Werder (upon Havel) – the water city
Werder (upon Havel) is surrounded by a number of lakes known for their high quality of water. It is enclosed by the lakes of Schwielowsee, Glindowsee, Großer Plessower See and Zernsee, and partly surrounded by the Havel river. This fittingly gives Werder its name which literally means "land where the water flows around".It comes as no surprise therefore that you can find all kinds of popular water sports activities in this region. Boat charters and rowing boat rentals providing canoes, kayaks, pedal-boats, licence-free motorboats and sailing yachts won’t leave you high and dry. Besides the traditional water sports like rowing and sailing, we also offer surfing, water skiing, catamaran sailing and paragliding for action lovers.
The Havel lake district around Potsdam and Brandenburg where you are allowed to drive motorboats at around 200 km offers the best conditions for boating holidays. Nowhere else in Europe will you find worldwide-known cultural heritage and unspoiled countryside so close to one another, and all of this directly at Berlin’s gates. The district offers a fantastic variety of holiday activities, including water sports, culture and city trips. Unlike other rivers, the Untere Havel reveals its multi-facetedness by connecting over 40 lakes on its journey through Berlin-Potsdam and Brandenburg.Those who prefer just watching will get more than their money's worth: there are a great number of rowing, sailing and canoeing regattas, water skiing events and other water events as well as seaport parties throughout the whole year. Werder Water Feast is one of the many highlights. Apart from the professional sports competitions, there are also many amateur and school sporting events organised throughout the year. Cross-runs, dragon boat races and school contests are just a few examples.
The number of berths for private boats and visitors has been constantly increasing. Many new ports have been created. The largest one is currently being constructed in the hugely developing northernmost area of Werder, the Havelauen. Here, more than 360 boats will soon have a place to moor.
When you hear the term ‘water’, isn’t swimming the first thing that comes to mind? Here you will find our public beaches and lidos:
| - | “Strandbad Werder“ at Lake Plessowersee | city map |
| - | “Strandbad OT Glindow” at Lake Glindower | city map |
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Calendar of events
in German
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calendar of events as PDF-File
(Last update:
January 2010)
Map of the historic city centre
Guided tours
by Jutta Enke
from The Guild
of the Tourist
Guides of Werder
(upon Havel)
(Gilde der
Stadtführer Werder (Havel) e.V.)
and the
Werder (upon Havel)
Tourist Office
Flyer
"Werder Erfrischen"
(PDF format)
(220kB)
Revier-
beschreibung
Boot (PDF format)
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The resort map of our neighbouring resort is available here:
F.U.N. – Wassertourismus-
initiative Flusslandschaft Untere Havelniederung
If you plan to visit Werder, you can check the weather forecast here:
www.
wetteronline.de
There are various possibilities ranging from boat charters and activities with the sailing school to rowing boat rentals or berths, inviting you to go on a boat trip or to simply have a rest.
Water tourists are warmly welcome!
How to find the waterway berth and rest area Werder (upon Havel)
Since 2004, a lovely waterway berth and rest area has been situated directly in the centre of the officially recognised holiday and spa resort Werder (upon Havel), in its historic old city. (Here you can find the link to our city map).
Nearby is a car park with 200 parking lots, a camper site, accessible public toilets, a medical centre, a pharmacy and a first-aid station.
A playground with climbing frames, benches and a barbecue area (fireplace) at the riverbank welcomes you to stay and have a break. Right nextdoor there are restaurants, shops, a boat and pedal-boat rental and other services. Since April 2008, bike rental has also been available from there.
For visitors it is sometimes difficult to spot the public berths, marinas, moorings for visitors, boathouses and hotels/accommodation. It is helpful to look out for a welcome sign with the “Yellow Wave” which indicates further information about berths and moorings, port equipment, tourist facilities and sight-seeing.
Click here for further information
www.potsdamer-brandenburger-havelseen.de
A waterway map is available at the Werder (upon Havel) Tourist Office.
Short description of the landing stage at the waterway berth and rest area Werder (upon Havel)
The landing stage is about 78m long and 3m wide with a total area of approximately 330 square metres. The height of the landing stage is 90 cm (30.35m to mean sea level); considering an average water level of 29.44m, it is thus still accessible at high tide (30.19m to mean sea level).
Available moorings:
- 4 parking bays for ships with a maximum length of 8.5m
- 22 parking bays for boats with a maximum length of 5m
Parallel to the riverbank, there is a jetty for rowing boats and pedal-boats which is approximately 15m in length and 2m wide.
The landing stage is lit up.
Access to the landing stage is provided by a ramp so that it is also accessible for wheelchairs.
If you would like to know how much a mooring in the waterway berth and rest area costs, please contact:
Hogab GmbH
Phone and fax: +49 (0) 3327-40855
E-Mail: info@hogab.de
Web: www.hogab.de
There you will also be provided with detailed information about the camper site.
Motorboats with a maximum of 5 PS are licence-free in Brandenburg. There is also no requirement for a sailing licence for the lakes and rivers in Brandenburg.
www.wsa-
brandenburg.
wsv.de
www.
wassersport-
verband.de
"Potsdamer und Brandenburger Havelseen"
(PDF format)
(4MB)
A waterway map is available at the Werder (upon Havel) Tourist Office.
