Wood, Water, Walls: Hike through the Biesenthaler Becken (20 km hike)

Let's go to the Biesenthaler Becken and walk along lakes, swamps, and forgotten concrete structures!

Like many interesting areas around Berlin, also the Biesenthaler Becken was formed by the ice age. It is marked by wavy hills with many small and medium sized lakes, mixed deciduous forests, marsh areas and swamps. Still, history wanted even more variety, and mixed in a few abandoned bunkers here and there.

We'll meet at 10:14 at the bus stop Rüdnitz, Dorf.

From there, we'll walk to ...

• The Plötzensee
• The ruins of the WW2 bunker "Lager Koralle".
• The Hellsee, a medium sized lake close to the town Lanke
• Schloss Lanke
• The Liepnitzsee
• The town Wandlitz

From Wandlitz, we can take the train back to Berlin. Trains leave every hour and take about one hour to Berlin.

Important things to note:

• This is an average hike with a relatively long distance. Thus, you should wear suitable shoes. Expect some icy, wet and muddy ground here and there.
• You are all responsible for yourself. None of us is mountain guide or something like that.
• There won't be too many Späties along the route, so have enough water and food with you.
• Please note that the number of participants is limited, because at a certain size a group gets virtually unmanageable. As the demand may be higher than the number of available spots, please be fair and only RSVP if you are sure that you can make it. If you learn later that you cannot take part, please update your RSVP accordingly.
• Rüdnitz and Wandlitz are in the Berlin C area. You can use a Deutschlandticket to travel there.