Hohensaaten Germany Brandenburg
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Frequently Asked Questions
A few steps from the houses, on the bank of the Oder in the Märkisch-Oderland district north-east of Berlin. The village stretches along the water and has barely a thousand residents.
To work through the locks. This is where vessels pass from the Havel-Oder waterway onto the border river: two locks link the village on one side to the Old Oder and the Oder-Havel Canal, on the other to the channel running down toward Szczecin.
No, and it is only fair to say so plainly: no famous monument, no busy square. The interest here lies in its position as a hinge between Berlin and the sea. This is a call about landscape and navigation, not heritage.
Walk along the locks and watch the barges pass, hike or cycle the great dyke with the Polish bank as a backdrop, and look out for the valley's wildlife. A few hundred metres from the quay, all you hear is wind and terns.
The oldest still in service in Germany, about twenty kilometres upstream on the Oder-Havel Canal. It raises vessels in a vast steel tub through 36 metres in a single movement. Most river cruises either pass through it or offer a visit.
Yes, it begins on the far side of the water. From the dyke, the Polish bank is literally the backdrop of your walk. It is not a border you cross during the call, but you look at it from very close.
Beavers, common cranes and white-tailed eagles in the lower Oder valley, one of the best-preserved wetlands in central Europe. In spring and autumn tens of thousands of migratory birds gather here.
A protected area created in 1995 extending toward Schwedt, Germany's only floodplain national park. It is an amphibious world redrawn by each season's flood, crossed by dykes open to walkers and cyclists.
The euro. In a village of a thousand people, count on neither card terminals nor cash machines. Bring cash before going ashore, or bring nothing at all: there is very little to buy.
Spring and autumn, when migratory birds gather in the valley by the tens of thousands. Summer is still pleasant for dyke walks, but the birdwatching is markedly less spectacular.
