Dear guests,

We are delighted to welcome you at our Landhotel Burg im Spreewald. In this folder you can find some information about our hotel and the surrounding area. We want you to feel absolutely comfortable in our hotel, whether you are enjoying your holidays or you are here on business. We are happy to help and assist you during your stay. In case you have any questions or also suggestions how we can improve our services, please do not hesitate to let us know.

Your Landhotel team

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„Do not disturb“

If you do not want to be disturbed, please hang the sign "Do not disturb" outside on your door handle.

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Sockets

The sockets in our hotel rooms are equipped with 220 V AC.

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Television

You can find a television in each of our rooms.

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Hairdryer

There is a hair dryer available for you in all our bathrooms.

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Special requests

If you need an additional pillow, some extra towels or in case you have similar requests, please contact our reception desk.

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Entrance door

The hotel entrance door is locked as from midnight. You can simply open this door with your room card.

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Wi-Fi

Please contact the reception desk for your Wi-Fi login details.

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Minibar

All rooms are equipped with a minibar. Please list the drinks and snacks that have been consumed on the slip.

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Phone

Reception desk

Please dial 810.

External calls

For local and long-distance calls, please first dial "0", then the desired area code and phone number. The fee is € 0.30 per unit, and will be automatically submitted to your hotel room bill.

Phone number hotel room

+49 35603 646 + room number

All information subject to change.

You are very welcome to enjoy an extensive and delicious breakfast at our restaurant Wendenkönig, open in the morning from 7 a.m. – 10 a.m. For late risers a separate breakfast room is available from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m.

During the day we serve international dishes and Spreewald specialties in the pleasant atmosphere of our Wendenkönig.

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You can also visit our elegant Wintergarten (winter garden), a perfect place to meet and relax.

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Restaurant Aquario: Here we offer nouvelle cuisine, special fish dishes but also meat, vegetarian and vegan food. We recommend to reserve a table in advance. Please call our reception desk. You can find the Aquario right next to our beer and cocktail bar.

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Our Italian Ristorante Il Fienile with its two floors is a must-visit. Here we offer delicious pasta, stone-oven pizza and Mediterranean dishes.

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The Kamin-Restaurant is very popular and that’s no surprise. Enjoying an excellent dinner with a glass of wine in a cosy atmosphere at the fireplace is a great experience.

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Our beer and cocktail bar is the centre of our nice facility. With a good beer or a smoky whiskey you can quickly get into nice conversations with other guests.

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Our beautiful Sommerterrasse (summer terrace) will definitely seduce you to enjoy some ice cream or cake.

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Feeling more like barbeque after a bike tour through the Spreewald area? Visit our Biergarten (beer garden) in the summer season and enjoy a delicious BBQ buffet.

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Table reservations

We would be delighted to receive your reservation in one of our restaurants in advance. Please be so kind and call the reception desk. You are also very welcome to book half-board with us. For reservations of a 3-course menu or a 4-course candlelight dinner in a romantic atmosphere, please contact our service staff.

All information subject to change.

8.30 a.m. – 9.30 a.m.

This is a common time for guests to enjoy their breakfast.
You might have to wait to be seated.

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9.30 a.m. – 11 a.m.

Normal breakfast time.

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7.30 a.m. – 8.30 a.m.

This is for the early birds, a very calm time for having breakfast.

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Dear guests. For a relaxed breakfast we recommend to visit our breakfast restaurant before 9 a.m. We look forward to your visit and thank you for your understanding.

A small extract from the menu

You can order by calling our hotel reception desk. We are happy to deliver your order against a service fee of € 3,50 per dish.

Boblitzer Gurkenquartett mit Schmalzbrotecken                               €   9,90

 

Tomatencremesuppe mit Mozzarellabällchen              klein               €   7,50

                                                                                                          groß               € 10,90

 

Gebackene Hirtenkäseecken im Sesammantel

            Mit Wildkräutersalat / Dressing / Quittensenf                                € 14,90

 

Flammkuchen

• Klassisch nach Elsässer Art € 10,50
• Mit Spreewälder Einflüssen € 11,90
• Camembert / Preiselbeeren & Lauchzwiebeln             € 13,90

 

Burger & Pommes

• Dubble Cheesburger (Cheese / 2xBeef / BBQ / TGS )             € 16,90
• Chickenburger (BBQ / Coleslaw / Hühnchen / Sprossen) € 15,50
• Veggi-Burger (geb. Hirtenkäse / Salat / Quittendip) € 15,90

 

Bunter Salatteller mit Hühnchen

• Mit Tomate / Gurke / bunten Blattsalaten / Sprossen

Dressing / Brot / gebratene Hähnchenbruststreifen                € 15,90

 

Wendenkönigs Brotzeit                                                                              € 17,90

• „Spreewälder Käseauswahl“
• „Vesperplatte Wendenkönig“

 

Hackepeter mit Eigelb & Zwiebelringen                                                    € 14,50

• Gewürzgurken / Brot / Butter

 

Information A-Z

Address Landhotel Burg im Spreewald
Ringchaussee 125
03096 Burg/Spreewald
Tel.:+49(0)35603 646
Fax: +49(0)35603 64-800
This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
www.landhotel-burg.de

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Alarm

For your personal wake-up call, please contact the reception in advance.

