Oder-Neisse 06: Penkun - Schwedt (Oder)
6th of 16 stages on my Oder-Neisse route from Zempin to Görlitz
Part 040 of my Way of St. James from Saint Petersburg to Santiago de Compostela
My adjacent routes:
- previous: Baltic Sea coast
- next: Bohemia
From Penkun in the district of Vorpommern-Greifswald, past the medieval town fortifications of Gartz (Oder) to Schwedt (Oder) in the Uckermark; ride through a hilly, wooded and sparsely populated landscape
Restaurants in: Penkun, Mescherin, Gartz (Oder), Schwedt (Oder)
Author’s recommendation
Accommodation in Penkun: Guesthouse "Zum Greif" / Breite Straße 4 / DE-17328 Penkun / Phone +49 39751 61939 / e-Mail: manuelabaumann8(at)aol.com / GPS: 53.29694, 14.23944
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Accommodation in Schwedt (Oder): Turm Hotel / Heinersdorfer Damm 1-11 / DE-16303 Schwedt (Oder) / Phone +49 3332 4430 / e-Mail: info(at)turmhotel-schwedt.de / GPS: 53.05806 14.26944
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.
Track types
Safety information
All information according to the best knowledge, but without guarantee
Trail markers:
- from Penkun: Cycle route D12 (Oder-Neisse cycle route)
Tips and suggestions
"¦" is on the route, ">" is within 500 m of the route, ">>" is further away
Worth seeing in Gartz (Oder):
- Remnants of the medieval town fortifications : e.g., the Stettiner Gate
Worth seeing in Schwedt (Oder):
- > District Court; Vierradener Platz
- > Berlischky Pavilion: former French Reformed church; Lindenallee, corner of Bahnhofstraße
- > Ermelerspeicher: first tobacco warehouse; Lindenallee 36
- ¦ European Huguenot Park
- > Evangelical City Church; Paul-Meyer-Straße 43
- ¦ Julius Tower; Gartenstrasse
- > Catholic Church; Vierradener Platz
- Polyhedral sundial; Huguenot Park
- > City Mill and Theodor Hahn’s Soap Factory; Vierradener Platz
- > Tobacco Warehouse; Gerberstraße
- >> Water Tower; Heinersdorfer Damm
- > Residential house Auguststraße 2: listed farmer’s house
- ... more artworks: numerous fountains, sculptures, reliefs and steles, facade art and art inside
Adjacent stages:
Roadbook
From Penkun to Schwedt (Oder):
On the Oder-Neisse cycle route via Schönfeld (Uckermark), Tantow, Mescherin, Gartz (Oder), Gatow to Schwedt (Oder)
From the cycle route to the hotel:
In front of the Uckermark Clinic, turn right from Berliner Allee onto Julian-Marchlewski-Ring and after the bus stop "J.v.Liebig-Strasse" turn left onto Heinersdorfer Damm. The hotel is 300 m on the left
Public transport
From A to B by plane, train, bus, ferry, and car (and hotels and rental cars)
Prices, travel times, routes, timetables ... options for online booking
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Coordinates
Book recommendation by the author
Author’s map recommendations
- Oder-Neisse cycle route: from Zittau to Ueckermünde - 465 km
- bikeline cycle tour guide Oder-Neisse route (with maps 1:75,000); Esterbauer Publishing
Localization
Derived from the technical difficulty and the stamina requirements.

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