Möllenhagen and its districts lie just outside Müritz National Park. In the village itself, a brick church is one of the sights; throughout the municipality, there are more churches, cultural events and places to explore. Hills, hedgerows and kettle holes shape the municipality, while May adds a distinct seasonal touch with its blooming rapeseed fields. The options therefore range from local history to natural landscapes.
Churches and Local History
In Möllenhagen itself, the brick church is one of the village’s sights. In Groß Varchow, also within the municipality, there is a village church dating from the 13th century, built of brick on a fieldstone foundation. The church contains seven figures from the medieval altar. In Kraase, the fieldstone church is one of the sights in the municipality of Möllenhagen; Kraase itself is more than 700 years old. The churches thus offer different architectural features: brick is noted in Möllenhagen and Groß Varchow, and fieldstone in Kraase. Groß Varchow also offers specific details about the church’s age and medieval altar, while Kraase, with its long history, provides another historical point of interest in the municipality.
Landscape and Seasonal Highlights
The municipality’s landscape offers views of hills, hedgerows and kettle holes, as well as cranes and geese. The rapeseed fields bloom in May. If you would like to see them in bloom, you can take the month into account when planning your trip. Alongside the seasonal fields, landforms, hedgerows and wildlife are also part of the landscape. This gives a stay a connection to nature that complements visits to the churches, without reducing the municipality to a single landscape feature.
Culture and Places to Visit in the Municipality
Cultural events are held regularly at Büdnerei Lehsten, often with a distinctive atmosphere. If you would like to plan your stay around an event, check the dates in advance. This lets you include a cultural event in your trip planning without assuming a specific event date.
Hellerschlucht near Kraase and the Riesenstein in the Lehstener Tannen are also considered worthwhile places to visit in the municipality. They add more specific destinations to the churches and Büdnerei for your trip planning. Their names refer to different places within the municipality, so it is worth keeping the names of the respective destinations in mind when planning.
More Nature Experiences in the Mecklenburg Lake District
The wider destination of the Mecklenburg Lake District offers further opportunities to experience nature. Müritz National Park is part of the Mecklenburg Lake District and is characterized by forests, marshes, lakes and wide meadows. The Müritz National Park hiking trail explores the landscape in nine stages: it runs along lakes, through ancient forests, past inland dunes and to the source of the Havel. Certified nature and landscape guides offer informative tours through the national park, including guided visits to the UNESCO World Heritage beech forest at Serrahn and tours from the water.
Another regional nature destination is the Damerower Werder bison reserve. It is located on a peninsula in Lake Kölpin and in Nossentiner/Schwinzer Heath Nature Park. Visitors can watch the animals there. The reserve also has a forest discovery trail with climbing opportunities, an anthill house, an exhibition with touch-and-see panels, and a dendrophone. The Mecklenburg Lake District therefore offers not only hiking trails and guided tours, but also a reserve with a range of nature and interactive features.
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