Ratzeburg

Worth seeing in and around Ratzeburg

2 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

1. 01
   Ratzeburger See

   is a lake in Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. At an elevation of 4 m, its surface area is 14.3 km2.

   3.9 km · lake · Wikipedia
2. 02
   Mechower See

   Mechower See is a lake in the Nordwestmecklenburg district in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany. At an elevation of 31.5 m, its surface area is 1.64 km2.

   5.1 km · lake in Schlagsdorf, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany · Wikipedia

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What Wikivoyage says to see

1. 01
   St. Georg auf dem Berge. Church
2. 02
   Ernst Barlach Museum Ratzeburg

   Barlachplatz 3, 23909 Ratzeburg, kontakt@ernst-barlach.de.

3. 03
   Ratzeburger Dom

   Easily Ratzeburg's most impressive church built from brick as most older buildings in this part of Germany are.

4. 04
   St.-Petri-Kirche
5. 05
   Herrenhaus der Herzöge von Mecklenburg

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Things to do

Erlebnisbahn Ratzeburg, info@erlebnisbahn-ratzeburg.de. You can rent a draisine to run on the 13 km (8.1 mi) former railway line from Ratzeburg to Hollenbek

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Where to eat

1. 01
   Fischerstube Ratzeburg

   Schloßwiese 2,.

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Getting to Ratzeburg

Airports

Hamburg Helmut Schmidt (HAM), 51 km · Bremen (BRE), 149 km · Hannover (HAJ), 155 km

• Hamburg → Ratzeburg

  54 km · quickest by road, 1h 20m · €6–9
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• Bremen → Ratzeburg

  148 km · quickest by road, 2h 33m · €18–25
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• Hannover → Ratzeburg

  163 km · quickest by road, 3h 1m · €21–29
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