Top 5 Natural Monuments in Wakenitzniederung

Right at the entrance is a large panel that tells you all about the nature and history of the Duvenester Moor.

You can follow the former border along the Wakenitz. Before the fall of the Wall, nature lay asleep here for more than 30 years and was able to largely preserve its original appearance.

Beautiful nature - the m.W. only crossing of Wakenitz between Utecht and St. Jürgen and well suited if you want to cycle from the Hamburg area to the east side of the Bay of Lübeck

In 1952 a total of 471 families were forced to leave their home in the border districts of Gadebusch, Grevesmühlen and Hagenow. In 1961 the SED leadership organized a second wave of resettlement. "This affected another 616 people in the three border districts," says Dr. Andreas Wagner from Grenzhus Schlagsdorf. The forced resettlements in the GDR border area were painful turning points. More than 11,000 people fell victim to them. They had not been judged to be politically reliable. The wounds and scars left by a 40-year border not only include the dead from the wall and barbed wire, but also forced resettlements and razed villages - source: svz.de/13904707 © 2021 Shortly before the resettlement, some residents of Lenschow embarked on the daring escape by swimming through the Wakenitz with children and little belongings and fleeing to the west.

The Wakenitzniederung nature reserve, a 297 hectare nature reserve in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, southwest of Schönberg bei Herrnburg, was created here in 1990. The aim is to preserve this habitat for endangered animal and plant species.

A hiking parking lot that is often used by dog owners as an exercise area, as you are right here in the lonely nature of the former Grend landscape. From here you can start smaller and larger hikes and reach destinations such as the Pommertstein, Wakenitz and Drägerweg, as well as the former border landscape

In 1952, a total of 471 families were forced to leave their home in the border districts of Gadebusch, Grevesmühlen and Hagenow. In 1961 the SED leadership organized a second wave of resettlement. "This affected another 616 people in the three border districts," says Dr. Andreas Wagner from Grenzhus Schlagsdorf. The forced resettlements in the GDR border area were painful turning points. More than 11,000 people fell victim to them. They had not been judged to be politically reliable. The wounds and scars left by a 40-year border not only include the dead from the wall and barbed wire, but also forced evictions and razed villages - source: https://www.svz.de/13904707 © 2021 Shortly before the resettlement, some residents of Lenschow embarked on the daring escape by swimming through the Wakenitz with children and little belongings and fleeing to the west.

For years this bridge over the Wakenitz was a border bridge and closed because of the division of Germany within Germany. Today it connects an old with a new federal state and offers interesting views of the former border river Wakenitz, which slowly flows under it. It is a moving feeling when you walk the short distance over this little bridge and think about how far apart, over almost five decades, the distance between these two river banks once was.