Easy hikes and walks around Alt Tucheband

Church from 1849 on the site of a predecessor. Heavily damaged in 1945. Restored in 2008, cordoned off again by 2026.

The Soviet War Cemetery Reitwein was established after the Second World War in the former parkland next to Reitwein Castle. With the help of local residents, all known graves of fallen soldiers of the Red Army were reburied in this mass grave. The cemetery comprises approximately 3000 fallen soldiers. However, only a portion of the deceased are known by name and listed on the gravestones.

Imposing church in Neo-Gothic style, severely damaged in World War II and not fully rebuilt. The architect was Stüler, a student of Schinkel.

The former Royal Watermill in Manschnow dates back to 1745. The existing Manschnow Watermill had to replace the Crown Mill on what is now the Oder Island, built in 1708 and destroyed in a flood in 1736. From the mid-18th century until the GDR era, grist and grain were milled there and electricity was generated. Water power was used to power the mill for a long time until the old bridge arch, which had created the necessary dam, was demolished in 2006. Today, the Old Oder River flows over a newly constructed fish ladder. In 1758, Prussian troops are said to have united at the Manschnow Mill before marching to the Battle of Zorndorf. In 1806, a Napoleonic general took up quarters there, and Theodor Fontane mentions the mill there in "Before the Storm." Source: https://www.moz.de/lokales/seelow/immobilie-manschnower-muehle-ist-verkauft-50386007.html

At this point, the Am Strom country road leads from Manschnow to Neu Manschnow over the Alte Oder, which is called the Letschiner Hauptgraben here. The former postal and military road from Berlin to Küstrin (and further to Königsberg) also ran here, over the former "Padden Bridge," named after the former "Padde" restaurant. Further information can be found on the information board directly at the bridge.

The memorial to the victims of the Wars of Liberation, the Wars of German Unification, and the First World War is located at the southern tip of the village green in Manschnow. A memorial plaque added later also commemorates the fallen of the Second World War. The name plates and inscriptions are located in the center of the memorial, with stone Iron Crosses on the sides. The upright boulder is crowned by an eagle with outstretched wings. The inscriptions read: "For King and Fatherland died ... (names)..." "Dedicated to their memory by the Herzershof Manor and the communities of Alt- and Neumanschnow, June 16, 1913. To the honorable memory of our soldiers who fell in both World Wars, 1914-1918 and 1939-1945." "We remember our fellow citizens who lost their lives in 1945 and thereafter through war, violence, flight, and expulsion, in captivity, and through mines." The citizens of the municipality of Manschnow

The Soviet Memorial in Manschnow stands not far from the village church on the village green and is a burial site with collective graves for 1,203 fallen soldiers and officers of the Red Army. Unfortunately, very little information is available about this memorial.

Very little is known about the early history of the church, which is now plastered gray. In 1849, a rectangular brick church with a west tower was built to replace an 18th-century predecessor. This predecessor church contained a wooden baptismal font and communion chalice dated 1592. By the spring of 1945, only the surrounding wall and the east gable remained of the 1849 brick church; the tower had to be partially demolished. In 1954/55, it was rebuilt on the original ground plan, but in smaller dimensions. By 1957, these dimensions had already proven too small. As a result, the east gable was shortened, and a corresponding church tower was added. The chancel was given a barrel vault. The east wall, with its brick stepped gable, is the only external ornamentation. Inside, an eight-sided sandstone font from the new building from 1849 still stands. In 2008, a comprehensive renovation was carried out to repair the moisture damage to the masonry and plaster. Source: https://www.kg-gorgast-golzow.de/ueber-uns/unsere-kirchen/die-kirche-zu-manschnow/