With DIE SCHEUNE and Nätebow Village Church in the district of Bollewick, Bollewick offers two different cultural points of interest. The barn is known for exhibitions, concerts and markets, as well as topics such as agriculture and regional products. The early Gothic village church adds architectural history and historic furnishings to the local landscape. This lets you focus on cultural offerings, regional topics or the history of a building.
DIE SCHEUNE: Culture and regional topics
DIE SCHEUNE Bollewick is 125 metres long and 34 metres wide, with 10,000 square metres under one roof. Its character is not solely architectural: it is a place for culture and art, hosting exhibitions, concerts and markets. It also serves as a welcome centre for topics related to agriculture and regional products. Cultural events and regional information therefore come together in one place.
A permanent exhibition features works by Werner Schinko. When planning your visit, bear in mind that opening arrangements are important: opening hours are currently irregular, and it is possible to arrange a viewing appointment. Check the opening hours before your visit and arrange an appointment if you want to make a particular visit to the exhibition part of your plans.
Nätebow Village Church: Architectural history across several periods
Nätebow Village Church in the district of Bollewick is early Gothic and was once a fortified church. Its furnishings include a carved altar from 1522 and a patron's gallery from the 17th century. The architectural form, its former defensive function and the two dated furnishings point to different historical layers. This clear distinction helps avoid reducing the church to a single date or function.
Comparing the two cultural points of interest, the barn focuses on exhibitions and events, as well as agriculture and regional products. The church, by contrast, offers specific historical points of reference: its early Gothic construction, its former role as a fortified church, the altar from 1522 and the patron's gallery from the 17th century. Which one better suits your interests depends on whether you would like to focus on cultural offerings or on architectural and decorative history.
Mecklenburg Lake District: Nature and different ways to explore it
The wider travel destination of the Mecklenburg Lake District offers further nature experiences. Müritz National Park is part of the region and is characterised by forests, bogs, lakes and expansive meadows. The Müritz National Park hiking trail covers the park's landscape types and distinctive features over nine stages. It runs along lakes, through ancient forests, past inland dunes and to the source of the Havel. The stages give the trail a different structure from a single point of interest in the landscape.
For guided nature interpretation, certified nature and landscape guides offer informative tours through Müritz National Park. These include guided visits to the UNESCO World Heritage beech forest at Serrahn and tours from the water. Exploring by water offers another perspective: from Neustrelitz town harbour, waterway travellers can explore Müritz National Park and the Strelitz Lake District via the Upper Havel Waterway. Alongside walking stages, the wider travel destination therefore offers guided nature tours and explorations from the water.
The Damerower Werder bison reserve is located on a peninsula in Lake Kölpin, in the Mecklenburg Lake District and in Nossentiner/Schwinzer Heide Nature Park. Visitors can observe the animals there. The reserve also has a forest adventure trail with climbing opportunities, an anthill house, an exhibition with touch-and-see panels, and a dendrophone. Wildlife watching and the trail's various stations therefore offer a different focus from the hiking stages in the national park.
Discover more destinations: Gotthun, Melz, Fincken, Röbel/Müritz, Schwarz, Massow, Buchholz, Leizen
For the overview of the wider travel area: Amt Röbel-Müritz.
