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Border Tour

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Border Tour

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Border Tour

02:36

43.7km

80m

Cycling

Your 44-kilometer journey along the former inner-German border begins at the Priestskate, built in 1649. The oldest agricultural building in the Duchy of Lauenburg is now home to a cultural center with an exhibition on the former inner-German border. You start towards the south and get to Schwanheide.

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by Herzogtum Lauenburg

Last updated: June 3, 2024

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Priesterkate Büchen & Café at the Priesterkate

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The priest's cottage was built in 1649 and was used as a parsonage for a time. Today, events and exhibitions (permanent exhibition about the former inner-German border) take place in …

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Info Portal of the Former Inner German Border (Holstein–Mecklenburg)

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Very interesting historical place. The associated dark past should not be forgotten. It's good that this is remembered here.

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14.1 km

Open-Air Border Museum Tor 21 – Leisterförde

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Interesting and informative little open-air museum located right on the street. You pass it straight away and should take a little time to refresh the faded memories.

Many years have …

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43.7 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.4 km

17.9 km

6.13 km

1.34 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

29.9 km

8.05 km

2.43 km

1.80 km

1.37 km

114 m

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Weather

Tuesday 30 June

23°C

16°C

77 %

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January 24, 2023,Grenztour ab Büchen an der Kirche

A small round on the former border of the GDR.
With a great tour of an open-air museum...
There are always information points along the way.
There you have the possibility to call up a website via QR code.
A taped announcement is started there, telling how it went at the time or what happened....It's not long, but it's still …

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March 26, 2023,Grenztour

Along the former inner-German border.
In between there are always information boards.

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February 23, 2024

Your 44-kilometer journey along the former inner-German border begins at the Priestskate, built in 1649. The oldest agricultural building in the Duchy of Lauenburg is now home to a cultural center with an exhibition on the former inner-German border. You start towards the south and get to Schwanheide

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Priesterkate Büchen & Café at the Priesterkate

Info Portal of the Former Inner German Border (Holstein–Mecklenburg)

Open-Air Border Museum Tor 21 – Leisterförde

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