Hundreds of years ago, before brick and stone castles, there were round fortresses built out of wooden logs and mud mixed with straw. Near Cottbus, there’s a reconstructed fortress surrounded by a bit of nature preserves. It’s used for school trips and history lessons to show how the people lived way back when. As an added bonus, there’s a cool playground out of wood – with a few “creative” features:

Oxen Pulling Cart

Modified “see-saw”

While I didn’t go inside (sorry, but 5 euros for 20 minutes of walking in a circle and climbing to the top of a dirt rampart wasn’t worth it), I did enjoy walking around the outside moat and recognizing the blackberries, iris, and water lily plants they’d added to the mix of grasses.