Schorssow
Accommodation in Schorssow
The Haussee makes Schorssow a destination for anyone planning a trip that combines water, scenery and outdoor activity. It lies in the village of Schorssow, near Lake Malchin in the Rostock district. A dense fringe of trees surrounds the Haussee, with exceptions at the bathing area and on the castle grounds. There is also a circular walking trail along the western shore and cycling routes through the Mecklenburg Switzerland. This offers different ways to plan your holiday without letting any one experience define the village.
Der Malchiner See bei Bülow veranschaulicht die von Seen, Wiesen und welliger Landschaft geprägte Umgebung von Schorssow.
Photo: Jan-Herm Janßen via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
The Haussee and the castle grounds
The Haussee in Schorssow is part of the “Mecklenburger Seenlandschaft” Nature Park and the “Wald- und Kleingewässerlandschaft südlich von Teterow” Special Area of Conservation (SAC). These two designations apply to the landscape around the lake. Its fringe of trees is dense but not continuous: the bathing area and the castle grounds are the exceptions noted above. If you are interested in the lakeshore landscape, you can take this contrast between the tree-lined shore and the two differently shaped areas into account as you explore the village.
Schorssow Lake Castle is situated directly on the Haussee, within an English-style landscape park. The castle, park and lake are therefore closely connected; the fringe of trees, by contrast, describes the other parts of the shore, with the exceptions noted above. These differences give the village several distinctive points of interest: the lake, its vegetation and the castle grounds. A thatched fishing cottage is also listed as a sight in Schorssow.
Walking and cycling
The Haussee circular walking trail follows the western shore of the lake and is marked with a green dot. Its route can therefore be identified by the side of the lake it follows and by its trail marker. No distance is specified for this circular route; its distinguishing feature in the description of the village is that it runs along the western shore. For your holiday planning, you can consider it a walking option in its own right, without equating it with the longer cycling tours in the surrounding region.
Numerous cycling routes through the Mecklenburg Switzerland start right in front of Schorssow Lake Castle. Further afield in the region is the Kleine Schlössertour (Small Castle Tour): the circular route is about 25 kilometres long and takes in castles, avenues and villages. The roughly 33-kilometre cycling tour “Rund um den Malchiner See” (Around Lake Malchin) also runs in the region. It passes through the Ice Age-shaped landscape of the Mecklenburg Switzerland and by picturesque churches and old avenue roads. The routes and distances distinguish these regional tours from the walking trail along the western shore of the Haussee.
Cultural and local discoveries
On 18 July 2026, the Hausseefestspiele presented the seventh instalment of the Ruinensaga on the lakeside stage by the Haussee in Schorssow: the open-air medieval drama “Das verhängnisvolle Zeichen” (“The Fateful Sign”). This date refers to this specific programme in 2026. The thatched fishing cottage is also listed as a local sight. Together, these examples show different sides of Schorssow: a dated cultural event by the lake and a named building that stands out for its distinctive roofing.
If you are looking for a holiday apartment in Schorssow, you can choose the village based on whether you want your holiday to focus on the Haussee and its western-shore circular trail, the cycling routes in front of the lake castle, or longer tours through the Mecklenburg Switzerland. The regional cycling routes offer a different focus from the immediate landscape around the Haussee: the Kleine Schlössertour centres on castles, avenues and villages, while the Lake Malchin tour focuses on the Ice Age-shaped landscape, churches and old avenue roads.
More places to explore as you plan your trip: Thürkow, Warnkenhagen, Lelkendorf, Sukow-Levitzow, Schwasdorf, Dalkendorf, Groß Wüstenfelde and Groß Wokern.
For the broader travel overview: Amt Mecklenburgische Schweiz.
