Rehfelde: Song Trails, Nature Paths and Local History

Rehfelde combines local history with trails exploring folk songs and nature. You can plan your stay around a range of interests: the local history museum focuses on the town’s past, while the Song Trail and nature paths offer other highlights. When looking for accommodation, consider which of these topics interests you most as a starting point.

Local History and Folk Songs

The Rehfelde Local History Museum presents the history of Rehfelde in a permanent exhibition and a small local history archive. Its exhibits cover topics including rural life, industry, crafts and commerce, as well as schools, the Ostbahn railway and the fire brigade. The municipal chronicles can also be consulted there. The exhibition and archive focus on different aspects of local history; the chronicles complement the collection by offering a way to explore the town’s development.

The Rehfelde–Werder–Zinndorf Song Trail offers a different way to explore the area. Along its 15-kilometre network of paths, granite blocks, black locust trunks and fieldstones display signs featuring 36 German and nine Polish folk songs. The different materials and signs make the trail’s musical theme clear. A 10-kilometre section of the Song Trail runs from Rehfelde through Werder, Zinndorf and the Zinndorf fields, then back to Rehfelde. The figures refer to different things: 15 kilometres describes the network of paths, while 10 kilometres refers to a specific route. When planning, you can distinguish between the larger network and this described loop, rather than treating the two distances as equivalent route lengths.

Nature Trails with Different Focuses

The nature trail is a loop starting at Rehfelde Primary School. Along its birch-lined path, hikers can learn more from large information boards about local songbirds, the red wood ant, beetles, and natural and artificial caves. The boards therefore cover both animals and types of caves. The Nature and Adventure Loop offers a different focus: it passes through Rehfelder Heide and by Zimmersee, runs across the grounds of the Rehfelde settlement, and connects nature and culture. This brings two distinct themes together: the nature information along the educational trail and the landscape-and-culture link of the loop.

If you are mainly interested in nature, these paths may shape your choice of outings; the local history museum offers a different focus for those interested in the town’s past. The Rehfelde Tourism Pavilion provides information about walks on the municipality’s circular routes, in Märkische Schweiz and the surrounding area. Check the pavilion’s current operating details before your trip if you plan to use its information.

Exploring Märkisch-Oderland

The wider destination of Märkisch-Oderland offers additional cultural and activity-related attractions. The Brecht-Weigel-Haus in Buckow has been a museum since 1977. The literature museum hosts readings, concerts, talks, discussions, films, exhibitions and special guided tours throughout the year; individual offerings vary. These museum and event offerings provide a distinct cultural highlight within the wider destination, separate from the collections and trails described in Rehfelde.

The Sparkassen Ski Arena in Bad Freienwalde offers a different kind of activity. All its ski jumps can be used in summer and winter; special mats and all-weather in-runs make year-round ski jumping possible. Access may vary depending on operating conditions. These regional cultural and activity offerings complement the picture of Märkisch-Oderland, while the local history museum, Song Trail and nature paths are the features described for Rehfelde.

Discover more destinations: Reichenberg, Vierlinden, Letschin, Wulkow bei Booßen, Bad Freienwalde, Neutrebbin, Treplin, Bleyen-Genschmar.

Go to the wider travel overview: Märkisch-Oderland.