Werder an der Havel

Werder (Havel) is a town is a town in Brandenburg, Germany, on the Havel river in the Potsdam-Mittelmark district. Werder is famous for its Cherry Blossom Festival, the Baumblütenfest, every May. It sits to the west of the state's capital Potsdam, and was home to 27,000 people in 2021.

Understand

The vineyards in Werder (Havel) are part of the Saale-Unstrut wine region, the most northern of the 13 official wine regions of Germany.

Get in

By train

  • 🌍 Werder (Havel) train station. A direct train, the RE1, from Potsdam and Berlin, stops here. The town is still within the Berlin ABC ticket zones. (updated Sep 2018)

Get around

See

  • Historic town centre on a small island.
  • 🌍 Dorfkirche Plessow. (updated Mar 2019)

Do

  • Cherry Blossom Festival (Baumblütenfest). Held in late April and early May. Blossom tours, fair, folk festival. (updated Dec 2024)

Boating

Swimming and bathing

  • 🌍 Strandbad Werder am Plessowersee, Am Plessower See 46, ☏ +49 3327 42111. (updated Jul 2025)

Buy

Eat

Drink

  • 🌍 Straußwirtschaft "Weintiene". Easter–Jul: F from 14:00, Sa Su holidays from 10:00, M-Th closed. Aug–mid-Oct: M-Th 14:00-20:00, Fr from 14:00, Sa Su holidays from 10:00. Mid-Oct–Easter: closed. On top of a hill right in the middle of the vineyard. You can drink the wines they produce, and have some snacks with it. (updated Sep 2018)
  • 🌍 Weingut Klosterhof Töplitz, Am Alten Weinberg 1, Töplitz, ☏ +49 33202 61841. From spring till autumn, they are open every weekend from 15:00 and you can drink their wine and have small snacks. (updated Sep 2018)

Sleep

  • 🌍 Apfelhotel, Glindower Chausseestraße 92, 14542 Werder (OT Glindow), ☏ +49 3327 7407550, fax: +49 3327 7407552, . Check-in: 15:00, check-out: 11:00. Single from €48, double from €65 incl. breakfast. (updated Apr 2018)

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