Nature and Tourism -Information Information Imprint: Success together In practice this means: Environmental Conservation i Stargarder Straße 6 & Exhibitions 17279 Lychen Publisher: Ministry of Environment, Tel.: 03 98 88 / 22 55 Health and Consumer Protection of An information and guidance Naturpark Uckermärkische Seen TMU / Tourismus Marketing Ziegeleipark / Brickyard Park Fax: 03 98 88 / 41 78 the Federal State of Naturparkverwaltung und Besucherinformation GmbH Ziegelei 10 system leads the canoeists along www.lychen.de Editors: State Office of Environment, Uckermark Lakes Nature Park Administration and Visitor information Stettiner Straße 19 16792 Zehdenick, OT Mildenberg Health and Consumer Protection around 150 km of water routes Zehdenicker Straße 1 17291 Fürstenberg/ Tel.: 033 07 / 31 04 10 Uckermark Lakes Nature Park and the 17279 Lychen Tel.: 03 984 / 83 58 83 Tourism Information Fax: 033 07 / 31 04 11 Office of Environmental Information, through the nature park. Along Tel.: 03 98 88 / 645 30 Fax: 03 984 / 83 58 85 Markt 5 www.ziegeleipark.de Public Relations the bike path "Spur der Steine" Fax: 03 98 88 / 645 55 www.tourismus-uckermark.de 16798 Fürstenberg / Havel 14476 Potsdam, OT Groß Glienicke, [email protected] Tel.: 03 30 93 / 322 54 Seeburger Chaussee 2 Tourismusverband ("Stone trail") visitors can disco- www.np-us.brandenburg.de Fax: 03 30 93 / 325 39 Tel. 033 201 / 422 – 0 Ruppiner Seenland www.fuerstenberger-seenland.de Photos: G. Messerschmidt, U. Göritz, ver the landscape formed by the Ruppiner Lakeland K. Stuke, R. Mauersberger, R. Zielinski, Tourism Association ice age between and Weihnachtshaus Himmelpfort J. Thum, G. Klinger, B. Schilling, Fischbänkenstraße 8 Himmelpfort Christmas House H. Silbermann (TMB), K.-P. Kappest/ Fürstenwerder. 16816 Neuruppin Klosterstraße 23 um (tmu GmbH), Ziegeleipark, Tel.: 033 91 / 65 96 30 16798 Fürstenberg/Havel Naturwacht US Fax: 033 91 / 35 79 07 OT Himmelpfort Maps: Pro Line Concept, The nature park can also be www.ruppiner-reiseland.de Tel.: 03 30 89 / 418 88 Design: Goscha Nowak discovered along the rails of a Printing: Landesvermessung und Tourismusverein Touristinformation Zehdenick Naturerlebnis Uckermark Geobasisinformation Brandenburg e.V. Am Markt 11 Am Scharfrichtersee 2a former railway line with bicycle September 2014 Tourist Association 16792 Zehdenick 17291 Prenzlau draisines. Hikers can find im- Boitzenburger Land Tel.: 033 07 / 28 77 Tel. / Fax: 039 84 / 80 60 00 Tourismus im Naturpark pressive nature experiences of Fax: 033 07 / 42 08 77 www.naturerlebnis-uckermark.de Letzelthin Lowland Uckermärkische Seen www.fremdenverkehrsbuero- clear lakes and streams along Templiner Straße 4 zehdenick.de Kirchlein im Grünen 17268 Boitzenburger Land Church in the Green the "Märkische Landweg" ("Mark www.boitzenburgerland.de Tourismusverein Fürstenwerder e.V. Alt Placht From 1996 to 2011 a large-scale nature conservation project by Land Route") or the "Uckermär- und Uckermärkische Heimatstuben Tel.: 03 98 88 / 520 63 Printed on FSC - certified paper Templin-Information Fürstenwerder Tourism Office and www.kirchlein-im-grünen.de the Federal Government was realized in the nature park area ker Landrunde" ("Uckermark Historisches Rathaus Uckermark Museum Am Markt 19, 17268 