Bicycle tours

1. around the Schweriner Außensee

From Frankenhorst on the connecting road and left to Wickendorf. At the crossroads, turn right onto the K42 towards Hundorf/Lübstorf. After 7 km you are in Lübstorf and turn right towards Wiligrad. From Wiligrad Castle you get to Gallentin, keep right and come to Bad Kleinen. Take the L031 to Hohen Viecheln, here turn right towards Ventschow. 150 m after the crossroads, turn right off the L031! You will come across railway tracks and go around the northern tip of Schweriner Außensee. The country lane leads through the Döpe NSG and on to Flessenow. From here, take the K1 to Retgendorf and then continue on the lakeside road to Rampe. At the B321 turn right onto the cycle path to Seewarte. Take the connecting road on the right back to the Seehotel Frankenhorst.

Total distance: approx. 36 kilometres

2. Around Schwerin's inner lake

At the road, turn right to Paulsdamm. At the Seewarte inn, keep left and take the cycle path towards the ramp. Straight ahead to the traffic lights and then turn right towards Leezen, from Leezen you go to Görslow. You can choose to cycle along the lakeshore or on the cycle path directly to Raben Steinfeld. The route along the lake leads through the "Görslow Ufer" nature reserve and is only manageable with touring tyres and occasional dismounting and pushing. Narrow tyres are unsuitable here. In wet weather it is more pleasant to stay on the cycle path. Please observe the rules of conduct in the nature reserve. At Raben Steinfeld you reach the B321, here you keep to the right, cross the Stör bridge and turn right immediately afterwards. Pass the inn "Zum Reppin" and you will come to Mueß, where you will see the Folklore Museum on the right. Keep to the right here, immediately after the Zippendorf inn turn right again and follow the road. You will reach Zippendorfer Strand and Franzosenweg. In the castle park, keep right and cross the Burgsee bridge. At the castle portal, turn left over the castle bridge and immediately right past the "Weiße Flotte" pier to the Marstall. If you follow Werderstraße, you will come to Paulsdamm and the Seewarte inn after a few kilometres through the Schelfwerder forest area. You turn left and reach the Seehotel Frankenhorst.
Total distance: approx. 32 kilometres

3rd connection tour Banzkow

From Frankenhorst you cycle along cycle paths and country lanes to Leezen and on to Godern. In summer, a stop at the shore of Lake Pinnow and a refreshing swim is a good idea. A walk along the western shore of the lake takes you through shady beech forests with old giant trees. From Godern you continue to Pinnow, behind the church keep left towards Petersberg. Continue towards Sukow, crossing the B321. Via Zietlitz you reach Sukow, from here you reach Banzkow.

Total distance: approx. 24 kilometres

4th Lewitz round trip from Banzkow

You cycle to Jamel, then through the Waldlewitz to the Störkanal. At the canal, keep to the right and follow the path to Breiter Graben. Here you keep to the right in the direction of Friedrichsmoor. Pass the hunting lodge, cross the crossroads and take the L092 towards Tuckhude. After 1.3 km (from the crossroads) turn left and drive past the fish ponds to the L081. Turn left towards Matzlow-Garwitz and after 1.6 km turn left again towards the fish ponds on the K65. You meet the L092 and keep right towards Rusch, before the village turn left, the road leads to Forsthorst Bahlenhüschen. Here you turn left to Bahlenhüschen, in the village keep right to Göhren. In Göhren keep left to Sukow (if you go straight on in Bahlenhüschen, you will get directly to Sukow). In Sukow, keep left again and drive on the K30 to Banzkow.

"In the middle of the Lewitz, a hunting lodge in the style of a log cabin was built in 1705 by order of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm. In 1791, it was replaced by a three-winged half-timbered building by Duke Friedrich Franz I according to a design by Johann Heinrich von Seydewitz. Today, nothing can be seen of the avenues that once radiated from the hunting lodge. The connection to the former residential palace of Ludwigslust is still recognisable and partly accessible by car. Many personalities once visited the hunting lodge. Among them: Kaiser Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II as well as the Reich Chancellor Otto von Bismarck."

Total distance: approx. 43 kilometres