Dalwitz ceramics
Dalwitz 32
17179 Walkendorf
The Dalwitzkeramik in Walkendorf is a small, personal ceramics studio on the Dalwitz estate in Mecklenburg ParkLand. Here, Dr. Brekenfeld runs a workshop with an adjoining exhibition in the old clubhouse - a quiet antithesis to the lively Baltic coast of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Workshop exhibition and ceramic souvenirs at Dalwitz Estate
Visitors to the exhibition will find handmade ceramic works that can be taken home as souvenirs or personal favorites. Commissioned work is not offered - the focus is on what is created in the workshop. Once a year, at Whitsun, Dr. Brekenfeld also presents her work at the regional art festival Kunst:OFFEN at the Lüchow school.
Taster courses for young and old - try pottery and painting
If you want to try your hand at it yourself, you can take part in taster courses. In around two hours, small clay works are created or vessels are painted - an offer for children and adults alike. In addition to practical sessions, there are also theoretical introductions to ceramics. The courses are a great addition to an excursion into the Mecklenburg countryside, for example on the way between Rostock and the coast of Western Pomerania.
Visiting Dalwitz Ceramics - registration and information
There are no fixed opening hours. Visits are possible at any time by telephone arrangement - an uncomplicated solution that is characteristic of the rural atmosphere of Dalwitz Estate. The contact details can be found in the info box on this page.
Further sights in Walkendorf
Lühburg Astronomical Observatory
📍 Walkendorf
One of 6 themed observation stations on the "De Sternkieker" astronomy trail in the Mecklenburger ParkLand Star Park. In the glow of the moonlight There is an astronomical observation station on the Lühburg Castle estate that is all about the moon. Where nature lovers hear croaking frogs in spring and the breeding cries of deer in late summer, there are now many more moons. You can visit them particularly well during the day and get an idea of what our moon has to offer. At night, however, Lühburg has pure starry skies. The landscape is then bathed in moonlight and transformed into a fantastic new world. It's almost as if the 400-year-old lime tree behind the castle is dancing in the moonlight. Not only stargazers and nature lovers will find a range of interesting information at the astronomical observation station at Lühburg Castle. With the help of the anyone can quickly and easily find the North Star. The ergonomically designed wooden lounger is enthroned on a small hill with a good view of the surrounding landscape and the firmament. Of course, there is also an armrest for relaxed holding of spotting scopes and binoculars at the edge of the field. But the best thing is that after visiting the station, the castle invites you to pay a visit and there are lots of great architectural details to discover. Interesting facts about the moon The moon is one of the celestial bodies with which humans probably have the closest relationship - both because it is our only natural satellite and because of its influence on phenomena such as the tides. All civilizations gave it names such as Diana, Selene or Cynthia. The Romans called it Luna. Like the sun and planets, the moon was often worshipped as a deity. The moon orbits our planet Earth in 27.3 days. However, the cycle of the moon's phases is 29.5 days (one lunar month) when viewed from Earth. On average, the moon is 384,000 km away from us and, given the speed of light (around 300,000 km/sec), its brightness reaches us in just over a second. The Earth's gravitational pull has forced the moon to always show us its same face. With binoculars, we can observe how the terminator line of the moon (light-shadow boundary) shifts every day. This allows us to recognize many details of the moon's surface that cannot be seen in such high contrast when the moon is full. Did you know that ... an astronaut who weighs 78 kg on Earth only weighs 13 kg on the surface of the moon? the average temperatures on the surface of the moon vary between 120 and -153°C!!! you can see the moon in its ashen gray light at new moon? If the moon is particularly close to the earth on its orbit, we even call it a supermoon and it sometimes appears slightly reddish to us due to the diffraction of sunlight by the earth's atmosphere. Its orbit in the sky lies on the ecliptic and it can therefore be found along the same orbit as the sun and the other 7 planets. It appears to move in front of the fixed stars and is the only celestial body that we can see during the day next to the sun. However, it only reflects sunlight as it is not a star. From Earth, we can only see the front of the moon, as the moon rotates in a fixed orbit around the Earth. It is only since the space age that people have known the far side of the moon. As the moon has no atmosphere, most meteorite impacts can be seen as craters on the moon's surface. With a diameter of 3476 km, it is the fifth largest known moon in the solar system. This makes it quite large in relation to the Earth and causes the tides on Earth and determines many rhythms in nature. The six moons of Lühburg The Earth's moon cannot be overlooked by us humans. It is the second brightest celestial body in the sky and influences nature and is responsible for many geophysical phenomena on Earth. It is therefore not surprising that the moon has left its mark in the mythology of many cultures and in the imagination of countless people. Seeing the moon in a different way than an ordinary astronomical lecture was one of the motivations behind the development of the astronomical observation station at Lühburg Castle. The artistic realization was made by Cassandra Danielides.
