Redefin
Accommodation in Redefin
Redefin offers several ways to shape your stay: guided tours and carriage rides are the main attractions at the State Stud, the village church adds a cultural and historical dimension, and the Stud Trail passes through several landscapes and extends far beyond the village. These travel ideas differ considerably in scope and subject. When choosing your holiday apartment in Redefin, it is therefore helpful to first consider whether you would like to focus on a single experience, architectural and organ history, or a longer route.
Redefin State Stud: tour and carriage ride
A guided tour of the historic grounds of Redefin State Stud takes about 120 minutes. Advance registration is required. Carriage rides at the State Stud last about an hour and start and end at the entrance to the Landstallmeisterhaus. The two types of visit therefore have different time frames; a specific starting and ending point is also given for the carriage ride. If you are travelling with children, you can compare these approximate times when planning your day. Advance registration is explicitly part of planning a guided tour.
Village church with neo-Gothic furnishings
Redefin village church was built between 1843 and 1847 as a neo-Gothic brick building with a central tower. Its furnishings from the early Neo-Gothic period have been almost completely preserved. The church is also home to Mecklenburg’s oldest organ. Its architecture, state of preservation and organ history each give the church a distinct cultural and historical dimension. For travellers interested in architectural history or organs, this is a different subject from the tours and carriage rides at the State Stud. This lets you choose experiences to suit different interests without combining them into a single programme.
The Stud Trail as a longer route idea
The Stud Trail begins at the Mecklenburg State Stud in Redefin and extends for around 170 kilometres to the Brandenburg Main and State Stud in Neustadt (Dosse). It is well signposted and passes through varied landscapes between the Griesen Gegend, the UNESCO Flusslandschaft Elbe-Brandenburg Biosphere Reserve in the Prignitz, and the Westhavelland. The route therefore goes beyond a single visit to Redefin. The stated endpoints and landscapes give this travel idea a regional scale: the trail can be considered as a longer route, while a tour and carriage ride are specific ways to visit the State Stud. If the Stud Trail is important to your trip, you can consider Redefin as its starting point and take the route’s wider course into account.
Concerts at the State Stud
During the Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Festival, the riding hall at the historic entrance to Redefin State Stud becomes a concert hall twice each festival summer. This adds another cultural perspective to the tours and carriage rides: the State Stud as a concert venue during the festival. If music is an important reason for your trip, you can take this recurring use into account when timing your stay. The information refers to twice per festival summer.
More places to consider when planning your holiday
If you would like to include more places in your holiday plans, you can also discover Bresegard Bei Picher, Kuhstorf, Picher, Kirch Jesar, Groß Krams, Warlitz, Belsch and Bobzin.
For the broader travel overview: Amt Hagenow-Land.