Templin Ernst-Thälmann Strasse 26 above all to stabilize the landscape water balance. The project Land Circuit"). Especially curious Naturwacht Uckermärkische Seen Landschaftspflegeverein Nord- Tel.: 039 87 / 26 31 17291 / ensured that the water level in 27 lakes and 54 moors rose. visitors to the nature park can Nature Watch – Uckermark Lakes uckermärkische Seenlandschaft e.V. Fax: 039 87 / 538 33 OT Fürstenwerder Zehdenicker Straße 1 Landscape Conservation www.templin.de Tel.: 03 98 59 / 202 Reviving growth in moors is especially significant in the face of avail themselves of the certified 17279 Lychen Association North Uckermark Lake Fax: 03 98 59 / 630 06 climate change. Important partners of the project leader, the nature and landscape guides. Tel.: 03 98 88 / 435 17 Landscape www.fuerstenwerder-seengebiet.de Fax: 03 98 88 / 435 18 Dorfstraße 47 Feldberg Association - Uckermark Lake Landscape (Förderver- www.naturwacht.de 17268 Boitzenburger Land / City Information – Prenzlau OT Wichmannsdorf Marktberg 2 And, last but not least, many eins Feldberg-Uckermärkische Seenlandschaft e.V.), and the Naturparkverwaltung Tel. / Fax: 03 98 89 / 550 68 17291 Prenzlau nature park were the nature conservation organization WWF and Uckermark residents have Feldberger Seenlandschaft Tel.: 039 84 / 83 39 52 Strelitzer Straße 42 Nature Guide Thomas Volpers Fax: 039 84 / 83 39 54 the Naturschutzfonds Brandenburg. Together with the nature planted more than 3,500 trees of 17258 Feldberger Seenlandschaft / Metzelthin 30 www.prenzlau-tourismus.de OT Feldberg 17268 Templin park administration and the WWF, the Feldberg Association old apple varieties. All of these Tel.: 03 98 31 / 527 80 Tel. / Fax: 03 98 85 / 32 87 has been active in the sustainable regional development of the varieties can be found in the Fax: 03 98 31 / 527 89 www.um-natur.de www.naturpark-feldberger- nature park since 1999. These efforts have borne fruit. Since display garden at the thermal seenlandschaft.de Landesamt für Uckermark 2001 the nature park region has received millions in financial springs in Templin. Förderverein Feldberg – Ucker- Umwelt, support from the European Union and the State of Brandenburg märkische Seenlandschaft e.V. Gesundheit und Feldberg Association – Verbraucherschutz Lakes Nature Park for projects involving the sustainable agriculture, forestry, and Uckermark Lake Landscape fishery industries and for ecological tourism, all via the LEADER+ Am Markt 13 17268 Templin programme. This has lead to the development of new products Tel.: 039 87 / 53 7 33 Fax: 039 87 / 40 95 61 The Uckermark Lakes Nature Reserve is one of the “National Natural and services, and thereby created jobs in this economically Landscapes”, the umbrella organisation of the German national parks, www.uckermaerkische-seen.de biosphere reserves and conservation areas backed by the registered underdeveloped region. association EUROPARC Deutschland e.V.: www.europarc-deutschland.de WWoolfshagenlfshagen KarlsteinKarlstein A wealth of nature 191988 Taschen-Taschen- Extra dry Caring for the young NP Feldberger GöhrenGöhren Hildebrands- Seenlandschaft bergberg hagen Dolgen GeorginenauGeorginenau Dolgen Jagow NP Watzkendorf GrauenhagenGrauenhagen SchlepkowSchlepkow 198 Jagow Uckermärkische