Attractions and Places To See around Kleine Schorfheide - Top 20

A good idea was implemented modestly for cyclists. It goes quite steeply up and down, the rails for pushing the bikes are extremely attached to the foot of the railings, so that you have to hold the bikes at a 45-degree angle. A disaster for users of e-bikes and heavier bikes with and without luggage. Not a showcase of German engineering. But it was very expensive. Nevertheless, the bridge remains a highlight, as it is the only option far and wide to get into or out of the Tangersdorfer Heide.

The great relief wall is quite far away from all the other buildings, but is still quite easy to find. You walk along the straight main path through the beautiful forest (first beech, then oak, in one place spruce) to the end. Where this path, on which trucks often drive (to transport rubble), continues at a right angle to the right, you take the clearly visible path that leads further into the area in a slight left curve. The prohibition signs, usually high up in the trees, indicate almost reliably where it is or could be interesting. Caution is generally advisable, not only because of the wild terrain and many tripping hazards, but also because of possible ammunition remains. But the latter problem applies to absolutely all former military areas on former GDR territory, which are often huge and sometimes represent wonderful excursion destinations as sandy heathlands. Warnings are everywhere and constantly. But in 34 years, no one has ever heard of any accidents, and no deer have ever been torn to pieces. So the whole thing with the prohibition signs seems to me more like a government obligation and economic protection, purely from an insurance point of view, and less like a serious threat to pedestrians and cyclists.

Where the wider path turns to the right, you just have to walk straight on the path a little way back. You reach the building, but it is mostly hidden under a heavily overgrown hill. There are actually a few trees on it. The interesting place with the gate is at the narrow back! You are inside a walled area here and you have to have the courage to ignore some clear prohibition signs. The place itself is already quite spooky, so staying there inevitably creates a rather unpleasant feeling. But in this isolation, you are unlikely to experience any trouble. There is no functioning or continuous surveillance. Unfortunately, of course, you cannot be completely sure.

Unfortunately everything is somehow permanently closed.

There is now a high bridge with stairs (with a rail for bikes on the edge) for hikers, the pub has closed (probably permanently?) and looks in need of renovation.

A fascinating spot, even idyllic in parts. The only thing that is off-putting is the flat middle of the village with the simple parking lot and the run-down building that serves as a "restaurant". Cars are not allowed here, cyclists have problems with the multi-level bridge, and hikers are treated to an exciting forest and lake landscape behind it.

The Kannenburger Schleuse can be crossed via a bridge with two staircases. It is steep, with channels on the sides for pushing the bike. In my opinion, the channels are a design flaw because they are too far out in the handrail area, you have to tilt the bike extremely inwards, which is strenuous with pedelecs. Side panniers hit the railing. Due to the steepness of the channel, the bottom bracket or mid-motor on many bikes hits the top of the stairs. Single-track cargo bikes and two-track bikes have to be carried. This new bridge construction could have been done better.

There's nothing left with a beer garden. The restaurant is probably closed forever.