LOCATION
"DAS BRIKKHAUS" IS LOCATED IN THE HEART OF THE HERITAGE PROTECTED CENTRE OF KLÄDEN. A VERY CHARMING AND SMALL VILLAGE AT THE OUTSKIRTS OF STENDAL, EASILY TO ACCESS BY TRAIN AND CAR.
KLÄDEN IS SURROUNDED BY AN ALMOST UNTOUCHED AND BEAUTIFUL NATURE. THE LANDSCAPE IS OVERWHELMINGLY BEAUTIFUL AND IDEAL FOR MULTIPLE OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES SUCH AS HIKING, HORSE RIDING, CYCLING AND MOTORBIKE TOURS OR JUST AS A RELAXING STOPOVER FROM OR TO THE BALTIC SEA. THE ALTMARK IS NOT THE RHINE VALLEY, NOT BAVARIA, NOT THE BLACK FORREST AND NOT THE COASTAL LINES OF THE NORTH OR BALTIC SEA. NO, IT IS ACTUALLY MUCH COOLER, AS IT IS AUTHENTICALLY PRESERVED AND FAR FROM BEING ANNOYINGLY OVERCROWDED, WHERE YOU CAN RELAX AND TIME TRAVEL BACKWARDS INTO THE PAST CENTURIES WITH ALL ITS DIFFERENT FACETS. DUE TO ITS CENTRAL LOCATION YOU CAN ALSO EASILY STEP OUT INTO THE VIBRANT GLOBAL CITIES OF BERLIN AND HAMBURG AS THOSE ARE WELL IN REACH FOR A COMFORTABLE DAY TRIP.
THE MOVIE "SOUND OF FALLING" THAT WON THE PRESTIGIOUS JURY PRICE AT THE 78TH FILM FESTIVAL IN CANNES IN 2025, WAS SHOT IN NEULINGEN JUST 25 KM AWAY FROM KLÄDEN AND IS HISTORICALLY VERY WELL IN LINE WITH THE STORY OF "DAS BRIKKHAUS". A STORY OF FOUR GENERATIONS FROM THE EXACT SAME REGION. NEULINGEN IS PART OF ARENDSEE, A BEAUTIFUL LITTLE TOWN NAMED AFTER THE BIG LAKE ARENDSEE, JUST OUTSIDE OF SALZWEDEL, WITH NICELY DEVELOPED TOURIST ATTRACTIONS BUT ECOLOGICALLY VERY WELL PRESERVED SHORELINES.
KLÄDEN IS CENTRALLY LOCATED IN THE ALTMARK. BESIDES THE BEAUTIFUL NATURE, THE ALTMARK IS VERY WELL KNOWN FOR ITS FAIRY TALED LITTLE VILLAGES AND CITIES WHICH ARE MAINLY HERITAGE PROTECTED AS WELL AS AMAZINGLY WELL PRESERVED AND REFURBISHED OVER THE LAST FOUR DECADES. IN THE DISTANCE OF LESS THAN 40 KILOMETERS YOU MAY FIND THE ROMANIC AND GOTHIC INFLUENCED CITIES OF TANGERMÜNDE, STENDAL, HAVELBERG GARDELEGEN AND SALZWEDEL.
TANGERMÜNDE WAS ONCE THE SECONDARY RESIDENCE OF CHARLES IV, WHO MAINLY GOVERNED HIS EMPIRE OUT OF PRAGUE CASTLE. IT WAS ALSO THE RESIDENCE OF THE HOHENZOLLERN RIGHT AFTERWARDS. TANGERMÜNDE IS ONE OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL AND BEST PRESERVED MEDIEVAL TOWNS IN GERMANY WITH AMAZING RESTAURANTS AND BEAUTIFUL CAFES, DIRECTLY LOCATED AT THE RIVER ELBE.
SALZWEDEL INSTEAD IS VERY FAMOUS FOR ITS TRADITIONAL BAKERY PRODUCT THE "SALZWEDELER BAUMKUCHEN". YOU MAY FIND VARIOUS BAKERIES IN THIS BEAUTIFUL MEDIEVAL TOWN THAT ARE SPECIALISED IN MAKING THIS VERY DELICIOUS PRODUCT.
GARDELEGEN IS AN OLD AND BEAUTIFUL CITY TOO, WITH A VERY WELL PRESERVED CITY WALL AND NICELY REFURBISHED CITY CENTRE THAT DATES BACK INTO THE YEAR OF 1121. IT IS FAMOUS FOR ITS BEER AND IS LOCATED AT THE OUTSKIRTS OF THE COLBITZ-LETZLINGER HEIDE, WHERE THE WOLF POPULATION IS CONSTANTLY GROWNG FOR OVER TWO DECADES NOW. OUTSIDE OF GARDELEGEN IS THE MEMORIAL SITE OF ISENSCHNIBBE WHERE MORE THAN 1000 CONCENTRATION CAMP INMATES WERE BRUTALLY MURDERED TOWARDS THE END OF WWII.
