Bad Wünnenberg Radtour WÜ 1

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25.05 km long
round trip
Difficulty: medium
condition: medium
Great panorama
Cycling
  • 02:45 h
  • 353 m
  • 343 m
  • 221 m
  • 386 m
  • 165 m
  • 25.05 km
  • Start: Parking lot Jägerweg
  • Destination: Parking lot Jägerweg
At 25.1 km, the WÜ 1 cycle route is the longest of the designated cycle routes around Bad Wünnenberg. The route gives a typical picture of the surrounding area. Uphill and downhill sections alternate with flat sections. Discover small villages, chapels and memorials along the way and enjoy wonderful views of the Sauerland and the Paderborn plateau as far as the Eggegebirge mountains.

The cycle paths around Bad Wünnenberg are marked with red and white NRW cycle signs (labeled WÜ =Bad Wünnenberg 1 to 8) and vary in length from 9 km to 25.1 km. They lead partly through meadows and fields but also through forests around Bad Wünnenberg. Most of them are asphalted and therefore easy to cycle on.

The WÜ 1 cycle route has a length of 25.1 km. It starts and ends at Jägerweg in Haarener Wald. The route is varied and easy to cycle. There are ascents and descents as well as flat sections. You start your cycle tour in Haaren Forest. The route takes you into the "Valley of Peace", where war graves commemorate the victims of the Second World War. The Meinolfus Chapel, which is next on the route, is the burial place of the von Mallinckrodt family, an old noble family. If you continue on, you will reach the Böddeken estate. This is still run by the Mallinckrodt family today and is home to a boarding school and a residential elementary school. From here, the tour continues through the small agricultural settlement of Tindeln, which belongs to Haaren. There is a thousand-year-old lime tree here. The route then continues to the district of Haaren. This is one of the oldest settlements in the Sintfeld. There is a Jewish cemetery on the edge of the road at the end of the village. The cemetery was established in 1745. The oldest gravestone probably dates back to 1852 and there are other gravestone foundations in the ground. From here, the path continues to Helmern. Helmern won the "Our village should become more beautiful" competition in 1973. The route continues through Sintfeld, where you have wonderful views of both the Sauerland and the Paderborn plateau. You cycle along the Königsweg "Hirschweg", an old trade route on which merchants traveled in the Middle Ages, and return to your starting point.

If you are traveling by bus rather than by car, it makes sense to start and end the tour in Haaren, as there is no bus stop at the starting point mentioned above.

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Directions

The tour is 25.1 km long and starts at Jägerweg in Haarener Wald. The Griesebartshuchtweg leads you to the L818. Turn right here, past the military cemetery and Meinolfus Chapel to the Böddeken estate. At the estate, turn right and follow the L751 until you turn right to Tindeln. Drive through Tindeln and turn left at the next junction. You reach Graf-Zeppelin-Straße and turn right. At the next opportunity, turn left into Karlstraße and follow it until you reach Bürener Straße, where you turn left. Shortly after the crosswalk, turn right into Helmerner Straße, which will take you to Helmern. In Helmern, turn right into the street "Zum Sonnenborn". Follow the road straight ahead until you reach the "Galgen". Then it goes a short way down a steep hill. At the next crossroads, turn right. When you come to a small wood, an equally steep hill will lead you back northwards to your starting point.

Tour information

  • Familiy-Friendly

  • Loop Road

Equipment

Weather-dependent, appropriate clothing

Directions & Parking facilities

A 33/ A44 to the Bad Wünnenberg/Haaren exit, continue on the B480 towards Brilon, exit Haaren; at the T-junction towards Büren, after approx. 2 km there is a parking lot on the right-hand side.
Free parking lot Jägerweg, Bürener Straße, Bad Wünnenberg - Haaren

If you are traveling by bus, it makes sense to start and end the tour in Haaren, as there is no bus stop at the starting point mentioned above.

Take the train to Paderborn main station; from there, take the fast bus S10 (until 05.08.18: S80) in the direction of Bad Wünnenberg - Haaren, stop Volksbank


Additional information

Further information and GPS devices are available from Bad Wünnenberg Touristik GmbH at:


http://www.bad-wuennenberg-touristik.de/

Author

Kneippheilbad Bad Wünnenberg

Organization

Bad Wünnenberg Touristik GmbH

Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author

Take some time to discover the village of Haaren. Haaren is one of the oldest settlements in the Sintfeld. The village is located on an ancient trade route, the "Via regia" (royal road). It led from Bremen via Paderborn to Mainz. The first documented reference to the village was found in the "Traditiones Corbeienses", the Corvey donations of the year 975. While Haaren was not inhabited during the feuding times of the 15th century, it was settled again at the beginning of the 16th century and developed into a clustered village.

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Bad Wünnenberg Radtour WÜ 1
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