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Kreuzhauer Mühle – Farchau Mill loop from Burg Farchau, Marienhöhe

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Kreuzhauer Mühle – Farchau Mill loop from Burg Farchau, Marienhöhe

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Kreuzhauer Mühle – Farchau Mill loop from Burg Farchau, Marienhöhe

01:38

6.23km

50m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: April 29, 2026

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25 m

Sunbathing lawn at the Küchensee near Farchau

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A beautifully situated bathing spot on the western shore of Ratzeburg's Küchensee lake – I think it's really great that there are still such free bathing spots.

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2.13 km

Old Mölln–Hollenbek Railway Line

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The path leads here across the bridge over the former railway line...

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4.96 km

Farchauer Mill Hotel & Restaurant

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The Hotel-Restaurant Farchauer Mühle is located in the Schmilau district directly on Lake Küchen. Boat trips are possible from the hotel's own boat and bathing jetty. The city center of Ratzeburg is about three kilometers away.

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4.96 km

Farchauer Mühle

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A great café, beer garden, hotel and restaurant can be found right at the southern end of the Kuechensee. A perfect retreat for water walkers, there is a dock here and only a few meters to walk.

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4.99 km

Kreuzhauer Mühle

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5.35 km

Between Küchensee and Farchauer Mühle

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This path stands out because you can see large areas of reed to the right and left. This makes the path look very calm.

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5.49 km

Farchau Mill

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farchauer-muehle.de/zeitgeschichte
Very nice mill...

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5.70 km

Farchau Castle (Marienhöhe)

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As is so often the case nowadays, unfortunately, not much can be seen of this historic castle. But it is a historic castle and therefore also a highlight.
The Komoot map also shows the Farchauer Schloss and the Farchauer Schlossberg in the vicinity, elsewhere. Unfortunately there is nothing left of that.

Around the year 800 the Slavs built a classic early Slavic hilltop castle on the southern tip of the Küchensee. It was on a natural hill, which is now also known as "Marienhöhe". Around 1160 the old hill fort was fortified again as a castle. It now served the Ratzeburg bishops as a court seat. It is not yet known whether the castle was continuously inhabited by the Slavs until the 12th century. The remains of the ramparts today enclose an area of around 60 mx 40 m. Due to the reconstruction of the castle in the 12th / 13th centuries In the 19th century, the extent of the former Slavic castle is difficult to understand. The Slavs mostly only had high-altitude castles in the early Slavic period. Probably the later Inselburg in Ratzeburg was the successor castle of Farchau.

slawenburgen.hpage.com/schleswig-holstein.html

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6.23 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.31 km

1.57 km

321 m

Surfaces

3.74 km

1.26 km

801 m

404 m

Elevation

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Friday 26 June

37°C

20°C

21 %

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Kreuzhauer Mühle – Farchau Mill loop from Burg Farchau, Marienhöhe

Sunbathing lawn at the Küchensee near Farchau

Old Mölln–Hollenbek Railway Line

Farchauer Mill Hotel & Restaurant

Farchauer Mühle

Kreuzhauer Mühle

Between Küchensee and Farchauer Mühle

Farchau Mill

Farchau Castle (Marienhöhe)

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