NOT FAR FROM KLÄDEN, JUST NEXT TO BISMARK YOU CAN VISIT THE "KÜNSTLERSTADT KALBE" A PROJECT THAT ALLOWS VARIOUS ARTIST TO STAY AND WORK FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME IN KALBE, WHICH IS FAMOUS FOR ITS REGIONAL ARTS AND CRAFT AS WELL AS HOME OF THE FAMOUS LUXURY BOUTIQUE WATCHMAKER D. DORNBLÜTH & SOHN.
DRIVING FURTHER WEST FOR ANOTHER 30 MINUTES YOU CAN VISIT THE VERY FREILICHTMUSEUM DIESDORF WHICH IS A PRESERVED MEDIEVAL VILLAGE WITH DEDICATED PROPERTY EXTENSIONS AND CONVERSIONS THAT PERFECTLY REFLECTS THE FARM LIFE OF THE ALTMARK IN ITS ENTIRETY SHOWING THE DEVELOPMENT OF FARMING AND LIVING FROM THE REGION OVER THE PAST CENTURIES.
KLÄDEN IS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NORTHERN LOOP OF THE INTERNATIONALLY WELL KNOWN ROMANESQUE ROAD (LINK WIKIPEDIA: HERE). HOWEVER THERE ARE VERY INTERESTING SITES FOR CYCLING IN THE VERY NEAR NEIGHBOURHOOD OF THE FACILITY SUCH AS OLD KNIGHTS FORTRESS', CASTLES, MANSIONS AND LARGE GRAVE SITES FROM THE MEDIEVAL TIMES AND OTHER ANCIENT EPOCHS. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE FEEL FREE TO CONTACT US DIRECTLY.
TAKING THE TRAIN FROM STENDAL TO BERLIN DOES NOT TAKE YOU LONGER THAN 30 MINUTES (HIGH-SPEED TRAIN "ICE"), WHILE TAKING THE TRAIN INTO THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION YOU MAY STRAIGHTLY REACH HANOVER (35 MINUTES) OR WOLFSBURG (20 MINUTES), THE HEADQUARTER OF VOLKSWAGEN, WITH ITS FAMOUS AUTOSTADT RESPECTIVELY.
THE AUTOBAHN A14, WHICH IS STARTING OUTSIDE OF DRESDEN AND CONNECTS TO WISMAR AT THE BALTIC SEA, CROSSING THE INTERSECTION HAMBURG-BERLIN (A24), IS PASSING BY 8 KILOMETERS AWAY FROM KLÄDEN (DIRECTLY ACCESSIBLE - 5 MINUTES DRIVE). YOU MAY EASILY REACH MAGDEBURG (25 MINUTES), LEIPZIG (1 1/2 HOUR), HAMBURG (ABOUT 2 HOURS), DRESDEN (ABOUT 2 1/2 HOURS) AND THE BALTIC SEA (2 HOURS). THE A14 IS CURRENTLY STILL UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BUT IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED WITHIN THE NEXT FEW MONTHS.
IN 1985 KLÄDEN WAS STILL GRANTED WITH THREE VERY OLD AND WELL ESTABLISHED PUBS. HOWEVER, THE LAST PUB WAS CLOSING IT DOORS IN 2012. MEANWHILE A SMALL BUT NICE CAFETERIA HAS OPENED UP AS A BRANCH OF THE LOCALLY FAMOUS "KELLES SUPPENMANUFAKTUR" (LOCATED AT THE MAIN CROSS JUNCTION / OPENING HOURS: 9:00 - 15:00 HRS.). "DER WEISSE SCHWAN" IN BISMARK WILL BE THE BEST ADDRESS FOR HAVING EXCELLENT LOCAL FOOD FOR EXCEPTIONALLY GOOD PRICES. IT IS ABOUT 8 KILOMETER TO DRIVE AND LOCATED AT THE ENTRANCE AREA OF BISMARK (LEFTHAND SIDE). FOR VERY FINE DINING, YOU MAY WANT TO CONSIDER STENDALS "LE PETITE", "MENDOZA" OR MULTIPLE CHOICES OF EXCELLENT RESTAURANTS IN TANGERMÜNDE (FOR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS, PLEASE CONTACT US DIRECTLY).