Would you like to explore the Havel lake district on your own? Feel free to contact one of our private rentals. The most modern port facilities and trailer slipways all over the city ensure that every amateur captain enjoys his holidays to the full, both by and at sea. There is a variety of boats provided with different kinds of equipment and standards for every budget. We are sure that you will find a boat that suits your needs.Where can you rent a boat? Directly in the city centre before the island bridge:
Water sports shop Krüger und Till
www.wassersport.de
Here you can also find a list of various private rentals from the commercial register, providing you with boat rental and charter offers:
Boat charter offers are available at all marinas:
| Allert Marin GmbH www.allert.de |
| Marina Friedrichshöhe www.koeppe-gruppe.de |
| Unruh Marine |
| Marina Havelauen |
Motorboats with a maximum of 5 PS are licence-free in Brandenburg. There is also no requirement for a sailing licence for the lakes and rivers in Brandenburg. So just give it a try!
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www.wsa-
brandenburg.
wsv.de
www.
wassersport-
verband.de
Berth and leave the stress behind.
Numerous hotels, guest houses and private accommodation are waiting for you.
Living and sleeping at water – here you will find hotels and guest houses from our commercial register:
| Campingplatz Riegelspitze |
| Gästehäuser Insel Töplitz Pension und Ferienbetrieb |
| Hotel & Café „Prinz Heinrich“ |
| Hotel >Seaside Garden< |
| Verein Inselparadies Petzow e.V. |
Would you like to try fish from the Havel lakes or the Mark Brandenburg cuisine? If so, come and dine in our local restaurants at the waterside. We also recommend trying a glass of our local fruit wine or the speciality wine grown at Werder’s Wachtelberg hill.
| Restaurant Marina Zernsee |
| Restaurant >Zur alten Weberei< < |
| Seeterrasse „Porta Helena“ |
Or would you prefer staying in a cottage or private accommodation at the waterside? Then we have exactly what you need! Here you will find our private accommodation catalogue:
Please note that not every accommodation provider has its own website so please feel free to ask for our private accommodation catalogue which we will be pleased to send to you by mail or email.
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For all ‘non-captains’ we recommend going on a relaxing tour on board one of our passenger ships. Whether you would like to start from Berlin or Potsdam with Werder (upon Havel) as your final destination or just a stop-over, our beautiful city is always worth a visit, especially by water.Werder (upon Havel) is currently a popular destination called at by a number of passenger and tourist ship providers; the following are just a few examples: Stern- und Kreisschifffahrt Berlin, Reederverband Berlin, Weiße Flotte Potsdam and Reederei Herzog. Each of them has its own landing stage at the island, Werder’s historic old city near the city centre. There is another landing stage next to the train station.
For example, you can go on a tour to Potsdam or Berlin, to the Peacock Island (“Pfaueninsel”) or through the Wannsee lake area.
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| Weisse Flotte | Stern und Kreisschiffahrt GmbH Berlin |
| Here you will find the landing stage: see city map | Here you will find the landing stage: see city map |
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Personenschifffahrt Herzog
The ship tour provider Herzog offers traditional trips from Glindow to Berlin-Spandau. Here you will find the landing stage: see city map |
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Waterways to Werder (upon Havel)
An extra bonus:
Werder is provided with an excellent public transport network (called ‘ÖPNV’) ensuring that, after a ship tour, you can easily return by bus or regional trains from Potsdam, Berlin and Brandenburg back to Werder (upon Havel).
www.
vbbonline.de
Fishing has been a popular leisure activity in Werder and its surrounding area for almost 120 years, offering passionate anglers various possibilities to practice their hobby on land as well as at water. The most beautiful fishing areas are not only the Havel river near Werder and Phöben, but also Lake Glindower, the large and the small Lake Zernsee, the large Lake Plessower and the Wuplitz way leading to Lake Göttinsee.
Licence-free fishing
Since the 1st August 2006, it has been much easier to go fishing in Brandenburg. This is because you no longer need a fishing licence for fishing white fish such as carps, tenches, barbells, rudds, roaches or breams.
However, you should be careful not to throw your fishing rod wherever and whenever you like. Before going fishing for the first time, it is necessary to pay an annual fishing fee and to purchase a fishing permit. For fishing predatory fish you still need a fishing licence and you have to consider the biological rest periods. Furthermore, fishing at night is forbidden.
For further information on fishing fees and day tickets, please contact the Brandenburg Angler Association by phone + 49 (0) 331-7430110 or click www.lav-bdg.de.
The fishing permits are valid for the following areas in and around Werder:
Caputh Ferry – Lake Schwielowsee – Lake Glindowsee – from train bridge, large and small Lake Zernsee to Töplitz/Phöben.
Fishing permits are available e.g. in the city centre:
| Fischerhof Kühn |
| Wassersportfachgeschäft Krüger und Till |
Would you like to go fishing in our city and its surrounding area but lack the appropriate equipment? No problem, here you can buy everything you need as well as receive good advice about your fishing gear:
Water sports shop Krüger und Till - www.wassersport.de
If you have any questions about fishing in and around Werder, please do not hesitate to ask our angler associations. They are happy to help you:
Ortsanglerverein Werder (Havel) e.V.
(Local Angler Association Werder (upon Havel)).
E-Mail: HinzeW@web.de
Anglerverein " Plessower See" e.V.
(Angler Association ‘Plessower Lake’)
Contakt: Peter Nadler, Phone: +49 (0) 3327 – 71729
Good luck!
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