Discover Ganzlin: Wangeliner Garden and Cycle Route 9
Accommodation in Ganzlin
Ganzlin combines a visit to the Wangeliner Garden with trails to explore on foot or by bike. The show garden, seasonal guided tours and garden café offer different options for planning your day alongside a longer circular route. If you are looking for accommodation in Ganzlin, you can first decide whether garden and building-method themes or a cycling tour should shape your stay.
Show Garden, Herb Garden and Building Methods
Visitors can stroll through the show garden at the Wangeliner Garden. Guided tours are available on request during the summer season and can be booked. A specialist tour showcases clay and straw buildings and explains their sustainable construction methods. If you are particularly interested in building with these materials, this gives your garden visit a specific thematic focus. If you would like to include this tour in your plans, ask about the current booking conditions for your preferred date.
Wangelin is home to Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania’s largest herb garden, considered an attraction with recreational appeal. The Wangeliner Garden also has a garden café serving coffee and homemade cake. This can add a café break to your visit. If the café is important to your plans, check in advance whether it will be open on the day of your visit.
Cycle Route and Trails Around Ganzlin
The approximately 36 km Cycle Route 9 runs from Ganzlin through Retzow, QuaĂźlin, Wahlstorf, DarĂź, Karbow, VietlĂĽbbe, Wangelin and Gnevsdorf, returning to Ganzlin. It runs almost parallel to the MarienflieĂź nature reserve. Along the route, there are repeated opportunities to enjoy beautiful views of the Gehlsbachtal nature reserve, which is considered a feeding ground for grey herons and black storks.
You can also explore country lanes around Buchberg and through the Retzower Heide and MarienflieĂź on foot or by bike in Ganzlin. Cycle Route 9 is a named circular tour with a set route; the country lanes offer a different way to explore the areas mentioned. This gives you a choice between a longer cycling tour, trails on foot or by bike, and a visit to the show garden.
Culture in the Wider Ludwigslust-Parchim Destination
Ludwigslust Palace was the former residence of the Mecklenburg dukes. The palace, park and town form an ensemble known as the “Little Versailles of the North.” The palace is the focal point of an almost completely preserved late Baroque town complex, 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, harbour and bridges, as well as Fritz Reuter. The museum also offers special exhibitions and art exhibitions; their programme may change, so if you have a particular interest, it is worth checking the current programme. The Dömitz Citadel is a Renaissance fortress built on the Italian model, in the shape of a pentagon with bastions, casemates and a drawbridge. In Dömitz, historical themes and striking fortress architecture offer different perspectives.
The ground floor of Zarrentin Monastery houses a permanent exhibition about the monastery. Guided tours explore the history of the former Cistercian nunnery, the nuns’ lives and the building’s architecture. Dates and access may change; if you are interested, check the current arrangements before your visit.
Discover more destinations: Buchberg, Barkhagen.
Back to the wider travel overview: Amt Plau Am See.