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Baby-cot / toddler bed

We will be happy to provide you with a baby-cot or extra bed for your toddler, on request and free of charge.

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Babysitter

Would you like to enjoy some “me time” or romantic moments as a couple while being ensured that your children are well looked after? We can assist to arrange a babysitter. Please call our reception desk two days in advance.

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Bar

Enjoy a good cocktail, a smoky whiskey or a fresh beer at our bar. Come at our „Happy Hour“ from 10 p.m. – 11 p.m. and enjoy 50% discount on all drinks.

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Books

You will find a selection of reading material on the 1st floor. Please put everything back on the bookshelf after use. Remember that other guests want to enjoy reading as well.

Breakfast

Start the day with our delicious breakfast buffet. We are waiting for you in the restaurant every day from 7 a.m. – 10 a.m. A separate breakfast room is available for late risers from 10 a.m. – 11 a.m. Would you like to have breakfast delivered to your room? Inform us at the reception desk one day in advance. Please note that we charge a room service fee of € 5,00.

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Bulletin board

On our bulletin board in the hotel lobby you can find brochures, tips for excursions and other information about the Spreewald region.

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Check-Out

On the day of departure, your room is available until 11 a.m. We are happy to offer you a free late check-out on request. Please inform us in advance.

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Children

We have baby monitors available. Please contact our reception desk. The kitchen staff will be happy to help you warming up bottles and jars.

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Credit card

We accept the following credit cards:

• Euro-/Mastercard
• American Express
• Visa Card

Of course you can also pay by EC Card.

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Doctor

If you need a doctor, please contact our reception desk.

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Fire alarm

In the event of a fire alarm, you will hear sirens throughout the whole hotel. A map with the nearest emergency exits is available at the reception desk.

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Flowers

We happily arrange a flower delivery for you. Please contact our reception desk.

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Half-board

You are welcome to book half-board with us. For reservations of a 3-course menu or a 4-course romantic candlelight dinner, please contact our service staff.

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Ironing service

You find a laundry bag in the closet which you can hand over along with the laundry slip at the reception.

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Laundry

There is a laundry bag in your closet. Please hand it over at the reception.

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Linen change

We are happy to change your bed linen every day on request. For long term stays of 7 days or more, the linen will be changed twice.

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Lost & Found

Please contact the reception desk in case you lost some of your belongings or found something that belongs to someone else.

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Luggage

We happily assist you with your luggage. Please inform the reception desk if you need assistance.

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Lunchbox

Whether you plan a trip through the countryside, a romantic carriage ride or a bicycle tour - our kitchen team will be happy to prepare a delicious lunchbox for you.
Small € 5,50 per box
Large € 9,00 per box
Kids bag € 4,50 per box
Please request the lunchboxes one day in advance at our reception desk.

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Mail

Do you want to post letters or post cards? Our reception desk is happy to send them for you.

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Mini golf

On our mini golf course you can have fun with the whole family! Play on 18 exciting tracks directly at our hotel, open daily from 10 a.m. – 8 p.m. during summer. In winter the opening times are according to the weather conditions. Rackets can be picked up at the reception or directly at the facility. Children under 12 years must be accompanied by an adult.

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Newspapers

A selection of national daily newspapers and magazines can be purchased at the reception desk.

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Personal messages

Personal messages or faxes will be kept for you at our reception desk. We will inform you as soon as possible upon receipt.

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Pharmacy

Are you looking for a specific medicine or the nearest pharmacy? The reception staff can help you.

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Photocopies

Please contact the reception for photocopies. Price per copy: € 0,20 / both sides € 0,30.

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Pillow

We offer different kinds of pillows. Please contact our reception desk.

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Playroom

Bad weather? There is a playroom directly at the Ristorante Il fienile where you will find table tennis, darts, pinball, air hockey and other (board)games for kids.

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Regional „Spreewald“ products

Our special service for our guests: "Order in the evening - pick up in the morning" – a convenient way to buy typical „Spreewald“ products. Simply hand over your order slip at the reception. The next morning your Spreewald products are ready to be picked up.

