2nd stage "Spree Cycle Tour": Cottbus – Lübben/Spreewald

The second stage of the Brandenburg section the Spree Cycle Path runs for 73 kilometres along the route from Forst (Lausitz) to Lübben im Spreewald. From Cottbus, the path first leads to the pond landscape around Peitz then to Burg im Spreewald. Continuing along the River Spree it then proceeds to Leipe, through the museum village of Lehde, and then to Lübbenau and finally Lübben. 

Length: 73 kilometres

Start: Cottbus

Finish: Lübben

Logo/route sign: "Spree Cycle Path” logo with the Spree River and the Brandenburg Gate

How to get there: Take the RE2 (Cottbus) from Berlin central station to Cottbus (approximately 1.5 hours).

Return journey: From Lübben, take the RE2 (Wittenberge) to Berlin central station (approximately 1 hour).

Route: Cottbus, Peitz, Burg, Leipe, Lübbenau, Stottoff, Lübben

Points of interest/background information:

• Cottbus: Human Rights Centre and Memorial Prison, Spreeauenpark, local history museum
• Peitz: Ironworks and fisheries museum, fortress tower, historic town centre
• Burg: Spreewald herb manufactory, Bismarck Tower in Burg, Spreewald mill at the harbour, local history parlour, Kunsthalle with glass-making centre, Spa gardens and Saga Park
• Lehde open-air museum
• Lübbenau: Palace park, Spreewald UNESCO Biosphere Reserve – information point, Atelier Brüggemann-Riemer
• Lübben: Palace, Paul Gerhardt church

Possible combinations

• Tour Brandenburg
• Prince Pueckler Cycle Path
• Lower Lusatia Mining Tour
• Gherkin Cycle Path
• Chain of pearls between town and country
• Bicycle tour to log cabins and orchard meadows
• Historic Town Centre Cycle Routes – Route 6
• Haystack Tour

Trail conditions/surface: The route runs along asphalted and nearly always well-developed trails and paths.

Maps/Literature: "Bikeline Radtourenbuch, Spree- Radweg. Von der Quelle nach Berlin", 1:75.000, Esterbauer, Auflage: 8. Auflage (12. Juni 2015), ISBN-13: 978-3850000703, Euro 13.90