Gubkow between Hofsee Lake and manor history

Gubkow brings together water, creative activities, and manor history in one place: Hofsee Lake is a swimming lake, and a workshop offers year-round workshops. The former manor house is located by the lake; the park of the former manor estate is a protected heritage site. If you’re looking for a holiday apartment in Gubkow, you can start by considering whether swimming, making things yourself, or local history should shape your stay the most.

Hofsee Lake: bathing area with reeds and a sandy bottom

From the road, you can reach the bathing area by crossing a large meadow with a gentle slope. A belt of reeds surrounds Hofsee Lake, and tall trees line its shores. The bottom in the bathing area is sandy; free parking is available nearby. For the 2022 to 2025 assessment period, the bathing water quality was rated excellent.

When planning, distinguish between the access route and the bathing area: the gently sloping meadow is part of the access route to the bathing area, while the sandy bottom is in the bathing area itself. The quality rating applies to 2022 to 2025; if a current rating is important to you, check it before your trip.

Hands-on creative workshops

The “Ceramics, Glass Fusing, Basket Weaving” workshop offers year-round workshops in pottery, glass fusing, and basket weaving. Visitors can try their hand at making ceramics, weaving baskets, and fusing glass. This provides a practical activity alongside time by the water: the workshop is all about creating things yourself. Even though workshops are offered year-round, check specific dates and access arrangements with the organizer before you travel.

Manor house and protected park

The former Gubkow manor house is located by Hofsee Lake and is privately owned. The park of the former manor estate by Hofsee Lake is a protected heritage site. The house and park offer different aspects of local history: the manor house is former and privately owned, while the park, as part of the manor estate, is protected. This brings the area’s former manor history into view alongside its bathing lake.

Culture and trails in the wider Sanitz destination

The wider Sanitz destination adds its own cultural and landscape highlights. Sanitz Village Church was built in the 13th century and is a substantial fieldstone building with a half-timbered tower. Its altar features paintings by Rudolph Suhrlandt dating from around 1800. The Old Forge in Sanitz tells a different architectural story: it was first mentioned in documents in 1798 and is a late-Baroque oak half-timbered building. The courtyard of the Old Forge is a protected heritage site; direct visits are not possible because the building is on private property. The church and forge thus showcase different building styles and historical periods.

The Kleine Waldrunde Sanitz hiking trail is also part of the wider Sanitz destination. It leads north from the old village in Sanitz through a woodland area along sandy clearings. This landscape trail offers a different focus from Hofsee Lake in Gubkow: here the route runs through the forest, while there the bathing lake takes center stage.

Discover more destinations: Amt Bad Doberan-Land, Kowalz, Amt Neubukow-Salzhaff, Gehlsdorf, Reppelin, Lütten Klein, Amt Krakow Am See, Amt Tessin.

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