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View from the estate through old trees onto Lake Plön in morning light

— Holstein Switzerland —

Right on Lake Plön.

One hour to Hamburg, thirty minutes to the Baltic, one minute into the forest.

Plön
15 min
Lübeck
45 min
Hamburg
60 min
Baltic Sea
30 min

— Highlights —

What our guests love time and again.

A handful of recommendations our guests keep passing on — from the castle festival to a mountain-bike day in the forest.

— Directory —

All the addresses we recommend to our guests.

A curated list — favourite restaurants, activities and shopping tips around Lake Plön. As of summer 2026.

Restaurants, inns & cafés

Sights

Sport

Festivals & events

Regional food shopping

Baltic Sea beaches

All within 30–60 minutes.

  • Sehlendorfer Strand
  • Hohwachter Bucht
  • Timmendorfer Strand
  • Scharbeutz

For children

Supermarkets, drugstore, bakeries nearby

  • AschebergEdeka · Aldi · Beyer bakery
  • PlönRossmann · Lidl · large Edeka (Stadtheide)
  • HutzfeldEdeka incl. Dallmeyer bakery
  • StockseeSprang — 24-hour village supermarket (entry + payment by credit card)

Golf

Fishing

Water

Lake Plön at the doorstep.

Lake Plön is Germany's tenth-largest lake — and we sit right on its western shore. Swimming in summer, fishing in autumn, the magic of ice in winter.

Hiking

Straight from the estate into the forest.

Marked hiking trails start right at the estate yard — from a walk through the forest on Lake Plön to a day tour through Holstein Switzerland. The Holstein Switzerland nature park is on the doorstep, with more than 200 lakes and signposted routes.

Cycling

From the estate to the Baltic Sea.

The cycling loop around Lake Plön is 50 kilometres long, mostly flat with only the occasional climb. The Baltic coastal cycle route is 35 minutes away.

Golf

Three courses within green-fee reach.

Waldshagen golf course is 15 minutes away, Hohwacht and Timmendorfer Strand about 45 minutes.

Day trips

Lübeck, Eutin, Hamburg.

Lübeck (45 min) — UNESCO World Heritage, the Buddenbrooks city, marzipan and brick Gothic. Eutin (20 min) — castle, summer festival, lake. Plön (10 min) — island town, castle, Lake Plön. Hamburg in 60 minutes, the Danish border in 75.