Bike tours

1. around the Schweriner Außensee

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

Total distance: approx. 36 kilometres

2. around the Schwerin inner lake

At the road, first turn right to Paulsdamm. Keep left at the Seewarte inn and cycle along the cycle path towards Rampe. Continue straight on to the traffic lights and then turn right towards Leezen, from Leezen to Görslow. You can choose whether to cycle along the lakeshore or on the cycle path directly to Raben Steinfeld. The route along the lake leads through the "Görslower Ufer" nature reserve and can only be managed 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 behaviour in the nature reserve. At Raben Steinfeld you reach the B321, keep right here, cross the Störbrücke bridge and then immediately turn right. Pass the "Zum Reppin" inn and you will come to Mueß, with the Folklore Museum on your right. Continue straight ahead until you reach the B321. Keep right here, immediately after the Zippendorf inn turn right again and follow the road. You will reach Zippendorfer Strand and Franzosenweg. Keep right in the castle park and cross the Burgsee bridge. At the castle portal, turn left over the castle bridge and immediately right past the "Weiße Flotte" landing stage to the stables. If you follow Werderstraße, you will come to Paulsdamm and the Seewarte inn after a few kilometres through the Schelfwerder forest. Turn left here and you will reach the Seehotel Frankenhorst again.

Total distance: approx. 32 kilometres

3. connecting tour Banzkow

From Seehotel Frankenhorst, you cycle along cycle paths and country lanes to Leezen and on to Godern. In summer, you can stop off for a refreshing swim on the shores of Lake Pinnow. A walk along the western shore of the lake takes you through shady beech forests with giant old trees. From Godern, continue to Pinnow, keeping left behind the church in the direction of Petersberg. You cycle on towards Sukow, crossing the B321. You reach Sukow via Zietlitz, from here you reach Banzkow.

Total distance: approx. 24 kilometres

4th Lewitz circular tour from Banzkow

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

A hunting lodge in the style of a log cabin was built in the middle of the Lewitz in 1705 by order of Duke Friedrich Wilhelm. In 1791, Duke Friedrich Franz I replaced it with a three-winged half-timbered building based on a design by Johann Heinrich von Seydewitz. Today, nothing remains of the avenues that once radiated from the hunting lodge. The connection to the former Ludwigslust Residential Palace can still be recognised and is partially accessible by car. Many personalities once visited the hunting lodge. Among them: Emperors Wilhelm I and Wilhelm II as well as Chancellor Otto von Bismarck.

Total distance: approx. 43 kilometres