What's nearby? - Things to do in the vicinity of the Ferry Station Schulau

Wedel is always worth a visit. Beyond the Ferry Station Schulau and the ship welcoming station named Welcome Point there are a lot of things to do and to discover in the vicinity of Schulau.

Planetenlehrpfad: Learning about the planets - following the tracks of our solar system
Between Wedel and Hetlingen, there is a path of about six kilometres on the dike along the Elbe, which shows you the gigantic dimensions of our solar system. The sun and its surrounding nine planets are replicated on a scale of one to one billion. The central star at the point of departure (right at the Ferry Station Schulau) is 1.39 metres in diameter and weighs 800 kilograms. The nine planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto are adapted to that size. The Earth, for example, being at a distance of 150 metres from the point of departure, is 1.2 centimetres in diameter according to this scale. The Pluto model is at a distance of exactly 5946 metres at the dike along the Elbe.

Höcknerrundweg: the Höckner Round Trip
In prominent places of Wedel there are in honour of the painter Rudolf Höckner (1864-1942) his pictures propped on easels showing the old Roland's town. This is to keep the memory of Höckner alive. The walk through Wedel along the easels is at the same time a trip into the past because they are at the same places where the painter used to create his pictures and therefore you can easily compare the landscape of the old days with the one of nowadays.

Game enclosure Klövensteen
A little bit north-east of Wedel you will find the game enclosure Klövensteen, which is the largest and most varied one in the vicinity of Hamburg. The stags are very tame, which means that they even don't mind people watching them during their fights in the rutting season. Moreover, there are bird shows with owls and further native birds of pray. The entrance is free, bicycles and dogs are not allowed.

Ochsenweg - the Ox Trail
The Ox Trail is one of the oldest paths of Schleswig-Holstein. With the help of this historical trail the providing of meat of the North was ensured during the 14th century. Living cattle, that was additionally bought in Denmark, was driven into the country. After its journey through Schleswig-Holstein the cattle was finally sold at the ox market in Wedel. Only when the first railroads were built, the driving of the oxes was grind to a halt.

The Yachting Harbour Wedel / Hamburg
The Yachting Harbour Wedel is one of the largest and most modern harbours for sporting boats in Europe, which is independent of tide conditions. It is about 4.6 km long and hosts nearly 2.000 boats.

The Hiking Trail along the river Elbe
On the Elbe Hiking Trail you can walk for 23 kilometres along the Elbe as far as Hamburg. The trail leads you over the heathland of Wittenberg to Blankenese and Teufelsbrück through Övelgönne to the fish market and up to the gangways. Walking the whole trail will take between 5 and 5.5 hours.

The Ernst-Barlach-Museum
The house where Ernst Barlach (1870 - 1938) was born, was given to the Barlach association in 1987 in order to create a cultural centre. The most important point of the exhibition is in the Wedel House, which is dedicated to the life and the activities of Barlach, especially to his prints and literature as well as to his photographs. Altogether the museum hosts about 20 sculptures and nearly 100 prints of Barlach. Furthermore, there is a photo documentation including pictures of himself, original letters and manuscripts as well as first editions of his plays and a large library.

The playground on the beach
Near the yachting harbour you will find a playground directly on the Elbe beach where your children may have a lot of fun playing.

The Puppet Museum Rissen
The private collection of the Puppet Museum Falkenstein has been built up in more than three decades. It contains mostly European puppets and about 60 doll's houses, kitchens and shops of eight generations. Every detail has been faithfully copied because the dolls and their houses were also for instruction. So with the help of the exhibited masterpieces you can learn a lot about a middle-class household of that time.