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Restaurants

Find more information under „Restaurant und Bars“.

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Room service

You can order by calling our hotel reception desk. We are happy to deliver your order against a service fee of € 3,50 per dish.

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Safe

You will find a safe in the closet.

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Sewing service

We would be happy to help you with our sewing service on demand. Please contact our reception desk.

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Shoe cleaning service

There is a shoe cleaning machine on the ground floor. Please also find shoe cleaning gear in your room closet.

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Shuttle

It is our pleasure to pick you up from the train station or take you there. Please ask at the reception.

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Sockets

All sockets are equipped with 230 volts. Adapters are available at the reception desk.

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Souvenirs & toiletries

You will find a selection of gifts, souvenirs and toiletries in different showcases downstairs in the lobby and in the conference rooms. All products are available at the reception.

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Stamps

You can buy stamps at our reception.

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Toiletries

Please contact the reception desk.

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Umbrella

Rainy day? You can pick up umbrellas from the reception desk.

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Wi-Fi

To use our free Wi-Fi connection, please contact the reception desk.
Login: lhb | Password: spreewald

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Wishes

Is there anything missing? Do you need an extra pillow, a bathrobe or similar? Our staff will be happy to assist you. Please contact the reception desk.

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All information subject to change.

The hotel has 3 variable banquet rooms with garden access. We are able to host up to 200 people at a conference or event. All of our conference rooms have daylight, conference technology and direct access to the garden.

Our staff will be delighted to assist you during the preparation or implementation of your event. For more information and personal advice please contact us. We would be happy to give your more details about the possibilities and present our special brochure.

All information subject to change.

Dear guest!

Due to the high demand we offer you the opportunity to buy high-quality Spreewald products from small family businesses in our hotel.

How does it work?
Fill in the enclosed order form with your name, room number and signature and leave the slip at our reception desk. Next morning your Spreewald products are ready for pick up. It can be that simple! Order in the evening - pick up in the morning!

Bon appetite! Your Landhotel Team.

Spreewald products

Prices incl. VAT

Selection of pickles	720 ml	€ 3,50
Mustard pickles	720 ml	€ 3,50
Garlic pickles	720 ml	€ 3,50
Pepper pickles	720 ml	€ 3,50
Salt-Dill pickles	720 ml	€ 3,50
Horseradish, ready to eat	105 ml	€ 2,30
Veggie Horseradish	105 ml	€ 2,30
Lusation linseed oil	100 ml	€ 2,50
Paté „Homemade“, glass	250 g	€ 3,80
Blood Sausage, glass	250 g	€ 3,80
Chasseur sausage, glass	250 g	€ 3,80
Groats blood sausage, glass	300 g	€ 3,80
Spreewaldbitter (Schnapps)	0,02 l	€ 2,50
Spreewald Herbal Schnapps	0,7 l	€ 16,00

 

Special Offer

Spreewaldbag „Landhotel“

eceive the following products, nicely packed in a linen bag:

• 1 glass Spreewälder Groats sausage 300 g
• 1 glass Selection of pickles 720 ml
• 1 glass Mustard Pickles 720 ml
• 1 glass Veggie horseradish 105 ml
• 1 bottle Lausitzer linseed oil 100 ml
• 3 bottles Spreewald schnapps 0,02 l
• Special surprise for you: Our small and cute Spreewald-Plush-Pickle

€ 25,00

All Spreewald products are also available here in the hotel.

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Our special service for our guests:
"Order in the evening - pick up in the morning" – a convenient way to buy typical „Spreewald“ products. Simply fill in the order slip you can find in your room and leave it at the reception desk. Next morning your Spreewald products are ready to be picked up.

The Spreewald, affectionately called "Pusch" by its inhabitants, in Sorbian / Wendish language "Blota", is one of the most fascinating lowlands in Central Europe. It’s origins go back to the ice age. The glaciers of the Vistula ice age piled up to huge moraine ridges. Enormous masses of water rolled through this area when the glaciers melted, forming the narrow erosion valley. Long before the Spreewald forest was ever officially mentioned, marshes and swamps bubbled here.

The eventful and interesting history of „Burg im Spreewald“, first mentioned on September 29, 1315, has many turning points. Burg's name is particularly interesting. The first settlers lived from fishing. They brought the fish for sale, in small buckets, to the nearby town Cottbus. These buckets were made of beech bark, called "Borker" (Zbork). When they arrived with these buckets at the fish shop, people were shouting: "The borkers are coming". This is how Burg (Borkowy) got its name.

