Top 5 Natural Monuments around Tornower Lake

Very nice, the paths are easy to walk on

The Tornower See is near Tornow, a little south of Teupitz. There is a nature trail. Very nice paths along the bank and in the forest. There are benches and rest areas.

Now the meadow by the lake was full of spring flowers. splendid

Within the "Briesensee and Klingeberg" nature reserve established in 2002, the slopes at the source around the Klingespring and the moors and swamp forests were removed from forest management. On the slopes, semi-natural mixed pine forests with their stocks of ferns and wintergreens should be able to develop undisturbed. The protection also applies to the almost 300-year-old pine trees that occur naturally here, as well as the undisturbed moorland development in the alder quarries, moorland copses, and bank and silting-up areas. Within the 79 hectare nature reserve, 10 hectares are secured as wilderness areas. Source https://www.natur-brandenburg.de/themen/sehenswertes/dauerwald-am-briesensee-und-klingespring/

A nature trail with information boards leads along the banks of Lake Tornow through a “primeval forest”. The path runs along the lake through rarely found, natural mixed pine forests. Naturally grown pine trees over 200 years old with impressive growth forms and dimensions stretch their crowns over the southern shore of Lake Tornow. They are among the oldest pines in the Mark Brandenburg. It is thanks to careful foresters and botanists that these native pines were preserved. Nowadays they are part of the “Briesensee and Klingeberg” nature reserve. In a scientific sense, the trees are so-called “autochthonous” pines: settled in the region and grown without human influence. This means that the Scots pine (Pinussylvestris) is characterized by characteristics and a specific adaptation to the location. Pine trees also naturally rejuvenate here. As a representative of conifers, the common pine is very variable in its growth form. Depending on the location, it can be 15 to 40 meters high and up to 500 years old. With its taproots it also reaches deep groundwater layers and can therefore survive longer dry periods. In adolescence and in the upper part of the trunk, the bark is thin and smooth and reddish in color. As it ages, the bark becomes grey-brown, deeply cracked and coarsely flaky.

The approx. 80-hectare nature reserve "Briesensee and Klingeberg" is located about 3 km south-west of Teupitz, on the south and south-west shores of Lake Tornow. These are the Briesensee, the southern and southwestern shores of the Tornower See, and the moraine slopes bordering on the lakes within the Zossen-Teupitzer Hügellan landscape unit. Characteristic of the NSG area are the two lakes, a largely natural flow (Briesenseegraben) and several spring areas, of which the "Klingespring", which is protected as a natural monument, is designed as a prominent hillside spring. The water quality of the Briesensee has apparently been in poor condition for a long time, which has an impact on the water quality of the Briesenseegraben. The relief-rich slopes at Tornowsee are partially planted with autochthonous old pine populations. Numerous wintergreen and club moss species were found on the slopes. Due to changes in use, such as the lack of farm forest and litter use, these occurrences have declined sharply in recent decades and are currently concentrated almost exclusively in the area of a few small clay pits. There is a small agricultural area in the area. This wet meadow is part of the contractual nature protection program. The sanctuary is a popular destination for nature walks. Signposted hiking trails and a nature trail lead through the area. On the hiking trail, with a view of the Briesensee, there is a memorial stone for the botanist and local historian Adolf Straus. There are bathing spots at Lake Tornow. Campgrounds that used to be here were completely dismantled after 1990. Source https://www.dahme-heideseen-naturpark.de/themen/natura-2000/briesensee-und-klingeberge/

Located directly on the Tornower See and nature trail. The nature trail leads through the nature reserve "Briesensee and Klingeberge" around Lake Tornow. Plants, biotopes, geological features, the forest and its management, and Lake Tornow are explained at 33 stations. It leads along the slopes south of Lake Tornow. Evergreen polypody and wood sorrel grow here. Crystal-clear water gushes from the Klingespring spring. At the "Hohe Mühle" there are two ancient linden trees. Like the Klingespring, they are designated as natural monuments. Source https://www.dahme-heideseen-naturpark.de/themen/routen-touren/naturlehrpfad-tornower-see/

The Klingespring spring is located on a slope opposite the southern bank of Lake Tornow. It appears on a map from the Staakow Forestry Office in 1936 and is therefore considered one of the oldest natural monuments in the region. The name goes back to the Upper German word blade for gorge and, in connection with the English word spring for source, means something like gorge source. It is a seepage spring in which the rainwater flows through sandy, water-permeable material above the spring, seeps into the slope and comes back to the surface at a water-retaining layer. At an earlier time there was said to have been a carillon at this point that was powered by the escaping water. The spring was created during the last ice age around 10,000 years ago. The swamp forget-me-not, fontinalis, real watercress and stream bunge thrive in the source area, which indicates a special quality of the water. As the water escapes, sand is removed, which is deposited as an alluvial fan in Lake Tornow. The wintergreen spotted fern grows above the slope. The source's protection goes back to the botanist Adolf Strauss (1904–1986), in whose honor NABU Dahmeland erected a memorial stone on a hiking trail that connects Lake Tornow with Lake Briesen. Source https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Briesensee_und_Klingeberg