The best hikes from bus stations around Gutssee

Viewing possible in April-September Wed, Sat, Sun from 11 am

The Prieros fire station stood empty during the war before the school used it as a milk house until shortly before the fall of the Berlin Wall, where the children received their daily milk. The Prieros 1926 Fire Brigade Association, founded in 1995, renovated the building and has since maintained the small fire brigade museum “Fire Station anno 1926” at its historic location. The museum houses the Prieros fire brigade's first fire engine, which is still operational.

The local history museum in Prieros is a half-timbered house over 250 years old, located directly on the village green. It houses an exhibition on rural life and culture, as well as local history. The centerpiece is the "black kitchen" with its imposing chimney. Art enthusiasts can also learn about the painter Max Lingner, who lived in a summer house in Prieros during the last years of his life. In the early 1950s, the house had become dilapidated and was slated for demolition. Thanks to the initiative of Arnold Breithor (1883-1955), a Berlin bank official who had worked as a chronicler in the village during the 1920s, the plans were averted. Together with the village schoolteacher Heinz Schulz, the archaeologist Karl Hohmann, and other community representatives, including Rudolf Noack, he campaigned for the preservation of the house. In the early 1950s, the building was placed under historical monument protection. The museum was officially opened on August 14, 1955. Since then, the building has been used as a local history museum. Source, among others: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fachwerkwohnhaus_(Prieros)

Paved bike path. Double lane

Hidden rest area

The over 250-year-old historic half-timbered house's permanent exhibition showcases the rural lifestyle and local history of Prieros. The museum also displays archaeological finds from the Stone and Bronze Ages, as well as objects from the region's everyday culture. It also introduces visitors to historical working methods and craft techniques. The Dahme-Heideseen Nature Park is also featured in the exhibition. Opening hours and admission: www.heimatverein-prieros.de

A beautiful, wide view over the huge forest area to Tropical Islands, a good covered rest area, but only accessible by mountain bike or gravel bike, and even that is borderline 😬

Streganz is a typical circular village with preserved fieldstone buildings and an old tree population on the village green. Archaeological finds show that Streganz was founded around 1100 at the earliest. There was a Bronze Age settlement, but after that the Streganz area was uninhabited for more than a thousand years. The first settlers were a family called Stregan, after whom the place was named. The descendants' names changed over the next few centuries to Strenga and then to Strenge. The core of the settlement was the village meadow with the farms that were under the jurisdiction of the Storkow office. In 1514, a manor was added as a fief, which was managed by farmers and cottagers who lived on the village street. A manor house was not built until 1745. The inhabitants of the village were under the jurisdiction of their respective lords, i.e. the Storkow office or the lord of the manor. It was only after 1811 that the residents were able to purchase the farms as property in exchange for a cash payment. The purchase price was usually ten times the value of the annual dues to the employer. In 1840, almost all of the buildings in the village were made of timber-framed wood, including the old manor house. Only on the Lehnschulzenhof, Dorfaue 20, were there two stone buildings. The Lehnschulze was the "mayor" of the Storkow district. After one of the Silesian Wars between 1740 and 1763, a peace oak was planted on the Dorfaue, today an impressive tree in good condition. The layout of the individual plots on the Dorfaue and Dorfstraße has been preserved over the centuries, only the buildings have been gradually renovated. Streganz has changed very little to this day.