BredenfeldeBredenfelde Natural riches have been preserved BR Flusslandschaft BandelowBandelow The Nature Watch and NemitzRheinsberNP g Seen NLP KutzerowKutzerow Elbe-Brandenburg - BR Unteres NeugartenNeugarten DammDamm-Damm-- Damerow Ruppiner Land Schorfheide- Odertal seseee in Uckermark that find no equal Chorin StolpeStolpe Krumbeck the nature park admi- Krumbeck WendorfWendorf GroßerGroßer AugustfeldAugustfeldee NP NaturparkNaturpark SeSeee FürstenwFürstenwerderFürstenwerder ZernikowZernikow in central Europe. The Uckermark NP Barnim KraatzKraatz SteinfurthSteinfurth nistration agreed to a West- Bernau Möllenbeck CantnitzCantnitz HolzendorfHolzendorf havelland NP FeldbergerFeldberger WrechenWrechen WilhWilhelWilhelmshayWilhelmshaye nn Wittstock Märkische LichtenbergLichtenberg Wittstock SchönwerderSchönwerder BlindowBlindow Lakes Nature Park hosts more than BERLIN Schweiz GrGr.. FerdinandsFerdinands-- RittgartenRittgarten mutually beneficial colla- SeenlandschafSeenlandschafttSchönhof ParmenseeParmensee Potsdam Ollendorf Schönhof horshorstt FalkenhagenFalkenhagen NP SchlichtSchlicht 1,200 plant species, some of which n boration years ago, with zi n Dahme- u zi Christianen-Christianen- 109109 NP NP LLu Heideseen Carpin Dolgen rr Dedelow Water, forests, Large copper Hoher Nuthe- NP ee hohoff SchapowSchapow Dedelow it t WarbendeWarbende WeitendorfWeitendorf e i are seriously endangered. Growing Fläming Nieplitz Schlaubetal r re eight schools in Boitzen- Haus- B Raakow Haus- B ParmeParmenn Raakow BR seesee WittenhagenWittenhagen in the moors one finds broad- Spreewald EllingenEllingen burg, Lychen, Milden- Large Nature Reserves NP LüttenhagenLüttenhagen SchönermarkSchönermark and hills: Uckermark Niederlausitzer FürstenauFürstenau Fürstenhagen in Brandenburg Fürstenhagen AArendseeArendsee leaved and slender cotton grass, Landrücken FELDBERG AlbertshofAlbertshof berg, Templin, and Zeh- NP WeggunWeggun WilhelmshofWilhelmshof PRENZLAU Niederlausitzer SchmalerSchmaler ConowConow GüstowGüstow NLP = National park Heidelandschaft Luzin flase twayblade, Marsh Labrador BR = Biosphere reserve Luzin BuchenhaiBuchenhainn HorsHorstt denick. The school pupils Lakes Nature Park Mühlhof NP = Nature park AUSSCHNITT Gräpkenteich BoisterfeldeBoisterfelde Mühlhof Carwitz CarwitzerCarwitzer tea and the meat-eating sundew. Carwitz MellenaMellenauu NaugartenNaugarten learn about protected LävenLäven SeeSeSeee KrewitKrewitzz Großer GollmitzGollmitz FürstenseerMecklenburg- Of the 15 known orchid species in Fürstensee Grammertin DreetzDreetz-- U U plants and animals as See n FunkenhagenFunkenhagen n Triepkendorfkendorf seesee t kendorf BerkholzBerkholz t Klein e Müritz Nationalpark Klein e r "Mumps" with his herd on the heath SperrenwaldeSperrenwalde GroßGroß RöpersdorfRöpersdorf r the nature park, the rare traunstei- KrüselinKrüselin-- u well as learning about Hasselförde Krüselin- ThomsdorfThomsdorf StroStromm u Hasselförde Sperrenwalde c Sperrenwalde c Großer seesee k Wokuhl Hardenbeck BoitzenburgBoitBoitzenburg Kröchlendorff Schmachten- k Mechow Hardenbeck Schmachten- e An osprey silently circles overhead. nera sphaerica has here its only Kulowsee Mechow e habitats near their place hagen r hagen r

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