Other researchers affiliate the name to the castle that the Polish king Boleslaw had built around 1000 post Christ, one of the largest castle complexes north of the highlands.

Timeline

• Until 500 p. Chr.: First settlements in the Bronze and Iron Age in Burg: Finds such as bronze cult wagons, highly developed pottery, gold jewellery and bronze hatchets
• 6.-8. Century: West Slavic tribes, especially the Lusizi, settle in the Spreewald, Slavic castle walls and entrenchments from that time are still preserved today.
• 948: The province Lusizi (Old Sorbian: Luca = swamp) is mentioned for the first time
• 965: The river Spree is firstly named as "Sprewa"
• 1304: Lusatia, the Lausitz area, becomes part of the region Brandenburg
• 1315: Burg (Spreewald) is officially mentioned for the first time
• 1368: Brandenburg – and also Burg – is incorporated into the Kingdom of Bohemia
• 1445: The reign over Cottbus including Burg and Müschen is sold to the Elector Friedrich Eisenzahn of Brandenburg
• 1725: Foundation of the Burg-Kauper community by Friedrich Wilhelm I. („Soldatenkönig“ – „The Soldier King“)
• 1766: Foundation of the Burg community by Friedrich II. („Alter Fritz“ – „Old Fritz“)
• 1799: Start of the construction of today's church, inaugurated in 1804
• 1842: Friedrich Wilhelm IV. is visiting Burg (Spreewald), travelling by barge
• 1874: Foundation of the male choral society "Concordia"
• 1881: Foundation of the first fishing cooperative "Oberspreewald"
• 1881: Foundation of the first volunteer fire brigade in Burg
• 1886: Foundation of the association „Sektion Burg (Spreewald)“
• 1897: Symbolic start of the construction of the „Spreewaldbahn“ (Spreewald train)
• 1908: Foundation of the association "Vereinigte Kahnfährleute" („United bargemen“)
• 1913: Construction of the first barge port in Burg
• 1917: Inauguration of the Bismarck Tower on the occasion of the 100th birthday of Otto von Bismarck on the Schlossberg in Burg
• 1947: Foundation of the bank Sparkasse in Burg (Spreewald)
• 1952: Foundation of the association „Sorbischer Spreewaldfischer“ Burg
• 1960: Merger of the three independent communities in Burg
• 1970: Last ride of the „Spreewaldbahn“
• 1973-75: The construction of the north and south flood diversion ends the era of flooding in Burg (Spreewald)
• 1992: Foundation of the official administration office Burg (Spreewald)
• 1992: Foundation of the country and traditional costume association Burg
• 1994: Official opening of the rehabilitation center Spreewald
• 1998: Burg officially receives the title "Staatlich anerkannter Erholungsort" meaning state-approved resort
• 1999: First successful brine extraction drilling
• 2005: Opening of the Spreewald Spa
• 2005: Burg receives the official title "Ort mit Heilquellenkurbetrieb" (resort with medicinal spring spa)

All information subject to change.

Mina Witkojc, German name: Wilhelmine Wittka, (* May 28 1893 in Burg/Spreewald; † November 11 1975 in Papitz, Niederlausitz) was a Lower Sorbian poet and publicist.

Youth

From 1899-1907 Mina Witkojc attended the elementary school in Burg (Spreewald). From 1907-1917 she worked in Berlin as a maid, flower binder and in the armaments industry. 1918-1921 she was a day labourer in Burg.

A return to Wendish culture

In August 1921 she happened to meet a group of Czech and Upper Sorbian intellectuals who were traveling through the Spreewald. This encounter, which she described in one of her first poems, led her to become aware of her Wendish / Lower Sorbian nationality. She moved to Bautzen where she worked from 1923 to 1933 at the Lower Sorbian newspaper "Serbski casnik". There she made acquaintance with Sorbian intellectuals, particularly with Arnošt Muka and Jan Cyž.

In 1926 she took part in the European Minority Congress in Geneva, in 1930 Mina Witkojc attended the All-Slavic Sokol meeting in Yugoslavia. In the 20s and 30s she also translated other Slavic authors into Sorbian language, such as Božena Němcová and Petr Bezruč.

In 1933 she was banned from writing by the new National Socialist government. She remained unemployed in Bautzen until 1936, only to move back to Burg in the same year. 1936 - 1941 she made a living as a day labourer in agriculture. Since her texts and poems had exposed her very much to the Wendish / Sorbian cultural life and because she was suspected of (pan) Slavic nationalism due to her contacts with other Slavic intellectuals, the Nazis did to her what had already started 1937 with the deportation of Sorbian cultural workers and clergy from Lusatia: Mina Witkojc was banned, first in 1941 from staying in the Dresden administrative district, later in 1942 from the Frankfurt (Oder) administrative district. She had to leave the Lusatia area.

