Stork Village Rühstädt – Elbe Cycle Route near Rühstädt loop from Quitzöbel

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Stork Village Rühstädt – Elbe Cycle Route near Rühstädt loop from Quitzöbel

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Stork Village Rühstädt – Elbe Cycle Route near Rühstädt loop from Quitzöbel

03:20

57.8km

100m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: November 5, 2026

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Brandenburgische Elbtalaue

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.30 km

View of the confluence of the Elbe and Havel

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Cycle path between Hafel and Elbe used. A warm view of both rivers

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4.90 km

Path Between the Elbe and Gnevsdorfer Vorfluter

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There are two cycle paths along the Elbe and along the Gnevsdorfer Vorfluter, the nicer path is along the Elbe or between the Elbe and the Vorfluter!

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12.9 km

Gnevsdorf Weir

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After catastrophic floods in the area of the Havel area in the 18th and 19th centuries, an 11-kilometer-long canal with weir was built to build the backwater of the Havel, …

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13.7 km

Confluence of the Gnevsdorfer Vorfluter and the Elbe

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This is where the Elbe and Havel meet. The Havel cycle path also begins or ends here. The Elbradweg and the Brandenburg Tour also run along here. A really great …

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16.5 km

Buschhagen

Forest

16.9 km

Nowhere in Germany do so many storks nest in such a small space as in the European stork village of Rühstädt near the Elbe.
The place is beautifully decorated and offers several options for a good stop.

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20.5 km

Elbe Cycle Route near Rühstädt

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an eldorado for bird watching

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33.0 km

Old Oil Mill Wittenberge

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New life in historic walls. The Wittenberge oil mill is a listed building on the Elbe. The building complex, consisting of the administration building, the mill structure, workshops and storage …

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38.3 km

Riverside Cycle Path in Brandenburgische Elbtalaue

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Very well-developed cycle path on the dike, which also offers a great view of the river landscape, especially at this point. Easy to drive on. A very nice route and a great section of this route! It's worth it!

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57.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

19.6 km

18.3 km

11.3 km

6.20 km

2.44 km

Surfaces

51.5 km

2.56 km

2.39 km

1.31 km

127 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 10 November

3°C

1°C

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Max wind speed: 7.0 km/h

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Comments

September 10, 2025,Fa WE, Elbe von Wittenberge bis Havelberg und zurück

Nature, nature, nature
Some will say -too monotonous-
"I like it"

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May 4, 2024,Von Bad Wilsnack nach Wittenberge über Quitzöbel

Hotel garni "Zur Elbaue"
Mr. Schroller
Bahnstr. 107
19322 Wittenberge
Telephone (03877) 904118
Fax (03877) 563217
E-mail E-mail: hotelelbaue.wittenberge@t-online.de

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August 31, 2023,Elberadweg - Tag 4 - Von Havelberg nach Wittenberge

The landscape is changing slowly but steadily. Pine trees dominate in the forest and their scent acts as a motivational shot. This is also sorely needed, as the headwind is slowly becoming noticeable and kilometer by kilometer more strenuous.
Barely used to the changes, the weather suddenly begins to show its dark side. Luckily there is a warm coffee in …

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July 3, 2023,Fahrradtour Wittenberge / Bad Wilsnack

Our great tour started in Wittenberge with a broken cover on the front wheel. Briefly activated Google, less than 200m away, in to Fahrrad Schukat. The great guy did everything in less than 20 minutes. A great bicycle dealer. Then we continued on the long-distance cycle path. Along the Elbe to the stork village of Rühstädt. We recommend. Also the …

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August 14, 2022,Fietstocht Wittenberge - Havelberg

First let's talk about Wittenberge. Every town on the former East German side of the Elbe has its border stories. A chain-smoking lady, who was sitting at an adjacent table at the Steinecke bakery, told a lot. About the laboratory at the Alte Öhlmühle, for example. It is said that all kinds of poison, including snakes, had been used there. …

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July 25, 2025,Wittenberge – Potsdam - Tag 1 - von Wittenberge nach Havelberg

A difficult start to day 1 of our Wittenberge - Potsdam tour: we and our bikes couldn't get onto the RE8 at Zoologischer Garten station shortly before noon, it was packed to the brim. Wait an hour for the next train to Wittenberge? Or drive to Ostkreuz in the meantime to board much earlier, hoping for more space? We had …

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October 17, 2022,Elberadweg 2022 - #1: Von Wittenberge nach Havelberg

In 2019 we had already driven the approx. 330km from Cuxhaven to Wittenberge along the Elbe and today we actually continued our journey after a three-year break!
At almost 26°C and beautiful views of the dyke along the Elbe and the foreshore, it rolled quite splendidly today, despite the wind mostly from the south-west!
There was a lot to discover …

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July 25, 2022,Retour… von Wittenberge nach Havelberg

Today we tried to reschedule the tour a bit. We actually wanted to take the train to Hamburg and then go down the Elbe. The train threw a spanner in the works for us. That's kind of how it must be in India when you take the train. 😱

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