Pure Nature and Industrial Drive at the Same Time

Location

The town of Schwedt is located approximately 90 km from Berlin and on the border to Poland. About 32,000 people live at present in the modern town on the Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthaler waterway. With the oil refinery PCK-Raffinerie GmbH, the paper mills LEIPA Georg Leinfelder GmbH and UPM-Kymmene Papier GmbH & Co. KG as well as further middle-sized businesses; Schwedt is counted as one of the major industrial locations in the Berlin and Brandenburg region.

The motorway junctions for the A11 and A20 are close by, there is a direct rail link with Berlin, there are also the industrial harbours on the Hohensaaten-Friedrichsthaler waterway and the River Oder and there is a border crossing point for heavy goods vehicles and cars, these are all aspects of the regions excellent transport infrastructure.

Relaxation and recreation are to be found near by in the“ Unteres Odertal” National Park, in the Biosphere Reserve “Schorfheide” and either around or on the countless lakes of the region, at the Baltic Sea coast or the neighbouring Szczecin lagoon.
Popular places for day trips and short tours in the area are the “Stolper Turm” (Tripping Tower), the Chorin Monastery, the ships lifting facility at Niederfinow, the Blumberger Mill and the historic city centre of Szczecin.
Many further leisure time activities around Schwedt such as the swimming complex “Aquarium” and open air Forest swimming baths and recreation area, the Uckermark theatre and the “Cinestar” cinema and on a fine day there are the many interesting and beautiful cycle paths and walking routs; there is something to suit every taste.