Fläming Heath

The Fläming is a low hill range stretching over 100 kilometres between the Elbe and Dahme rivers in Saxony-Anhalt and Brandenburg. Its highest point is Hagelberg at 201 metres. The name comes from 12th-century settlers from Flanders who moved here to escape crowded towns. Today it remains a quiet rural landscape with small towns and open heathland.

Tourism plays a major role in the local economy, helped by the region’s closeness to Berlin. Three nature parks—High Fläming Nature Park, Fläming Nature Park and Nuthe-Nieplitz Nature Park—draw walkers and cyclists. The Flaeming-Skate route is one of Europe’s longest inline-skating tracks at 190 kilometres. Towns like Bad Belzig, Jüterbog and Wittenberg sit on the edge of the hills.

Visitors find well-marked paths through beech and oak woods and across open heaths. The Flaeming-Skate route links villages and farmland, offering long-distance views. Historic towns such as Ziesar and Zerbst have old churches and castles to explore. The area’s quiet roads and gentle slopes suit families as well as experienced cyclists.