Exile

From 1942 to 1945 she lived in Erfurt, where she worked as an employee in a nursery garden. In 1945, in her epic poem "Erfurtske spomnjeśa" ("Erfurt Memories"), she took stock of her previous life, not meant as a self-reflection, but as a resolution with her previous work for the Sorbs.

In 1946 she lived again in Bautzen as an employee of the „Domowina“. In 1947 she moved to Prague where she lived until 1954. Nothing is known about the reasons for her self-chosen exile while many Sorbian writers, teachers and clergymen who had been expelled by the National Socialists had just returned to Lusatia. However, it can be assumed that there is a connection with the events surrounding the Sorbian National Council (Serbska narodna rada) in Prague, which campaigned for the annexation of Upper and Lower Lusatia to Czechoslovakia. These efforts were fiercely fought against in the Soviet occupation zone of Germany and followed by arrests of Sorbian patriots, especially in Lower Lusatia.

Last years in Burg

In 1954 Mina Witkojc settled again in her home village Burg (Spreewald), where she lived until shortly before the end of her life.

She appeared as a co-author of an anthology and with individual poems and contributions in "Nowy casnik", the Sorbian weekly. In 1955 another edition of poems "K swětłu a słyńcu" ("To light, to the sun") was published, which partly consists of poems of the 20s and 30s, reworked in the sense of the prescribed farewell to the Slavic community idea. The title of her first poem from 1921 was "Memories of the First Meeting with Czech and Upper Sorbian Brothers", but the 1955 version only mentions "Upper Sorbian Brothers". She spent her last months at her retirement home in Papitz.

The Wendenkönig, “serbski kral”, is one of the most colourful characters in the Spreewald mythology. The legend says he still lives on the Burger Schlossberg today, waiting to take over the reign over his people again.

There are many tales around the Wendenkönig. For his enemies he was a criminal and a thief, but the Slavic people loved him for being a noble ruler. He is said to have fought the invading conquerors until the very end. Because he was invincible, he escaped the cruel massacre of Margrave Gero, who had 30 Slavic princes murdered during a banquet.

He is said to have kidnapped a child named Rinetta during one of his raids. But there was something about the girl that moved him, so he brought her back to her father. The Wendenkönig never forget her though. In the end, he and Rinetta became a couple. This relationship transformed him from a cruel ruler to a beloved king sharing his treasures and showing gentleness and justice.

It is quite likely that Boleslaw Chrobry had been a role model for the “serbski kral”. The Duke and King of Poland expanded his rulership on the westside of Oder and Neisse in 1000. He also expanded the Ciani Castle on the Schlossberg which was abandoned after 1030.

It is therefore not surprising that the Spreewald community of Burg feels particularly connected to the Wendenkönig legend. You can “meet” him here in many ways, as a street name, in the name of a restaurant, as a statue in the spa gardens or in other traditions such as the symbolic “reign” of the Wendenkönig couple.

Important duties during this traditional one-year reign are the opening of the season in March with the official handover of the barge bar to the barge men, participation in the annual parade, the presence at tourism- and other trade fairs, presentations and regional festivals. The chosen couple continuously promotes the Spreewald region throughout the year to guests and potential visitors.

Bikes

Bicycles in all sizes are available here in our hotel. Contact the reception desk.

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Boat tour with the barge

We would be happy to book a boat trip for you, duration from 2 to 6 hours. Ask the reception staff for more details.

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Carriage rides

Discover the beautiful Spreewald region during a relaxing carriage ride. You can book a tour at our reception desk.

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Mini golf

Our adventure mini golf course is fun for the whole family! Play on 18 exciting tracks directly at our hotel. The track is open daily from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. during summer. In winter the opening times are according to the weather conditions. Rackets are available at the reception desk or directly at the facility. Children under 12 years must be accompanied by an adult.

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Nordic Walking

Pick up your nordic walking poles at the reception desk.

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Paddle boats

A relaxing tour with a paddle boat is always a great idea. Book your boats at the reception desk.

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Playroom

Bad weather? You will find a playroom inside with table tennis, darts, pinball, air hockey etc. For smaller kids we have boardgames and other toys available.

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Petting zoo

Our petting zoo is a great place for kids to see and touch alpacas, pigs, goats, donkeys, some guinea pigs and even emus, the second-largest living bird worldwide. Please do not feed apples!

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Relaxation lawn

You will find a lawn with sun loungers right by the hotel.

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All information subject to change.