was rebuilt between 1763 and 1767, resulting in a simple late Baroque building. The cautious description of the earlier church and the specific dates for its reconstruction tell the story of different periods in its history.
The Protestant town church, the Catholic Church of St Mary and the Jewish cemetery are connected with Biesenthal’s historic religious diversity and tolerance. The cemetery dates from the mid-17th century. These sites give the town’s history a distinctive cultural focus and complement the experiences of nature with a different perspective on Biesenthal. The Kaiser Friedrich Tower, with its viewing platform, also stands on the old Ascanian castle hill.
Getting here and other places to visit
Biesenthal is on the Berlin–Stralsund rail line, served by Deutsche Bahn and ODEG. The Berlin–Usedom cycle route also passes through the area in stages: its first stage covers 41 kilometres from central Berlin to Biesenthal. These details offer two different starting points for planning your trip: travelling by train or as part of a cycling tour.
If you’d like to explore other places, you can find Parsteinsee, Althüttendorf, Eberswalde, Werneuchen, Oderberg, Britz, Wandlitz and Lunow-Stolzenhagen here.
For the regional travel overview: Barnim.
