Take a deep breath and immerse yourself

The richly varied landscape of the Barnim Nature Park begins at the northern gates of Berlin. For the people who live here, it represents greatly appreciated quality of life. For the citizens of Berlin it is a popular leisure area where they can go bathing in the Liepnitz Lake, stroll and study plants in the Blankenfelde Botanical Gardens, skate over the Schönower Heath and the Hobrechtsfelder leach field landscape, go paddling along the waterways Langer Trödel or Finow Canal, explore the Biesenthaler Basin by bicycle, or ramble in the woods along the banks of one of the many streams, such as the Briese or Nonnenfliess. Large amounts of nature, landscape and history are behind all of these.

Cultural landscape BARNIM

Traces of Slavic and German castles, typical villages and small medieval towns connected by old tree-lined avenues across wide meadow landscapes, impressive stone, half-timbered and brick buildings and famous waterways like the Finow Canal bear witness to the region’s history and practised craftsmanship.

Diverse landscape

The Berlin leach fields at Hobrechtsfelde and Schönerlinde – in the mid-19th century the state-of-the-art system – today represent a challenge for research and follow-up use. In the current trial and development project “Hobrechtsfelde leach field landscape ”, Germany’s largest woodland pasture project is being implemented with robust cattle and wild horses as “landscape designers”. The Heidekraut rail track (NE27) has a long tradition here. For more than 110 years now it has been carrying passengers from Berlin directly to the excursion destinations in the region.

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