Dalwitz Astronomical Observatory
📍 Walkendorf
One of 6 themed observation stations on the "De Sternkieker" astronomy trail in the Mecklenburger ParkLand Star Park. The lush green spaces and numerous manor houses in Mecklenburger ParkLand between the Baltic Sea coast and the lake district fascinate walkers, cyclists and stargazers. Here, the firmament shines with unusual clarity in the particularly dark night sky. Six themed observation stations in publicly accessible estate parks form the "De Sternkieker" astronomy trail, which invites you to hike along the Milky Way. "De Sternkieker", a little man laser-cut in steel with a telescope pointing towards the sky, points the way to the observation station at the access road and takes guests by the hand when it comes to shedding light on the darkness of many a celestial story. On a lounger for 2 people, guests can observe the night sky at each station with binoculars or a telescope. During the day, the stations invite you to observe nature in the historic parklands under old giant trees that overshadow the babbling watercourses, which lead across flowering park meadows, past some ponds with reflections of the manor houses and on to reforested orchards that offer their fruit for visitors to taste in summer and autumn. A replica of the famous Nebra Sky Disk is installed in Dalwitz Manor Park. The Nebra Sky Disk is a masterpiece of early astronomers, approx. 4000 years old and was found in 1999 on the Mittelberg, near the town of Nebra in Saxony-Anhalt. It is therefore not from Dalwitz. Astronomical and religious symbols form the oldest known depiction of the sky of this kind. The makers of this disk may have been part of the culture of Central Germany itself, which came to an end around 3250 years ago in the Battle of the Nations in the Tollensetal valley. We call this the Aunjetitz culture. Many ancient cultures realized early on that a calendar based on the position of the sun and the phases of the moon could not work. Today, we compensate for the resulting inaccuracies with leap years. The people of the Mittelberg (in present-day Saxony-Anhalt) were apparently already aware of this and were able to determine the leap months with the help of the Sky Disc. The disk could therefore be interpreted as a Bronze Age calendar. Over generations, the Sky Disc was repeatedly modified and given additional functions. In its original state, it only showed astronomical objects (the moon and Pleiades). It encoded a switching rule with the help of which the lunar and solar years could be synchronized. This was followed by the horizon arcs, which showed the positions of the sunrise and sunset points during the solstices. Their angular lengths are 82°, which is calibrated for use on the latitude of central Germany. The barque at the lower edge of the disc has no known function and could merely indicate the eastern direction and symbolize the course of the celestial bodies. It can be assumed that the knowledge on the Nebra Sky Disk comes from all over Europe and the Orient, as many details can be found in sources elsewhere. The moon that can be seen on the Sky Disc corresponds to a moon that can be seen in the sky 4.5 days after the new moon. An ancient cuneiform text from Babylonia (from the 7th to 3rd century BC) describes just such a moon: In the first month of the year; in the spring month of Nissan, one should pay attention to the crescent moon and the Pleiades, it reads. Why? Because this could provide information about the necessity of a leap year. This rule had probably already been encoded on the sky disk 1000 years earlier. In a society without writing, it was a template with which the real moon in the sky could be compared year after year to check whether it was already time for a leap year. Since the discovery of the Nebra Sky Disk, our ancestors can now be seen in a different light. They are credited with astronomical knowledge. The Aunjetitz culture does not appear to have developed its own writing. At least no evidence of this has been found to date. This separates this culture from the advanced civilizations of the time. The Nebra Sky Disk testifies that well-founded astronomical knowledge was already known throughout Europe and the Near East in the Bronze Age. It is no longer necessary to regard the Orient as the sole cradle of our astronomy. At the time when the Nebra Sky Disk was buried, Central Europe was in a state of upheaval. A culture was disappearing for no demonstrable reason. It can be assumed that the Sky Disk was buried as a kind of time capsule in order to preserve the astronomical knowledge of an entire culture for future generations. In Dalwitz, the erection of an interpreted version of this disk is a reminder of the continuing interest in astronomical events in our region. A walk in the sky in small steps "over the giant star disk" A walk in the sky is possible without much effort. All you have to do is put your head back and let your eyes wander over the firmament. In Dalwitz, the astronomical observation station offers comfortable wooden loungers for observing the sky for people who get dizzy easily. "All beginnings are difficult", says a popular saying. It can be the same with a sky walk. The star chart shows the summer starry sky with its many constellations close to the poles - the circumpolar constellations. You can also see the summer constellations, which form a fictitious triangle of their main stars. If you want to find your way around, you first have to find the Great Bear. As often only the rear part, the so-called Big Dipper, is clearly visible, it is often confused by laymen with a combination of Pegasus and Andromeda. In this case, it helps to check whether the three stars of the Big Dipper are bent downwards (towards the horizon). If they are, it is the Great Bear. Now the sky walk can begin. The drawbar stars of the Big Dipper are a good test for the eye. The middle Drawbar star is actually a double star. These are the stars Alkor and Mizar. If we now follow the curvature of the Drake, we come to the main star, Arcturus, of the constellation Bear's Keeper. We then extend our arc further to find the constellation of Virgo. Here we will notice Spica, the brightest star in Virgo. Similarly, we work out the position of the Pole Star, the cardinal points and find the constellation of Cassiopeia. There are other great routes depending on the time of year.
Accommodation nearby
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Everything's fine - Karls Upcycling Hotel
📍 Rövershagen
Spend the night in one of our exceptionally furnished hotel rooms with upcycling charm directly at the adventure village, the cozy and lovingly furnished vacation homes in the middle of the countryside or in our unique ice hotel in the ice world.
Old school Barlin
📍 Dargun
Experience two separate vacation resorts on 30,000 m2 in the middle of the untouched nature of the Mecklenburg Lake District. We offer children's vacations, vacation apartments & hunting vacations!
Old vicarage Rambow
📍 Rambow
Picking golden plums, Cox oranges and Jonathan from a hammock? Sounds like paradise and it is, because it's possible in the Rambow parish garden. Retired pastor Eckart Hübener invites guests to stay in the adjoining baroque half-timbered rectory.