Baalensee Bridge – Himmelpfort Lock loop from Himmelpfort

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Oberhavel

Fürstenberg/Havel

Baalensee Bridge – Himmelpfort Lock loop from Himmelpfort

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Baalensee Bridge – Himmelpfort Lock loop from Himmelpfort

06:20

24.4km

110m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Mostly accessible paths. Sure-footedness required. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 2, 2026

Tips

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Uckermärkische Seen

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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494 m

Very beautiful forest trail along the Havel

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Difficult to drive single trail, but through totally beautiful landscape along the Havel.

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8.65 km

Riverside Rest Area in Zootzen

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Rest area on the Havel, easy to reach from the water.

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11.0 km

Beach

12.8 km

Lake Stolp

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The Stolpsee is one of several bodies of water through which the Havel flows. Here it is beautiful, quiet and close to nature.

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15.1 km

Fürstenberg/Havel railway ferry

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The ferry was restored, and the actual floating hull was lifted out of the water and propped up. The ferry was built in 1936 (unfortunately, it suffered extensive damage during …

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16.0 km

Baalensee Bridge

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Nice view of the lake and canal

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23.6 km

Himmelpfort Christmas Post Office

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It started sometime after the mid-1980s: letters addressed to Santa Claus began to arrive in Himmelpfort. What to do? It has started sending replies. And today more than 250,000 letters …

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23.7 km

Himmelpfort Lock

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The first lock between the Haussee and the Stolpsee was built in connection with the navigability of the Woblitz in 1752. In order to accommodate the growing shipping on the …

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24.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.20 km

6.98 km

4.10 km

3.24 km

340 m

303 m

246 m

Surfaces

11.3 km

5.16 km

4.80 km

2.25 km

534 m

379 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 13 October

16°C

7°C

14 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

October 17, 2024,Iron Lake Challenge Brandenburg - See 24 - Stolpsee

Today, another lake that's not particularly far from home. A lake that's not so easy to circumnavigate, though. Stolpsee near Himmelpfort. So I start at Santa Claus's office—yes, Christmas is almost upon us. Although, this office is open all year! The weather is supposed to be wonderful, and my mood already is! The path first leads me to the campsite, …

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March 27, 2025,Stolpsee - Brandenburg25 Iron Lake Challenge

Start/Finish - Fürstenberg P+R Station

Ravensbrück Concentration Camp/Uckermark Concentration Camp - the horror has a name
Himmelpfort with Christmas mail - children's eyes light up
Swedish Oak - a historic natural monument
Bredereiche - with old and new locks
Havel River - with its natural course from Bredereiche to Stolpsee
Railway ferry / technical monument - Germany's only self-propelled railway …

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February 15, 2022,Entlang der Havel bis hin zum Frauen KZ Ravensbrück und zum Jugendkonzentrationslager Uckermark 🥾

In my home town of Eberswalde, there was a Ravensbrück subcamp from 1944, in which women had to do forced labor for the Ardelt works. Many people in my home country no longer have any knowledge of this concentration camp... and that is where the mistake lies, the forgetting.

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September 14, 2024,Baalenseebrücke – Schleuse Himmelpfort Runde von Himmelpfort

Our tour started from Fürstenberg an der Havel train station in fantastic weather and with three nice and very friendly people. Here we first went through the beautiful but also somewhat sleepy town, which is surrounded by lots of water. We first went towards the old town, where we passed the Protestant brick church, whose slender shape towered towards the …

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February 2, 2025,Von Himmelpfort nach Fürstenberg/Havel

[Recording from February 2, 2025]
I've already visited Santa Claus in Himmelpfort this year. Now it can begin. A hike along the water with Stolpsee and Havel. Wonderful, even if the dull weather is a bit annoying. But it's extremely quiet: no wind, no car noise, no people, I like Brandenburg! And as always at this time of year, the …

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February 2, 2025,Von Himmelpfort über Bredereiche nach Fürstenberg/Havel

And today we went to the Havel again.
The starting point was in Himmelpfort. The town is asleep, nothing is happening and Santa Claus is on holiday...
It always goes along the Havel, sometimes very close, sometimes through the forest.
We reach Bredereiche and cross the Havel at the lock.
On the same water, now upstream to Fürstenberg.
It was …

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