Discover Baruth/Mark: parks, trails and culture

Historic sites and culture in Baruth/Mark

St. Sebastian’s Church was built in the 15th century. Another trace of history is the replica of the Electoral Saxon post mileage column from 1730, which stands in Baruth/Mark. The two sites point to different aspects of the town’s history: the church to its architectural history, and the column to the history of post mileage columns. Baruth Old Palace is one of the town’s best-known sights and event venues. Together, these destinations offer different starting points for a cultural stay, without requiring you to limit your trip to a single building.

The Baruth Town Museum also has its own focus: it presents exhibits on the history of crafts, administration and education. If you are travelling with children, these topics can provide an opportunity to talk about how work, administration and education have developed. The Klasdorf heritage railway station offers another perspective on history, regularly hosting music concerts. This gives you a choice between a museum visit, historic buildings and music as cultural interests during your stay.

The palace park in Baruth/Mark was laid out in the English style in 1838, based on plans by Peter Joseph Lenné. This makes the park distinct in theme from the historic buildings and museum exhibits: here, the focus is on a designed landscape. If you would like to include both culture and green spaces in your travel plans, Baruth/Mark offers several different themes that can each be explored individually.

Countryside and trails around Baruth/Mark

The municipality of Baruth/Mark includes areas of the Baruth glacial valley and the Lower Fläming. These landscape features shape the range of excursions and make the surrounding area a focus in its own right alongside the cultural destinations. The Baruth Glacial Valley Trail starts at Baruth/Mark railway station and leads through the wide-open landscape of the Baruth glacial valley. Its route through this landscape is especially interesting for travellers who would like to combine their stay with a hike.

The Fläming–Glashütte Trail offers a different connection between nature and history. It links attractive woodland with the history of glassmaking around Glashütte in the Fläming. This gives it a different emphasis from the Baruth Glacial Valley Trail: while the latter leads through the wide-open glacial valley, the Fläming–Glashütte Trail connects woodland with a historical theme. When planning your trip, you can decide which focus better matches your interests.

Glashütte itself is a listed complex of workers’ houses and factory buildings. Together, the buildings make the history of glassmaking a focus of a visit. Johannismühle Wildlife Park is about a 500-metre walk from Klasdorf/Glashütte stop. This approximate distance may be useful when planning an excursion to the wildlife park; it refers specifically to the route from the stop, not to other destinations in the area.

Local character and travel interests

The Baruth Vineyard is also part of the area’s local character: it was newly established in 2015, continuing Brandenburg’s winemaking tradition. This adds a connection to the regional winemaking tradition to the historical and landscape themes. Together with the park, museum, buildings and trails, Baruth/Mark offers a range of reasons to visit, without any single theme having to define your trip.

When looking for a holiday apartment in Baruth/Mark, you can first consider which of these interests you would like your holiday to focus on: culture and local history, trails through the countryside or the history of Glashütte. For families, this variety offers different ways to plan shared discoveries around the interests of everyone travelling together.

Other places to discover include Ihlow, Nuthe-Urstromtal, Werben, Kemnitz, Großbeeren, Woltersdorf, Lower Fläming and Zossen.

For the broader travel overview: Teltow-Fläming.