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- 376 m
- 376 m
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- 216 m
- 175 m
- 25.72 km
- Start: Vlotho train station
- Destination: Vlotho train station
This circular route takes you through mostly mountainous terrain with wonderful views and varied landscapes. The start is at Vlotho train station, then it's a leisurely ride through the old town with the Home of Vlotho and its beautiful half-timbered houses and churches worth seeing. Immediately afterwards, the most difficult ascent of the tour leads up to the Amtshausberg. There you have a wonderful view of the Weser valley from Vlotho Castle. The route continues past Bonneberg and Sprickberg over the hilly Vahrenbrinkstraße down to the historic highway viaduct at Steinegge. On the other side, the road leads up to Detmolder Straße, where you first reach the highest point of the tour and shortly afterwards Lindemanns Mühle. Built in 1850 from mighty quarrystones, the cap windmill is idyllically situated on Steinegger Berg and offers the viewer an impressive sight. In this type of mill, the so-called cap with the wings can be rotated. Civil weddings have recently been possible in the building, which is protected as a technical cultural monument. The mill association organizes events such as mill and harvest days and offers guided tours with coffee for groups. After another short climb, the route descends to the Exter highway church. Past the Solterberg, the bikes roll almost exclusively downhill via Hollwiesen and past the Gnuse hammer mill near Valdorf down to the Weser. Signposts lead back to the station from there. The route leads almost exclusively along roads with little traffic, independent cycle paths and paved farm tracks. Only one 500-metre section is not asphalted, but it can definitely be ridden on thin tires.
An alternative starting point is the parking lot at the Exter freeway church (Alter Schulweg 2). However, it is also possible to set off from any other location on the route.Further information on the route and the waypoints can be found on the Herford district cycling leisure website: www.fahr-im-kreis.de. A brochure is also available there as a free download.Good to know
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Directions
From the starting point at Vlotho train station, head south along Langestraße. After Haus Malz on the left, turn right via Roseneck and Burgstraße up to the castle complex. The route then follows Ernst-Albrecht-Straße and Höltkebruchstraße, which then becomes Von-Bodelschwingh-Straße, to the left to Bonneberg. The route then heads down Vahrenbrinkstraße, which bends sharply to the right before Lenger. In Steinegge, the route follows Detmolderstraße to the left until the Alte Postweg branches off to the right after approx. 1.5 kilometers and leads to Lindemanns Mühle. The route then continues south along the Alter Schulweg and past the Exter highway church. Behind the church, the route follows Detmolderstraße again. This time, however, it heads north. At the traffic circle, continue straight on to the Exter viaduct. Then return to the traffic circle and continue east along Herforderstraße. At the second junction on the right-hand side, the route then leads into Niedermowenfeld, turning left at Solterbergstraße and then right again after approx. 250 meters into Zum Mergelbruch. After approx. 1.7 kilometers, the route turns right along Hollwieserstraße, over Solterbergstraße and through Hollwiesen. After crossing the new country road, the route follows Rottstraße and then Salzuflenerstraße and Bäderstraße to Valdorf church. After reaching the church, the route returns to the junction of Bäderstraße and Salzuflenerstraße, where it follows Salzuflenerstraße in a north-westerly direction. At Herforderstraße, the route continues to the right to the Alte Papiermühle and then past the Heilig Kreuz church. Behind the school, the route crosses Mindenerstraße and heads north-east along Oelbrinkstraße and Postweg to the former sugar factory and the Weser harbor. From there, the route is well signposted back to the station and leads along the Weser and again through the center of Vlotho, past the town hall and along Lange Straße back to the station.
The route follows the streets:
- Start: Vlotho train station
- Lange Straße
- Am Roseneck
- Burgstraße
- Oeynhausener Straße
- Ernst-Albrecht-Straße
- Höltkebruchstraße
- Von-Bodelschwingh-Straße
- Vahrenbrinkstraße
- Detmolder Straße (cycle path)
- Alter Postweg
- Alter Schulweg (cycle path)
- Old school route (road)
- Detmolder Straße (cycle path)
- Herforder Straße (cycle path)
- Niedermowenfeld
- Solterbergstraße (cycle path)
- To the marl quarry
- Solterbergstraße
- Hollwieser Straße
- Rottstraße
- Am Sandhückel
- Salzuflener Straße
- Bäderstraße
- Lemgoer Straße
- Bäderstraße
- Salzuflener Straße
- Im Kanaan
- Salzuflener Straße
- Herforder Straße
- Bökenwiese
- Lüdekingsgarten
- Herforder Straße (cycle path)
- Bonneberger Straße
- Herforder Straße
- Valdorfer Straße
- Oelbrinkstraße
- Winterbergstraße
- Poststraße
- Weserstraße
- Hafenstraße
- Customs road
- Bismarckstraße
- Klosterstraße
- Wesrerstraße
- Destination: train station in Vlotho
Tour information
Familiy-Friendly
Loop Road
Stop at an Inn
Directions & Parking facilities
Additional information
Literature
Brochure Monument Route Vlotho
Author
Thomas Wehrenberg
Organization
Touristikgemeinschaft Wittekindsland Herford e.V.
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
The Biological Station Ravensberg im Kreis Herford e.V. has selected a few areas and points worth seeing for the Vlotho Monument Route:
Stations:
- Heimatstube (Lange Str. 53)
- Alte Apotheke & Haus auf dem Brink (Lange Straße 69 + 71)
- St. Stephen's Church (Lange Straße 106)
- Haus Malz (Lange Straße 136)
- Castle complex (Burgstraße 41)
- Timbered building Jugendhof (Oeynhauser Straße 1)
- Jubilate Church Bonneberg (Von-Bodelschwingh-Str. 1)
- Lindemanns Mühle (Alter Postweg 18)
- Exter highway church (Alter Schulweg 2)
- Exter viaduct (A2 between Herford and Vlotho over Detmolder Straße L 772)
- Valdorf church (Lemgoer Str. 3)
- Unionwerk von Deylen paper mill (Herforder Straße 99)
- Church of the Holy Cross (Herforder Str. 38)
- Former sugar factory (Weserstraße 32)
- Vlothoer Hafen (between Hafenstraße and Am Fährhof)
Other special features along the way:
- Old town of Vlotho
- Wittekindstein
- Valley bridge Steinegge
- Vlotho spa area
- Carriage museum in Bad Seebruch
- Gnuse hammer mill
This route also has something to offer in culinary terms:
- numerous places to stop for refreshments in the old town of Vlotho
- Burg Vlotho, café & restaurant with beer garden, Vlotho-Amtshausberg
- Cafe Jugendhof, Vlotho-Amtshausberg
- Bonneberger Hof, restaurant with beer garden, Vlotho-Bonneberg
- Restaurant on the golf course, large terrace, Vlotho-Exter
- Grotegut, restaurant with beer garden, Vlotho-Exter
- Reiterstübchen, Vlotho-Exter
- Hemeier`s Grillstube, Vlotho-Galgenkamp
Further information on the route and the waypoints can be found on the Herford district cycling leisure website: http://www.fahr-im-kreis-herford.de/alle-touren/denkmal-routen/denkmal-route-vlotho
Safety guidelines
1. cycling on the cycle routes is at your own risk, everyone is responsible for themselves.
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2. the road traffic regulations apply to all cyclists
.3. a roadworthy bicycle must be used for the cycle tours.
4. The wearing of a bicycle helmet is recommended.
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