The climatic health resort of Plau am See with its picturesque old town is located directly on the western shore of Lake Plau and the Müritz-Elde waterway and is the western gateway to the Müritz region and the Mecklenburg Lake District. It takes less than two hours by car to reach Plau am See from the metropolitan regions of Hamburg or Berlin. It can be reached ideally via the A 19 motorway from Berlin or the A 24 from Hamburg or via the main roads 191 or 103. The proximity to Schwerin-Parchim Airport makes the location particularly interesting for logistics companies that want to serve their procurement and/or sales markets by air freight. The Nossentiner/Schwinzer Heide Nature Park is located on the northern shore of Lake Plauer See. After Lake Müritz and Lake Schwerin, Lake Plauer See is the third largest lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern with almost 39 km² and is an ideal inland body of water for water sports enthusiasts.