Discover Fehrbellin

Fehrbellin offers a variety of reasons to stay: the “Around Fehrbellin” cycling tour adds an active element, the Rhin Tour follows the Rhin Canal, and at the Bollwerk, motorboat users can come ashore and continue with a stroll around town. The Electors’ Park and the town church add distinctive architectural history to these options.

Cycling and water routes

The 25-kilometre “Around Fehrbellin” cycling tour starts and ends in Fehrbellin. Along the route, cyclists pass the Fehrbellin church. Another route, 65 kilometres long, is called the “History Tour” and starts at the tourist information office in the town library, right next to the town hall. One tour starts and finishes in town; the other has its starting point at the tourist information office.

The “Rhin Tour towards Havelberg/Elbe” starts in Fehrbellin and follows the Rhin Canal towards Havelberg. Motorboat users can approach Fehrbellin via the Old Rhin, moor at the Bollwerk, come ashore and continue with a stroll around town. The “Rhinluch Loop” offers a five-kilometre detour through Fehrbellin; during the season, canoe trolleys are available at the weirs. Alongside the water tours, there are also ways to combine a stay with a stroll around town.

Park and architectural history

The Electors’ Park is a protected historic park. At its centre is the monument to the Elector, which has already been extensively restored. It provides a historic point of reference when exploring the town.

Fehrbellin town church is 41 metres high and Neo-Gothic in style. It was built to plans by Friedrich August Stüler and bears the hallmark of the royal Prussian architect. Cyclists also encounter this building on the “Around Fehrbellin” tour.

At Fehrbellin airfield, you can go skydiving and attend a flight school. Alongside routes and historic buildings, aviation activities are another option to consider when planning your stay.

In the wider destination of Ostprignitz-Ruppin

Ostprignitz-Ruppin is characterised by its rural landscape, expanses and tranquillity, green beech and pine forests, meadows, shady avenues, and numerous lakes and rivers. The Kyritz-Ruppiner Heide covers 12,000 hectares in Ostprignitz-Ruppin. Since 2021, it has been part of Stechlin-Ruppiner Land Nature Park and is one of Europe’s largest contiguous areas of Calluna heathland. The heath provides a habitat for numerous protected and endangered animal species, including more than 70 bird species; wolves have also lived here since 2008. The 15-metre-high heath tower on Heinz Sielmann Hill offers sweeping views over the varied landscape of Ostprignitz-Ruppin. Stechlin-Ruppiner Land Nature Park lies partly within Ostprignitz-Ruppin and invites visitors to go hiking and cycling.

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