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Mixdorf offers two distinct themes to explore when planning a trip: the history of its church and a nature-focused loop in the surrounding area. The church was built in 1719 and restored after extensive renovation. The Kupferhammer Lakes Loop leads through open pine forests near Mixdorf and down to Schervenzsee. If you are looking for a hotel in Mixdorf, you can choose between a historical focus in town and landscapes in the surrounding area.
Church and Epitaphs in Mixdorf
The church contains two sandstone epitaphs. The larger is for Jacobus Sandow and his wife Sabina, and the smaller for two of their granddaughters. Their material and difference in size distinguish the two memorial stones; the people named on them give each its own significance. Together with the construction date of 1719 and the subsequent extensive renovation, they offer specific points of interest if you are interested in local history when planning your trip. The construction date and restoration are two different aspects of the church’s history: the origin of the building and its later renewal.
Forest and Water in the Surrounding Area
The Kupferhammer Lakes Loop offers a different perspective. In the area near Mixdorf, it leads through open pine forests and down to Schervenzsee. There, a small ravine lined with blueberry bushes opens onto the shore beneath old oak trees. The forest, ravine, and shore form a sequence of distinct landscape impressions along the described loop. If you are weighing nature against local history when planning your trip, the church and the nearby lakes loop offer clearly different themes.
Getting There in the Wider Region
The Kupferhammer stop can be reached in the wider region from April to October on weekends and public holidays using excursion route A400. The stated connection runs from Jacobsdorf station on the RE1 via MĂĽllrose. As the service is seasonal and limited to weekends and public holidays, check current service before travelling. This information may be important for your schedule if you plan to include the Kupferhammer stop in your trip.
More Places to Explore in the Wider Oder-Spree Destination
The wider Oder-Spree destination also includes individual places with different focal points. In Bad Saarow, the Lesser Promenade runs for about 1.5 kilometres along the lakeshore from the spa gardens to Fontane Park. ScharmĂĽtzelsee covers about 1,200 hectares and is around 30 metres deep. Its clear water, with visibility of up to four metres, draws anglers, divers, sailors, and swimmers to the region. A specific stretch of shoreline and a range of water-related activities thus offer different ideas for planning a trip.
In Neuzelle, the five-hectare Baroque garden was restored according to original plans from the 1758 abbey atlas. Baroque paths, water features, and terraces define its design. Seating by the monastery pond in the resort town of Neuzelle offers views of the monastery complex. The Neuzelle Straw House offers insights into the lives of the monastery’s servants at the time; the monastery brewery is the last operating monastery brewery in Brandenburg. The garden, pond, museum, and brewery each represent a different aspect of Neuzelle’s cultural and historical heritage.
Other historical points of interest are spread across the region. The listed ensemble of Beeskow Castle brings together buildings dating from 1250 to 1550 and features a 30-metre-high keep with an observation platform. Since the 1990s, the castle has also hosted theatre performances, concerts, and festivals; check the relevant dates when making specific event plans. Storkow Castle is a Streleburg more than 800 years old. In Fürstenwalde, the museum features an exhibition on the region’s prehistory and early history and houses one of Europe’s largest collections of erratic boulders. Eisenhüttenstadt, meanwhile, was designed as the GDR’s first socialist city and is now Germany’s largest contiguous heritage site. These places offer their own distinctive highlights within the wider Oder-Spree destination.
Discover more destinations: Tauche, Siehdichum, Rietz-Neuendorf, Eisenhüttenstadt, Diensdorf-Radlow, Friedland, Schöneiche Bei Berlin, Madlitz-Wilmersdorf
Go to the overview of the wider destination: Oder-Spree.
