Roggentin offers two different reasons to visit: the guided Zwenzow Wolf Trail in the surrounding area and one edition of the Villages’ Summer Festival. The tour focuses on wolves and forests, while the festival features hands-on activities, browsing stalls, crafts and food. When planning your visit, it is therefore important to check both the seasonal tour dates and the location of the festival edition you wish to attend.
Guided hike on the Wolf Trail
Müritz National Park offers the Zwenzow Wolf Trail as a guided hike of about five kilometres. Topics range from the wolf’s ecology and history to the habitats of wild animals and forest plants. The tour thus combines a hike with a clearly defined nature theme.
The meeting point is the Zwenzow car park on the road towards Roggentin. The guided tour follows a seasonal schedule; availability and arrangements for the meeting point may change. Check both before your visit.
Villages’ Summer Festival
The Villages’ Summer Festival is held annually at different locations. One edition took place in Roggentin. There, the programme included hands-on activities and browsing stalls, crafts and food. A church service at Roggentin village church was also part of that festival edition.
If you would like to include the festival in your travel plans, check the date and programme locally in advance. Because the festival location changes, the specific edition is key; the village church should be understood here as the venue for the service during the festival.
Landscape in the Mecklenburg Lake District
The Mecklenburg Lake District is characterised by hundreds of lakes connected by natural waterways or narrow canals. The landscape offers opportunities for canoeing and cycling. These are separate themes for travellers who, in addition to a guided hike, would also like to explore waterways or go cycling.
In the wider destination of Mirow
The permanent exhibition at the Johanniter Museum in Mirow is dedicated to the history of the Order of St John: from its beginnings in Jerusalem through Rhodes and Malta to its work in Mecklenburg, the Mirow commandery of the Order of St John and the charitable works carried out by the Order today. The palace complex on an island comprises the palace, gatehouse, Cavalier House, coach house and St John’s Church. The church dates from the 18th century. The present palace was built from 1749 to 1752 under Adolf Friedrich III, to plans by Christoph Julius Löwe, as a residence for his stepmother Elisabeth-Albertine.
Lake Mirow also offers its own landscape and water experience within the wider destination. It stretches about 2.5 kilometres north from the small town that gives it its name and is up to 700 metres wide. The palace island and the nearby so-called Island of Love lie within the lake. A canal connects the lake to the MĂĽritz-Havel Waterway; Mirow is located directly on this waterway and therefore offers good conditions for water sports.
Mirow also has a cycling route of about 25 kilometres around the southern lake area. Check the route details before setting off. In Mirow, water and cycling activities complement the cultural attractions, while the Wolf Trail in the surrounding area offers a guided hike of about five kilometres. The different route lengths and activities make it easier to choose excursions according to your interests.
Discover more destinations: Mirow, Priepert, Wesenberg, Wustrow
For the wider travel overview: Amt Mecklenburgische Kleinseenplatte.
