On foot or by bike via Branitz to the Cottbus Ostsee

Cyclists and hikers are recommended to go on a circuit tour from CottbusService (Stadthalle Cottbus) via Fürst-Pückler-Park and Branitz Palace>Kastanienallee>Kirschallee>Dissenchen district to Merzdorf. The final destination is the observation tower there. Directly by the lakeside there is a path to the inlet structure. For the way back we suggest the route from Lakoma to Saspow and then along the River Spree to the city centre. On the way, a stop at the Spreewehrmühle is recommended with its restaurant and museum.
Allow some time to explore the park with its two pyramids and impressive landscape paintings on foot (cycling is not allowed in the park). Inside Branitz Palace you will also detailed information on the life and work of Prince Pueckler.

And what is there to explore on the way?

• Cottbus park complex – Branitz Park, zoo* and Spreeauenpark
• Branitz Palace with its library, Prince Pueckler’s breakfast room and bedroom, the recipe for the famous Pueckler Ice Cream and much more besides
• Cottbus park railway*
• Brandburg State Museum of Modern Art at Amtsteich
• Cotttbus stagecoach memorial* at Lindenpforte
• St. Nicholas Oberkirche church including ascent to the church tower*
• Altmarkt with town houses, cafés and restaurants
• Monastery church with Klosterplatz surrounded by high trees
• Spreewehrmühle* 
• Spreemeile* – training equipment course of some 2 kilometres in length
• Observation tower by the lake
• MIA* wooden boat on the shore of the future lake
• The inlet structure by the lake

Our special tips for families are marked with an asterisk*.

The tour consists of asphalt and grit tracks.

Start/finish: CottbusService at Stadthalle Cottbus
Length of the tour: approximately 19 kilometres
Route signage: red-and-white intersection signposts
Directions to and from Cottbus:
Public transport: take the RE 2 from Berlin or the RB 65 from Zittau/Görlitz to Cottbus central station
Car: from Spreewald junction A15 as far as the exits Cottbus-West and Cottbus-Süd

Possible combinations:

• Spree Cycle Path
• Tour Brandenburg
• Gherkin Cycle Path
• Prince Pueckler Cycle Path