Klocksin: Lakes, Trails and Manor House Park
Accommodation in Klocksin
Lakes, cycling trails and a manor house park shape the ways to explore Klocksin. The Klocksin Lake District covers about 20 km² and was formed during the last Ice Age in a meltwater channel of the northern terminal moraine. If you like to include water in your holiday, you’ll find a waterway for paddlers here; if you prefer cycling, you can explore the “Around the Klocksin Lakes” route. There is also a lake designated for swimming, a park that leads right down to the water, and a stargazing spot with a wide-open horizon.
Lake scenery on the water and on land
Flacher See, Tiefsee, Hofsee and Bergsee together form the paddling waterway in the Klocksin Lake District. The four lakes provide a clear route for an excursion on the water: when planning your trip, you can focus on the lake scenery and paddling. Flachsee near Klocksin is also designated for swimming. This gives you two distinct water-based options—the paddling waterway and the designated swimming lake—without needing to combine them into a single outing.
You can also explore a natural highlight on foot: the manor house park in Klocksin leads right down to the lake. In summer, you can admire extensive stands of yellow alant, a member of the daisy family, in the park. The park combines a path down to the water with a striking seasonal display of plants. If you’re looking for a holiday apartment, this contrast may be a useful point of reference if you’re choosing Klocksin mainly for its lakes and landscape.
Cycling around the Klocksin Lakes
The “Around the Klocksin Lakes” cycling tour starts in the centre of Klocksin and follows a chestnut avenue to the Klocksin estate. It then continues through the Klocksin Lake District to Blücherhof Castle and through the Schwinzer Heide woodland. These sections make the tour a way to discover lake scenery, an avenue, an estate, a castle and woodland on a single bike ride. There is a covered rest area along the route with an information board about the Ice Age. It explains that the Klocksin Lake District formed around 15,000 years ago.
The Ice Age Route also passes the stork’s nest in Klocksin. If you’re interested in how the landscape formed, this provides another named Ice Age landmark alongside the cycling route. The rest area and information board along the cycling tour offer a specific place to stop and learn about the formation of the lake district. There is a sundial at the stargazing spot in Klocksin; the site also offers an especially wide horizon across the fields. The trails bring together a variety of things to discover: the history of the landscape, a distinctive waymark and views across the fields.
Park and culture in Blücherhof
The associated municipality is home to the Blücherhof estate, with its dendrological park, which features more than 100 tree species. The park was laid out between 1900 and 1906 and covers eight hectares. Its size and variety of tree species give a visit a specific botanical focus. In Blücherhof, “Blücherhofer Truhe” offers mainly Low German programmes in the ballroom, often combined with guided tours of the park. If you’d like to include regional language and culture in your trip as well as nature, you can take these offerings into account when choosing places to visit. The dendrological garden in Blücherhof is intended to remain open to the public.
When choosing your holiday apartment, you can consider whether you’d rather plan your outings around the lake scenery or around the park and culture in Blücherhof. This lets you choose a focus that suits your interests as you plan your trip.
Discover more local pages here: Dratow-Schloen, Moltzow, Neu Gaarz, Torgelow Am See, Kargow, Peenehagen, Hohen Wangelin and Vollrathsruhe.
For the wider travel overview: Amt Seenlandschaft Waren.
