Vollrathsruhe
Accommodation in Vollrathsruhe
If you would like to make nature and architectural history the focus of your travel plans, Vollrathsruhe offers several points of interest: an English landscape park, a church with an unusual wooden ceiling, and the “Wüste und Glase” nature reserve. This lets you choose a destination based on interests that go beyond beaches and harbours.
Palace park and church architecture
A neo-Baroque palace with a park stands at the entrance to Vollrathsruhe. The English landscape park covers about 2 hectares and is a listed historic site. Within the park are a 19th-century Neo-Gothic mausoleum and an octagonal palace chapel, also dating from the 19th century. These details give the park its own character: in addition to its design as an English landscape park, two historic buildings of different shapes are among its features.
The church in Vollrathsruhe also offers a distinctive example of architecture: it has a wooden ceiling in the style of English cast-iron architecture. Protestant sermons have been held in the church since 1543—even before the Reformation was officially introduced in Mecklenburg. Visitors interested in church interiors and the history of the Reformation will find both an architectural feature and a specific historical connection here.
Views and natural surroundings
The observation tower in Vollrathsruhe offers views across the Mecklenburg Lake District. Alongside the historic attractions, this gives you a landscape perspective to consider when choosing where to stay. The nearby highlights of this visit also include walking routes and natural areas: a chestnut and lime-tree avenue runs between Vollrathsruhe and Kirch Grubenhagen.
From Klein Luckow, a walk through woods and fields leads to the “Wüste und Glase” nature reserve. The area includes hilly pastureland, Lake Ohgangsee, kettle holes, shrubland and old beech forests. This names the different landscape features found within the protected area, ranging from open spaces to wooded areas. At “Wüste und Glase,” two converging glacier lobes formed a terminal moraine fork during the Ice Age.
The nature reserve also contains the remains of an old glassworks. A large rampart of unknown age is also located there. These features make the natural area interesting not only for walks, but also for visitors who would like to include landforms and traces of earlier land use among their travel interests.
Other places in the municipality
The municipality also offers a range of reasons to take a day trip. The church in Kirch Grubenhagen was originally a fortified church and was built in the first half of the 13th century. St. Johannis Church stands on a hill above Kirch Grubenhagen; from the church hill, there are views of Lake Malchiner See and the Malchiner Basin. At Grubenhagen Castle, remains of the keep survive to a height of up to 10 metres, and the walls are over 3 metres thick.
In Hallalit stands “dat lange Hus,” a 104-metre-long building described as the longest house in northern Germany. The long farmhouse was built around 1855 and provided accommodation for 16 families. Its dimensions and former use give a tangible impression of the building, without requiring a general overview of the town’s history.
In Klein Rehberg, a walk along the stream offers an opportunity to enjoy nature; the village is near the “Hellgrund” nature reserve. The fallow deer enclosure in Klein Rehberg is located in the “Hellgrund” nature reserve and can be reached from Vollrathsruhe via Kirch Grubenhagen. If you are looking for accommodation in Vollrathsruhe, you can also consider natural and cultural attractions in the municipality, alongside the buildings in the village.
To explore more destinations, you can also consider Jabel, Groß Plasten, Dratow-Schloen, Varchentin, Klink, Neu Gaarz, Kargow and Klocksin.
For the higher-level travel overview: Amt Seenlandschaft Waren.
