Discover Lemgow
Accommodation in Lemgow
Wide-open countryside, distinctive Rundling villages and cycling tours with destinations on both sides of the state border give Lemgow its special character. If you are looking for a holiday apartment here, you can plan your trip around whether village culture, churches or a longer bike ride is your main focus. The landscape stretches east of Lüchow along the low-lying Landgraben area.
The church "Hohe Kirche" in the landscape "Lemgow"
Photo: Christian Fischer via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Landscape and villages in Lemgow
Many of the twelve villages in the municipality of Lemgow can still be recognised as Rundling villages. This village layout is a distinctive feature of the local landscape and offers a focus for a stay that goes beyond cycling. If you are interested in the villages, you can explore them as cultural attractions alongside the churches and the surrounding scenery.
Individual buildings also offer different glimpses into history. The Hohe Kirche Lemgow dates back to an original church building that is said to have been erected around 1300; its tower dates from 1450. In Schweskau stands St. Anthony’s Chapel, a fieldstone chapel with a Neo-Gothic tower from 1895. The municipality’s cultural heritage thus encompasses both a long history of church-building and a specific, more recent construction date.
Cycling tours with different highlights
The Lemgow–Arendsee Tour is 41 km long and connects the Lemgow countryside with the Altmark region in Saxony-Anhalt. The suggested route starts in Schweskau, passes through the villages and crosses the state border to Schrampe. The Hohe Kirche, standing amid the fields of Lemgow, marks the end of the tour. This makes it possible to plan a ride that combines villages, countryside and a border crossing in one tour.
Another option is a cycling tour of around 44 km through Lemgow’s gently rolling countryside. It takes you to churches, artists and rare animals. The two routes differ in length and in their stated highlights: the Lemgow–Arendsee Tour also focuses on the connection to the Altmark and the route to Schrampe, while the approximately 44 km tour lists churches, art and rare animals as destinations. Take the stated distance into account when planning your day.
The Green Belt in the south
In the south of Lemgow, the Green Belt runs directly along the former inner-German border. It is considered a refuge for endangered plant and animal species, including the natterjack toad. If you are interested in nature and the history of the border region, this offers a different perspective from the Rundling villages and churches. The Green Belt is specifically associated with the southern part of Lemgow; it does not define the description of the entire landscape.
When choosing a holiday apartment, you can first decide which of these aspects you want to shape your stay: the villages and churches, one of the cycling tours or the natural landscape of the Green Belt. If you want to focus on a tour, compare its stated route and destinations with the rest of your travel plans.
Discover more places
You can also explore Trebel, Zernien, Waddeweitz, Wehningen, Lübbow, Luckau, Schnega and Prezelle.
For the wider travel overview: Lüchow-Dannenberg.
