Ruppin Switzerland

The Ruppin Switzerland is an elongated hilly forest area in the north of Brandenburg. West is the Kyritz - Ruppin Meadows, north of the Rhine Seenlandschaft and east of the Schorfheide. The Ruppin Switzerland is in a wide Endmoränengürtel and extends from Neuruppin in the south to Neuruppiner district Binenwalde the north and is thereby largely on the urban area of ​​Neuruppin. The central part of the Ruppin Switzerland is the nature reserve Ruppin lakes gutter with the chain of lakes formed by Kalksee, Binenbach, Tornowsee, Zermützelsee, Tetzensee, Molchowsee and Rhin. The chain of lakes begins with the lime and Tornowsee and stretches for some 40 km to the south up to the upper part of the Rhinluches.

The Ruppin Switzerland is part of the Natural Park Stechlin - Ruppin country.

Theodor Fontane has wandered through the Ruppin Switzerland already 130 years ago. His impressions he held in the " walks through the Mark Brandenburg". The introduction to the corresponding chapter, he concludes with this poem:

And you ask it: " The most stimulus, Where it involves the Ruppin Switzerland? Is it norther forward in Rheinberg sewing? Is it Southshore forward on Molchow Lake? Is it Rottstiel deep basically cool? Is ' Kunsterspring, is it Boltenmühl? Is it Boltenmühl, is it Kunsterspring? Carries pepper pond the magic ring? Is it Binenwalde " - No, oh no, Where do you come from, as it will be, At each location the same stimulus Opens up you Ruppin Switzerland.