The 52 km long route of the Manor House Circular Trail around Lake Krakow is the 4th stage of the Mecklenburg Manor House Circular Trail of the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Tourist Board. The individual manor houses are unique in their appearance. The stylish ambience offers the ideal setting for a dream vacation. At Hoppenrade, our part of the manor house circular trail joins the manor house circular trail of the tourism association, which leads via Güstrow northwest towards Schwaan and northeast towards Laage.
The mainly well-maintained circular route leads past numerous manor houses, manor houses and castles that are well worth seeing. These include, for example, Alt Sammit Castle, which now offers comfortable vacation apartments, and Charlottenthal Castle, which used to be home to the Steakhouse Brasil but was destroyed by a fire in 2016. In total, you can see ten manor houses, manor houses and castles on the circular route. Most of them are now used for tourism. Also worth seeing is the historic Kuchelmiß watermill, which the circular route also passes.
Route:
We recommend starting in Krakow am See. You can park your car free of charge and for an unlimited time at Burgplatz. The name "Burgplatz" is a reminder of the former castle that was located here in the Middle Ages, when the town belonged to the Principality of Werle - Güstrow and was even a meeting place for the princes of Mecklenburg. Unfortunately, there are no remains of the castle today.
For the route, we turn left at the lakeside promenade and cycle along the Berlin-Copenhagen long-distance cycle path (280 km to Berlin, 335 km to Copenhagen) along the shore of Lake Krakow towards the Jörnberg peninsula and the newly landscaped spa forest, where the observation tower can be seen from afar. We follow the long-distance cycle path via Möwenweg and Güstrow Chaussee. At Blechernkrug, we switch to the left-hand side of the road and cycle along the cycle path next to the L 37 to Charlottenthal. The Tudor-style castle, which is clearly visible from afar, was destroyed down to its foundations by a fire in 2016. Continue along the cycle path to Groß Grabow, where a beautiful manor house can only be viewed from the outside. An old avenue leads from Groß Grabow to Klein Grabow. The renovation of the manor house is not yet complete. The hall can currently be hired for individual celebrations.
From Klein Grabow we drive to Lüdershagen. If we want to visit the manor house in Hoppenrade, we follow the signs for the detour there. Alternatively, we can continue straight on along the cycle path via Kölln and Koppelow towards Kuchelmiß. There is a small manor house in Koppelow. An old burial chapel is also worth seeing here. From Koppelow to Kuchelmiß, continue along the cycle path. As soon as you reach the road, turn right onto it. After about 100 m, we cross the road to the left at the sign for the historic watermill. The old Kuchelmiß watermill dating back to 1558 is well worth a visit. It houses a technical museum. There is also a restored barn with a snack bar on the site. We cycle past the old Kuchelmiß manor house by the carp pond, leaving the cycle path near the stone bridge and cycling through the former castle park.
We then continue through the wild and romantic Nebeldurchbruch valley and then left through Serrahn on the cycle path to Zietlitz. There is a country hotel with a restaurant along the way. From Zietlitz, we cycle along a road lined with old plum trees to the road that leads from Linstow to Krakow am See. Here we turn right and follow the Berlin - Copenhagen long-distance cycle path for a short distance until the junction to Dobbin. After crossing the road, we can already see the entrance to the village of Dobbin at the end of the "tunnel" of a beautiful old chestnut avenue. In Dobbin, a memorial stone commemorates Juliana, whose mother was the Dutch Queen Wilhelmina. She married Prince Henry of Mecklenburg and was given the estate in Dobbin as a wedding present in 1901. Princess Juliana often spent her vacations here. She is the mother of today's Queen Beatrix. Unfortunately, the castle no longer exists. But the stables, knight's house and cavalier's house still bear witness to this important time.
The cycle path continues to Glave, a forest village with a manor house directly on the Obersee. We then cycle along the Obersee for a while with a beautiful view of the paddocks and then cross the B103. The route continues through the forest via the "Grüner Jäger" landmark northwards to Neu Sammit. Between the railroad embankment and "Grüner Jäger", the forest path is sandy for 1.7 km and more difficult to cycle. From Neu Sammit, the cycle path leads along the Langsee lake through the Sammiter Tannen firs to Alt Sammit.
From Alt Sammit, we take the Berlin - Copenhagen long-distance cycle path directly to Krakow am See. Here you should take time to visit the local sights such as the observation tower, the Old Synagogue, the town church and the printing museum with its show workshop.
