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208 Section 16. BUCKOW.
e. Buckow. —Railway to (2872 31.) Dahmsdorf-3Iilncheberg in
172 hr. from the Silesian Station (Ostbahn; suburban service as
far as Strausberg, comp. p. 13). — 3 31. Lichtenberg-Friedrichs-
felde. For Lichtenberg see p. 168. Friedrichsfelde (with Karlshorst,
p. 202) has 16,600 inhabitants. About 1 31. to the N.E. of the
station is the large public cemetery of Berlin (62 acres). — 572 31.
Biesdorf has a municipal hospital for epileptics. — At (1072 M.)
Hoppegarten is the chief race-course of Berlin (p. 30).—14 31.
Fredersdorf (branch-line to Riidersdorf, see p. 202). — 17J/2 M.
Strausberg.
Branch-line (3 M.) to the X. past a race-course to the town of Straus¬
berg (7900 inhab.; Hot. Stiidtefeld; Restaurant Seebad, on the W. hank
of the lake), which is pleasantly situated on the Straus-See, to the N.
About H/2 M. to the N. of the town begins the Blumen-Tat, a somewhat
lonely wood, intersected by two chains of lakelets. On its N.W. margin
is Tiefensee (Spitzkrug), a station of the Wriezen railway (25 M. from
the Silesian Station).
287a 31. Dahrnsdorf-Muncheberg. A branch-line runs hence
to (3 MJ —
Buckow (Kronpriuz; Bellevue. R. l72-272 Jl; Eck's Hotel;
ZeutraJ-Hotel), with 2000 inhab., a favourite summer-resort. The
pleasant lakes and well-wooded, picturesque hills of the neighbour¬
hood have earned for it the title of the *Markish Switzerland
(Mdrkische Scleweiz); comp. p. 204. Among the most picturesque
points, to the N. of Buckow, are the Bollersdorfer Hbhe (269 ft.;
rfmts.), 72 hr. to the N., above the Schermiitzel-See, the Silberkehle,
the two Tornoir Lakes, and the Pritzhagoner Miihle (restaurant).
Cycling Route. From Berlin to Buckow, 39 M. This is an
attractive route; the road is good, though hilly; the first 5>/2 M. are
paved. Start from the Alexander-Platz (prohibited streets, see p. 43).—
4l/:1 M. Friedrichsberq- Lii-htenbert/. — 5>/s Friedrichsfelde. — 7 M. Bies¬
dorf. — 8 M. Kaiilsdnrf. — 9ll3 M. 'Malsilnrf. — VfiU Jl. Dahlwitz (to the
left, road to Hoppegarteu). — 14l/> M. Vogelsdorf. — 17 M. Tasdorf (di¬
gression to the Rtidersdorfer Kalkberge). — 20 M. Herzfelde. — 2Vlt M.
Lichte.now. — 26'/4 II. Wilder Mann Inn. — 32 M. Mitncheberg. Then to
the left via (36'/2 M.) Dahmsdorf to (39 M.) Buckow.
Return-route: l'/4M. Bollersdorf. — &>U M. Ruhlsdorf. — ^U M.
Strausberg. Then keep to the right to (16Va M.) Alt-Landsberg. — 19 M.
Seeberg. — 21 M. J-Ibnoir. — 24</s M. Marzahn. — 3±V2M. Berlin (Alexander-
Platz).
f. The *Spreewald, 37 M. long and from 72 31. to 472 31. broad,
is watered by the Spree, which intersects it in a network of about
200 channels. It is reached from Berlin by the Gorlitz railway.
In natural beauty the Lower Spreewald, below Ltibben. has the
advantage in virtue of the wide expanses of deciduous trees that still
cover part of it. In the Upper Spreewald no woods of any size are to be
found except in the N.; the W. is a region of flat pasture-land; while
the S.E. (Burg), which is tolerably well populated and has nearly all
been brought under the plough, has more the general appearance of a
well-wooded park. Nursery-gardening, cattle-rearing, and fishing are the
principal industries of the Wendish population, which has here retained
its original language and customs. The women still wear a peculiar
costume. The villages of Lehde and Leipe, in the pastoral region are