Alt Zachun: Club Life and Traditional Crafts

Alt Zachun brings together club life and traditional crafts as distinct themes for a stay. Another point of interest nearby is the location of the Zachun water-ski lift.

Club Life and Anniversary in Alt Zachun

The SV Traktor Zachun Nordic walking group meets by arrangement; Alt Zachun is its playing and training ground. The group brings a physical-activity dimension to club life, while the anniversary marks a specific historical occasion.

On September 27, 2025, the SV Traktor Zachun sports club celebrated its 100th anniversary in Alt Zachun; the volunteer fire department also marked its 90th anniversary. The sports club’s celebration included a children’s disco, face painting, and bouncy castles. The fire department organized a firefighting competition for the occasion, with fellow fire departments taking part. This brought two local institutions, each marking its own anniversary, together on the same date.

Traditional Crafts in the KunstOffen Program

In the 2026 KunstOffen program, handcrafted felt items were presented at Filz & Friends in Alt Zachun. Glass-button jewelry was also shown there. Feltwork and button jewelry highlight different materials used in traditional crafts.

Zachun Water-Ski Lift Nearby

Near Alt Zachun, the Zachun water-ski lift site offers a swimming beach with a sunbathing lawn, a children’s playground, a self-service restaurant, and a campground. Check the latest operating details before you travel.

More Culture and Nature Themes in Ludwigslust-Parchim

The wider destination of Ludwigslust-Parchim offers other distinct cultural and nature themes. Ludwigslust Palace was the former residence of the Mecklenburg dukes and, together with its park and town, forms an ensemble described as the “Little Versailles of the North.” The palace is also the focal point of an almost completely preserved late-Baroque town layout, with a former court church and an English-style landscape park. The palace presents art and courtly domestic culture from the 18th and early 19th centuries.

In Dömitz, the museum in the fortress covers the history of the fortress and town, the history of the Elbe, harbor, and bridges, Fritz Reuter, and special and art exhibitions. Dömitz Citadel is a Renaissance fortress laid out on the Italian model in the shape of a pentagon, with bastions, casemates, and a drawbridge. The themes of courtly art and a late-Baroque town layout in Ludwigslust thus differ from the fortress and town history and Renaissance fortification architecture of Dömitz.

Guided tours at Zarrentin Monastery cover the history of the former Cistercian convent, the nuns’ lives, and the building’s architecture. The ground floor houses a permanent exhibition about the monastery. Check tour times and access before your visit.

Landscape is also part of the wider destination of Ludwigslust-Parchim: the calcareous fen near Zarrentin is part of the Schaalelauf Nature Reserve. You can explore the fen from the nature trail.

Discover more destinations: Strohkirchen, Kirch Jesar, Gammelin, Moraas, Pätow-Steegen, Belsch, Bresegard Bei Picher, Redefin

To the wider travel overview: Amt Hagenow-Land.