Discover Fürstensee: Trails, lake and history

Cycling and hiking trails lead through Fürstensee directly into Müritz National Park and Feldberger Seenlandschaft Nature Park. The Großer Fürstenseer See and the historic traces in the village add the area’s own landscape and local history to this natural setting. This lets you choose a focus for your trip: active days, the protected-area landscape or the history of Fürstensee.

Trails through two protected areas

Trails lead through Fürstensee directly into two named protected areas. There is also an official entrance area in the village to the Serrahn sub-area of Müritz National Park. These are two distinct points of reference: the trails lead into both Müritz National Park and Feldberger Seenlandschaft Nature Park, while the entrance area marks the Serrahn section of the national park. If hiking or cycling is important to your trip, you can take these connections into account when choosing where to stay.

Großer Fürstenseer See and woodland landscape

The Großer Fürstenseer See covers 228 hectares. Apart from the village of Fürstensee, it is completely surrounded by forest. To the north, the lake borders the UNESCO World Natural Heritage site “Ancient Beech Forests around Serrahn.” The water, the surrounding forest and the named boundary with the World Heritage site describe different aspects of this landscape. When choosing where to stay, you can weigh up whether the lake and its woodland surroundings or the trails into the protected areas are more important to you.

Water activities and protected-area zones

There is a clear rule for the Großer Fürstenseer See: only muscle-powered boats may be used on it. Bear this restriction in mind when planning activities on the water.

The protected-area zones are also specified for particular areas. The National Park Authority’s management plan of 1 October 2018 assigns the areas around the Großer Fürstenseer See to the process protection area of Protection Zone III. The plan assigns the area at the Zwirnsee to Protection Zone I, the core zone. These two statements concern different named areas.

Historic traces in Fürstensee

Fürstensee has been an independent parish with a priest since 1287. The former cemetery contains numerous wrought-iron crosses dating from 1822 to 1898. This brings together a long ecclesiastical history and a specific, historically dated part of the former cemetery. Those interested in local history can explore both the development of the parish and the surviving crosses.

Further perspectives in the wider Neustrelitz destination

The wider destination of Neustrelitz adds an urban and cultural perspective of its own. Neustrelitz was founded in 1733 as a late Baroque planned town. Its Baroque layout radiates from a square market square, with eight streets branching out in a star shape. The Neustrelitz Palace Gardens are a landscape garden with romantically landscaped paths, sculptures and fountains.

Neustrelitz Palace Church is open from May to October and provides space for exhibitions, concerts and readings. The permanent exhibition at the museum in Neustrelitz presents 300 years of the history of the state of Mecklenburg-Strelitz. These topics belong to the wider destination of Neustrelitz, not to the local features of Fürstensee.

Choose the right focus when selecting accommodation

When looking for a place to stay, it helps to first decide on your preferred focus: Fürstensee’s trails, lake and local history, or the urban cultural attractions in the wider destination of Neustrelitz. Then base your choice on the actual location of each accommodation and the experiences you have planned.

To the wider travel overview: Neustrelitz.