DDR Border Post 368 – St. Petri Chapel Volzendorf loop from Lüchower Landgrabenniederung

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Lüchow-Dannenberg

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DDR Border Post 368 – St. Petri Chapel Volzendorf loop from Lüchower Landgrabenniederung

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DDR Border Post 368 – St. Petri Chapel Volzendorf loop from Lüchower Landgrabenniederung

01:55

7.59km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 9, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Wendland.Elbe

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.32 km

Lüchower Landgrabenniederung

Nature Reserve

2.69 km

DDR Border Post 368

Highlight • Historical Site

Again and again at the Green Belt you will find these border posts of the former GDR. Here is also the information board attached with the technical details of the former border guards. Already violent!

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7.29 km

Old Mill

Highlight • Monument

When the master miller Ludwig Schröder built his motor mill in 1929, the old post mill, which stood near the Bohldamm, fell into disrepair.

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7.42 km

St. Petri Chapel Volzendorf

Highlight • Religious Site

The fieldstone chapel, consecrated around 1150, with round-arched windows and doors, formed the entrance to the village, which was laid out in the form of a round building. After the …

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7.49 km

Half-timbered houses and Querdielenhäuser from 1834

Highlight • Historical Site

There are many renovated half-timbered houses

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7.52 km

Historic Villa in Naturpark Wendland.Elbe

Highlight • Historical Site

The buildings of the courtyard grouped around the inner courtyard, the residential building from 1906, as well as the stable have numerous decorative elements.

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7.59 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.93 km

1.27 km

383 m

Surfaces

4.51 km

1.38 km

995 m

675 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 13 October

17°C

6°C

19 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 21.0 km/h

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Comments

March 3, 2024,Kranich, Lerche und Märzenbecher bei Volzendorf

Before leaving Salzwedel, we took advantage of the nice weather and did a little lap in the Lüchow-Dannenberg district.
Everything is flat and there are many paths straight through the fields. It's not possible to take shortcuts because of the many ditches. It's much easier to get around here by bike.
Nature was still worth seeing. Thousands of bees in …

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