Quiet guest room on the Havel

Paretz is a great place for relaxing and an ideal territory for horseback riding, aquatic sports and biking. Enjoy life in our rural uncubator for social innovators at the very doorstep of the German hotspot for culture and creativity – our vibrant capital Berlin. The space We turned our passion into our profession and created an incubator for social innovators in rural Brandenburg, at the very doorstep of the German hotspot for culture and creativity – our vibrant capital Berlin. We live and work in the historic town of Paretz, former summer residency of Prussian king Friedrich Wilhelm III and his legendary wife, queen Luise. Our home was constructed more than 130 years ago and needed some polishing when we bought it. We finished only recently restoring it, right in time for the pandemic that invited us to enjoy home to the fullest. Our house is located only few minutes from the river Havel, that invites you for a nice swim with a natural beach. Our daughter enjoys the extensive garden which we started to use to grow our own organic food. If we are home, we often host teams of social innovators for multi-day retreats, combining the deaccelerating power of nature with our passion for stewarding teams and individuals in times of personal and professional transformation. We are used to blend our professional and personal lives and have a great passion for hosting. It is hence a natural thing for us to open our home while we are traveling. It is a magical place, and it is meant to be enjoyed and enriched by beautiful human beings. Other things to note Paretz is a village in the German state of Brandenburg in the district of Havelland. You can reach the very center of Verlin with public transport within less than one hour. “Ribbeck im Havelland” is known to many people from a famous poem by the Prussian author and poet Theodor Fontane called “Herr von Ribbeck auf Ribbeck im Havelland", telling the story of the nobleman Ribbeck. Apart from that, the Havelland is rich in legends and poems about palaces and gardens, churches and monasteries, and about the “Cradle of the March” in the cathedral town of Brandenburg an der Havel. In many spots, the Havel River resembles a scenic lakeland. Everywhere, rafts, house boats or canoes are gliding through the water. Germany's first star-gazing park offers an El Dorado for hobby astronomers because nowhere else but here is the sky so pitch-black at night. In the Havelland, the Havel connects Berlin with Potsdam and Brandenburg an der Havel. The river covers a distance of nearly 150 km from Berlin’s northwest to the mouth of the Elbe River at Havelberg. The river course is distinguished by its large chains of lakes, vast meanders and islands. An ideal territory for aquatic sports: Here, anglers, yachtsmen, rowers and canoeists can find the perfect water conditions. Charming waterside palaces and gardens of Prussian heritage are found in Potsdam and Caputh. Alongside the Havel River, there is also a cycling path offering fantastic views of this extraordinary lake paradise around Potsdam and Brandenburg. Away from Potsdam, Werder and Brandenburg an der Havel, the path leads you to the former training ground of flight pioneer Otto Lilienthal who made his first flight attempts in Stölln. Here is where you can visit the IL62 Interflug aircraft (called Lady Agnes), rebuilt to house a museum and learn about Otto Lilienthal. A stopover here is really worthwhile! Further north, by the riverside landscape of the “Untere Havelniederung”, the Havel River flows through mostly pristine stretches of the Westhavelland Nature Park and branches out into many tributaries. In autumn, the Westhavelland Nature Park turns into a roosting spot for tens of thousands of migratory birds.