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The Ivenacker Oaks
Starting point for the walk around the 'Thousand year old oaks' is the Reuter town of Stavenhagen. From the market the walk runs to the Ivenacker Straße in the direction of Stadtholz. At the beginning of the street is a plaque pointing out the Jewish graveyard, which was defiled in 1938 and razed in 1942. Next to the Waldstadion and the club area of the Schützengesellschaft, the Wald-bath is an ideal place to take a rest, especially for families with children. Walking past the Waldcafé, we pass the railway walk underpass and reach the landscape conservation area 'Ivenacker Oaks'. Left of the hiking trail, on a mount, there are two memorial stones, known in the vernacular as Lischengrab. The hiking trail takes us further through mixed forest to a refuge. Here, the visitor is able to get information on tablets about the oaks, the forest and Ivenack. But now, finally, we get to the famous oaks.
They are probably the oldest and most voluminous of its kind in middle Europe, at the same time also witnesses of the in the Middle Ages widespread land usage of the wood pasture, which has been preserved in the Ivenacker animal park, until today. It is not possible to determine the exact age of the oaks. But, from annual ring measures, one concluded, that the age is 800-1200 years for sure. The strongest and prettiest of the Ivenacker oaks has a circumference in head height of an adult of 10,9m and below in the root area 16,5m. Twelve grown persons can embrace the oak. The trees depict the remnants of former pig fattening forests. The oaks population are important natural monument of the land. Apart from the oaks, there are also some beech trees, which are 300-500 years old.
The hiking trail takes us into the village of Ivenack. In close proximity to the lake's bank stands the Baroque palace. It was constructed on the foundations of a monastery. Nearby is a church, a building from the middle of the 13th-century. The palace facility,
church, orangery and the tea house are included in the palace park, which reaches down to the Ivenacker Lake. A lime tree avenue with some plane trees, the tree of wisdom, runs into infinity. Early in spring, thousands of yellow eranthis bloom below the trees. Around 1800, this park was redesigned into an English landscaped garden, by using older Baroque parts. Ivenack is in its location an especially typical and well preserved example of a Mecklenburg village. An inn and an ice cafe are ideal for a rest. The hike continues along the lake bank in direction of Klockow. The hiker can enjoy again and again lovely views over the lake and the nearby birds-sanctuary island. Leaving the village, we walk via meadows through a gate back to the animal garden. The expansive area of the Alten Forsthaus is being used as a feeding place for around 100 fallow deer. The trail takes us from the clearing into the forest on paths used by riders to Stavenhagen.
