On the Green Belt: Border parcours around Mechower Lake

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Northwest Mecklenburg

Schlagsdorf

On the Green Belt: Border parcours around Mechower Lake

Moderate

4.6

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On the Green Belt: Border parcours around Mechower Lake

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8.74km

30m

Hiking

The hiking trail leads along the border course around Lake Mechower. The starting point is the car park at Grenzhus Schlagsdorf, alternatively you can also start on the main road or in Mechow.
14 information boards along the route provide information about the regional border history and the Green Belt.

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by Biosphärenreservat Schaalsee

Last updated: August 20, 2025

Waypoints

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11 m

Grenzhus Schlagsdorf – Museum of the Inner German Border

Highlight • Historical Site

Very nice little exhibition that is really worth a visit. As a child of the Berlin Wall, you may have grown up with it, but here you can see once again how perfidious the inner-German border was. More information: herzogtum-lauenburg.de/poi/grenzhus

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557 m

Grenzhus Schlagsdorf Outdoor Exhibition

Highlight • Historical Site

Collection and exhibition of former border fortifications, Grenzhus branch.

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1.16 km

Border Trail Schlagsdorf at Lake Mechow

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The boards are very informative.

The path is also ideal for walking barefoot.

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7.19 km

Observation Tower at Mechower Lake

Highlight • Viewpoint

Placed very accurately, the tower offers a great all-round view of the landscape and the otherwise very hidden summer lake. Many informative signs and a great view of a used …

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7.54 km

Former Inner German Border Line – Schaalsee Biosphere Reserve

Highlight • Historical Site

Here the iron curtain ran, reminiscent of an iron line.

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8.74 km

End point

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.53 km

1.61 km

1.54 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.98 km

2.74 km

2.70 km

333 m

< 100 m

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Weather

Thursday 29 October

12°C

7°C

12 %

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Max wind speed: 9.0 km/h

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Comments

August 10, 2024,Unterwegs am Grünen Band: Grenzparcours um den Mechower See

Today was the day when I wanted to see if I could start hiking again after many weeks, so I went on a tour alone that I had chosen many weeks ago, to an area that is not only beautiful but also a part of German history. In this and many other places, people were torn apart overnight after the …

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June 26, 2022,Runde Mechower See

This round is a classic in the Hamburg area, although: This classic on the old border line has only been feasible for 33 years... always fascinating for me.

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September 18, 2025,Unterwegs auf dem Grünen Band.

At the end of 1989, a peaceful revolution took place in East Germany, which led to reunification the following year, and the Iron Curtain finally became history.
It was decided to leave the border to nature, and over the years, the Green Belt emerged.
So we decided to explore a few kilometers of it to see what nature had reclaimed. …

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March 13, 2022,Mechower See: Der Grenzweg

As always, beautiful nature when we talk about the Lauenburg Lakes. This tour starts great, but has a small shortcoming in the last quarter, which means you go about 2 km on a paved agricultural road.

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September 3, 2023,Gut und Dorf Mechow – Am Mechower See Runde von Schlagsdorf

After driving past a hundred times, I finally managed to explore Lake Mechower today. It was worth it.

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October 18, 2024,Grenzwanderung Mechower See

The inner-German border used to run between Schlagsdorf and Mechow, right through Lake Mechow. Many information boards and the Grenzhuus in Schlagsdorf are reminders of this time.
You can only get to the lake itself and see it in very few places. It is an El Dorado for many water birds.

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April 15, 2023,Mechower See: Der Grenzweg

First of all, thanks to @Anni 🦊 for inspiring the tour. The tour was really very nice, unfortunately the weather was only cloudy, but there was a lot of nature to look at. And you learn something about the former border of the GDR from various boards along the way.
I can really recommend it 😁

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April 21, 2024,Runde Mechower See, Schlagsdorf

Today I enjoyed this beautiful tour again, very quietly and carefully. It is nice to see the development of the nature reserve, especially between the estate and Wietingsbek, over the years. A special highlight today: my 1000th komoot kilometer

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October 20, 2022

The hiking trail leads along the border course around Lake Mechower. The starting point is the car park at Grenzhus Schlagsdorf, alternatively you can also start on the main road or in Mechow.
14 information boards along the route provide information about the regional border history and the Green Belt

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