Langen: Culture, Stüler Church and Cycle Path

When looking for a hotel in Langen, it is worth exploring the town’s different attractions: protected buildings, the “Stille Pauline” cycle path and the waterway rest area. Fehrbellin also offers cultural attractions and routes. This allows you to plan your trip around local history, cycling and activities on the water.

Culture and Protected Buildings in Langen

Stüler Church in Langen is one of the largest village churches in the state of Brandenburg. The protected churchyard ensemble comprises the village church, the churchyard portal, the churchyard wall, the cemetery chapel and the fire station. The protected site therefore includes an ensemble with several named components, not just the church building. The ensemble and the following protected buildings are listed in the Brandenburg List of Monuments dated 1 January 2026.

At Dorfstraße 17 is a protected residential building with an enclosure, described as the farm building of the former manor. The protected farmstead at Dorfstraße 28 consists of a residential building, two stable buildings, a barn and a paved courtyard. At Dorfstraße 71 is a protected rectory complex with a rectory and two farm buildings. Their different names and architectural components provide specific points of reference if you are interested in the town’s architectural history.

Cycle Path, Water and Getting Here

The former railway embankment, known as the “Stille Pauline,” is now a cycle path from Paulinenaue via Dammkrug and Langen to Neuruppin. For the most part, the route follows the former railway line. Langen is therefore part of a named connection between several towns; the route description specifies both the places along the way and the course of the route. The Langen waterway rest area offers a different kind of experience: it has a floating jetty with places to get in and out of the water right at the water’s edge.

For travel by bus, Langen has stops at Langen, Dorfstraße; Langen, Kirche; and Langen, Neubau. ORP buses within the VBB network serve them Monday to Friday. In Fehrbellin, there are connections towards Neuruppin and Kremmen. As bus services may change, check the current timetable before travelling. This allows you to factor the weekday service at these stops into your plans without assuming that buses run every day.

More Cultural Attractions and Routes in Fehrbellin

In Fehrbellin, Kurfürstenpark is a protected park. Its central feature is the monument to the Elector, which has already been extensively restored. Fehrbellin Town Church is a 41-metre-high Neo-Gothic church built to designs by Friedrich August Stüler. Thus, alongside Langen’s protected buildings, the surrounding area offers other specific cultural attractions in Fehrbellin.

Cycling routes can be distinguished by length. The 25-kilometre “Around Fehrbellin” tour starts and ends in Fehrbellin and passes the Fehrbellin church, which bears Friedrich August Stüler’s distinctive style. The 65-kilometre “History Tour” starts at the tourist information office in the town library, right next to Fehrbellin Town Hall. The “Rhinluch Loop” offers a five-kilometre detour through Fehrbellin; canoe trolleys are available at the weirs during the season. The five kilometres refer to the detour, while the two cycling tours have their own route lengths of 25 and 65 kilometres.

Specific destinations are also named for waterways in Fehrbellin: the “Rhine Tour towards Havelberg/Elbe” starts there and follows the Rhin Canal towards Havelberg. Motorboat users can reach Fehrbellin via the Old Rhin, moor at the quay, go ashore and explore the town. Fehrbellin airfield offers skydiving and a flight school. These options differ in how you travel and the routes they cover, adding more activities in the wider travel destination to the attractions of Langen.

Discover more destinations: Fehrbellin, Rüthnick, Heiligengrabe, Wusterhausen/Dosse, Temnitzquell, Gartow, Storbeck-Frankendorf, Zernitz-Lohm

See the regional travel overview: Ostprignitz-Ruppin.