Lenschow Memorial Stone – Overcoming Borders Sculpture loop from Groß Grönau

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Lenschow Memorial Stone – Overcoming Borders Sculpture loop from Groß Grönau

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Lenschow Memorial Stone – Overcoming Borders Sculpture loop from Groß Grönau

01:57

7.61km

30m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 25, 2026

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Wakenitz

Wakenitzniederung

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2.45 km

Lenschow Memorial Stone

Highlight • Monument

Here once stood the village Lenschow, which was demolished in the 70s. It was too close to the border to the single FRG.
Today, there is almost nothing left to see from the former inner-German border.

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2.49 km

Remains of Border Watchtower at Lenschow

Highlight • Historical Site

Only a few traces of this terrible past can be found on the former border strip (FRG / GDR).
Here is the stump of a worn watchtower.

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3.68 km

Former Resin Harvesting Forest

Highlight • Forest

Since raw materials were scarce in the GDR, resin was obtained from trees. One scratched the tree and fastened under it a glass into which the resin dripped. Here many trees still have these former "milking posts".

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3.92 km

Waldhotel Schattin (Former barracks of the East German border troops)

Highlight • Historical Site

Once there was a barracks of the border troops of the GDR.
After this closed, the Waldhotel Schattin was here for many years. In this e.g. also irradiated children from …

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5.21 km

Wakenitz River (former border river)

Highlight • River

From here you have a beautiful view of the river, which is also called the "Amazon of the North".
The bridge connects Schleswig-Holstein with Mecklenburg-West Pomerania.

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5.24 km

Overcoming Borders Sculpture

Highlight • Monument

Shortly before the pedestrian bridge over the Wakenitz is the sculpture "Overcoming Borders" by the Schattin-based sculptor Claus Görtz. Manufactured in 2008 from old barriers.

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5.31 km

Grenzer Überwinden Sculpture by Claus Götz

Highlight • Monument

The sculpture by Schattin sculptor Claus Görtz depicts a person rising like a phoenix from and above the demolished border fortifications.
The sculpture is made from old barriers.

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5.72 km

Drägerweg

Highlight • Trail

The Drägerweg is a hiking trail between Lübeck and Rothenhusen that has been continuously maintained since 2007.

The trail runs almost parallel to the Wakenitz, but has little contact with …

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