The best family-friendly hikes and walks around Rietzneuendorf-Staakow

Here you can experience history

This grave obelisk from 1777 is a testament to the Baruth ironworks and is somewhat hidden at the entrance to the gamekeeper's and director's house off Hüttenweg. The obelisk originally stood in the Baruth cemetery.

The Bosdorf oak stands on the edge of the Glashütte museum village directly on the main road. The oak is a registered natural monument of the Teltow-Fläming district. The pedunculate oak is around 400 years old and has a breast height of 6.60 m. The height of the tree is 14.0 m with a crown diameter of approx. 8.0 m (2022). The distinctive trunk is highly recognizable. The oak has been attacked by arson several times. The monumental trunk is completely hollow and has several openings. Traces of fire can be seen in the hollow space. The oak is named after Ernst Bosdorf. He was the gamekeeper of the Prince of Solms-Baruth in Glashütte in the second half of the 19th century. Ernst Bosdorf was buried next to the oak in 1933. At the grave there is an Iron Cross as a memorial stone from Prince Friedrich of Solms-Baruth for Ernst Bosdorf. The oak grows very slowly. In the last 100 years the circumference has increased by less than 1.0 m. The age is therefore higher than the circumference suggests. The trunk is secured against falling over by two steel cables. Despite the various damages, the oak turns green again every year. It is still vital. Source: https://www.monumentale-eichen.de/brandenburg/2-kategorie/glash%C3%BCtte/

The Alter Dorfkonsum is run by the Gasthof Reuner opposite. In addition to seasonally changing products, you can find lovingly hand-made homemade sausage specialties and natural regional products such as Saalower herb pork, game from Baruther forests and Cameroon wild lamb from our own breeding. The historic stone oven is used for baking according to old traditions. In addition to the classic and authentic sourdough bread, the Dorfkonsum offers sheet cakes as well as roast pork, roast turkey and game from the oven. Opening times: January to March: Thursday - Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. April to December: Tuesday - Sunday from 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Source: https://www.gasthof-reuner.de/alter-dorfkonsum/

The inn was built around 1870 and renovated in 2000. The two-storey, solid plastered building with a gable roof facing the street has a width of seven axes, with the outer axes each projecting forward as a risalit. The right-hand axis is the entrance to the guest room, the left to the staircase. On the upper floor there is a dance hall with a stage and a fireplace room ("Prince's Room"). With its stately appearance and the structured plastered facade, the inn stands out clearly from the residential and commercial buildings of Glashütte and thus illustrates the special function of the building as a princely building, which is also indicated by the replicated blue roof tiles. The inn also had a grocery store, which supplemented the self-sufficient self-sufficiency of the working families. Today the Reuner family runs the inn with beer garden and the "Konsum" opposite. Source: https://www.baruther-glashuette.de/rundgang/nr-18/

This warehouse building, also known as the "Hüttenbahnhof", was built in 1875 as part of the connecting track to the Berlin-Dresden railway. It was a kind of loading station between the standard track and the narrow-gauge track that ran across the building. The single-storey brick half-timbered building with a gable roof now houses the museum's special exhibition room and the WeinSalon. The entire building has a basement. The freight wagon came to Glashütte on loan from the German Museum of Technology. The building is open to the public and is rented to the museum association and the WeinSalon. Source: https://www.baruther-glashuette.de/rundgang/nr-19b/

In the middle of the three identical workers' houses (called "cardboard houses" because the roofs have been covered with roofing felt since they were built in 1861) is the Albertine chocolate shop and café. The "Albertine" lets guests immerse themselves in the seductive realm of chocolate. Chocolates from all over the world are offered, with up to 100% cocoa content. In addition, there are homemade cakes, selected coffee and tea varieties and a selection of Christian books. Opening times: Wed - Fri 12:00 to 16:00; Sat - Sun 12:30 - 17:00 Source: https://www.baruther-glashuette.de/albertine-2-2/

The largest factory building in Glashütte, which has been a listed building since 1983, was built in 1861. It underwent changes during the 1950s, including the installation or extension of cooling furnaces in various places. As an important functional building in the monument ensemble, the Neue Hütte has an impressive facade with large metal lattice windows. In the 1990s, the Glashütte e.V. association renovated the facade and the collapsed roof, which is why the factory was closed in 1980. Today's museum in the Neue Hütte was opened in 2000 and tells the story of the 300-year history of the site. On the upper floor, the museum also uses older exhibits to convey interesting facts about the 3,000-year-old glass culture and cultural life in the factory settlement since 1716. Practical glass culture is cultivated in the glass studio, where a glassmaker cultivates the intangible cultural heritage of manual glass production during opening hours. The Neue Hütte is open to the public as a museum and glass studio. Source: https://www.baruther-glashuette.de/rundgang/nr-21/