Storkow (Mark): Old Town, Castle and Countryside
Accommodation in Storkow
Storkow (Mark) combines historic townscapes with trails through a landscape of meadows, lakes and wetlands. This offers a range of ways to explore: you can delve into the town’s history or make nature and hiking routes the focus of your trip.
Old Town and Architectural History
The historic centre includes the old town, the market square and the adjoining lanes. Storkow’s St. Mary’s Church dates back to the 14th century; its tower is 36 metres high. Together, these places provide tangible points of reference for the town’s history, which can be explored on foot and from different perspectives.
Storkow Castle is also part of the town’s historical story. A guided tour provides information about the castle’s more than 800-year history. A historical town tour takes visitors through the history of Storkow (Mark). This means that both the castle and the town itself are historical subjects to explore during a visit.
Hiking Routes with Different Highlights
The 8.5-kilometre Salzweg starts at Storkow Castle, passes through the Luchwiesen meadows near Philadelphia to GroĂź Schauen, then returns to the castle via the Marstall and Burgwiesen meadows. The route links several named landscapes with a clear starting point and destination. At the Marstallwiesen meadows, an observation tower offers views over the lowland landscape of the salt springs and Lake Schaplowsee.
Another tour leads from Storkow to the Waltersberge inland dune: the seven-kilometre “Circular Hike to the Waltersberge Inland Dune” takes in one of Germany’s largest inland dunes. The two routes differ in length and in their stated destinations. If you are comparing the routes for your day’s plans, you should also check the route details for the inland dune with the provider in advance.
Lake Landscapes and Nature
The Köllnitz nature estate is in the district of Groß Schauen. It features an exhibition by the Heinz Sielmann Foundation about water, air and the world in between. This theme offers a different way to experience the landscape: rather than a hiking route, the focus here is on the connection between the elements.
In Selchow, the Sielmann observation tower offers views over the expansive lakes of the Sielmann “Groß Schauener Seen” Nature Landscape and their almost continuous fringe of land reclaimed from the water. This includes reed beds, swamp forests, bogs and wet grasslands. The tower is closed to the public. The landscape therefore remains an important part of planning your trip, even though this viewpoint is currently not open for public use.
Keep Your Trip in Mind When Choosing Accommodation
When choosing accommodation, it can be helpful to first decide what you want to focus on during your trip: are you most interested in the old town, church and castle, or would you rather give greater weight to the trails and nature? Storkow (Mark) offers reasons to include both in your plans. Compare accommodation options based on which location suits your own plans.
More Highlights in the Wider Oder-Spree Destination
The wider Oder-Spree destination also offers other landscapes and attractions. In Bad Saarow, the Lesser Promenade runs for about 1.5 kilometres along the lakeshore, from the spa gardens to Fontane Park. Lake Scharmützelsee covers about 1,200 hectares and is around 30 metres deep. Its clear water, with visibility of up to four metres, attracts anglers, divers, sailors and swimmers to the region. These examples complement Storkow’s highlights with a distinctly regional perspective on lakeside paths and water-based experiences.
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