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- 02:59 h
- 32 m
- 39 m
- 35 m
- 72 m
- 37 m
- 47.16 km
- Start: Domstraße 2, 32423 Minden
- Destination: Domstraße 2, 32423 Minden
You start your tour at the tourist information office in Minden. If you have any questions about the tour or need information material, the Tourist Information team will be happy to help you! From here, you cycle the first section along the Bastau, a small stream that will accompany you for quite some time on your tour. After a short detour through a typical Minden residential area, you continue along the Bastau through the Bastauwiesen meadows to Rothenuffeln. The Bastauwiesen are a nature reserve and, together with the Große Torfmoor, the Neuenbaumer Moor and the Alten Moor, form an extensive moorland lowland.
In Rothenuffeln, you cycle through the Kurpark, where a half-timbered ensemble consisting of the historic Heuerlingshaus, a separate kitchen building and the Kulturscheune was built. The culture barn is regularly used for various events. Your route then winds its way through the small villages of Oberlübbe, Unterlübbe and Eickhorst. On your way, you will pass the Eickhorst windmill, which regularly opens its doors for the popular grinding and baking days.
A short distance further on, you will cross the well-known Bastau in Aspel and cycle directly into the Großes Torfmoor nature reserve. After a few meters, turn left at the Geestmoordamm hiking parking lot and discover the barren beauty of the raised bog in all its glory. The large peat bog is the largest of its kind still in existence in NRW. After a short distance, you will discover the observation tower, from where you have a great view of the moor. From here, cycle through the large peat bog with the Mittelland Canal on your right to P3 and cross the canal.
The tour continues across the Mittelland Canal and along it back towards Südhemmern. Depending on your mood and fitness level, it is worth making a detour to Hille and visiting the old distillery in Hille, which was still in operation until 1990, from the outside. In Südhemmern, it is worth stopping at the Südhemmern windmill. Here, too, you can enjoy Westphalian specialties on the grinding and baking days and experience the charm of this historic building ensemble first-hand.
On your way back to Minden along the Mittelland Canal, you will pass Hahler Hafen harbour, where a small restaurant invites you to linger. Shortly before you reach your destination, you will get to see two absolute highlights in Minden: The historic shaft lock, right next to it the newer Weser lock, where the majority of locks between the Weser and Mittelland Canal are now carried out, and the largest double waterway intersection in the world.
In Rothenuffeln, you cycle through the Kurpark, where a half-timbered ensemble consisting of the historic Heuerlingshaus, a separate kitchen building and the Kulturscheune was built. The culture barn is regularly used for various events. Your route then winds its way through the small villages of Oberlübbe, Unterlübbe and Eickhorst. On your way, you will pass the Eickhorst windmill, which regularly opens its doors for the popular grinding and baking days.
A short distance further on, you will cross the well-known Bastau in Aspel and cycle directly into the Großes Torfmoor nature reserve. After a few meters, turn left at the Geestmoordamm hiking parking lot and discover the barren beauty of the raised bog in all its glory. The large peat bog is the largest of its kind still in existence in NRW. After a short distance, you will discover the observation tower, from where you have a great view of the moor. From here, cycle through the large peat bog with the Mittelland Canal on your right to P3 and cross the canal.
The tour continues across the Mittelland Canal and along it back towards Südhemmern. Depending on your mood and fitness level, it is worth making a detour to Hille and visiting the old distillery in Hille, which was still in operation until 1990, from the outside. In Südhemmern, it is worth stopping at the Südhemmern windmill. Here, too, you can enjoy Westphalian specialties on the grinding and baking days and experience the charm of this historic building ensemble first-hand.
On your way back to Minden along the Mittelland Canal, you will pass Hahler Hafen harbour, where a small restaurant invites you to linger. Shortly before you reach your destination, you will get to see two absolute highlights in Minden: The historic shaft lock, right next to it the newer Weser lock, where the majority of locks between the Weser and Mittelland Canal are now carried out, and the largest double waterway intersection in the world.
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Start: Tourist-Information Minden (Domstraße 2, 32423 Minden) > ZOB Minden > Lindenstraße > right on Schwichowwall along Bastau > Schwabenring right > left on Kuhlenstraße, continue on Trippeldamm to the end > keep left, continue along Bastau > Hartumer Straße left, continue on Bergkirchener Straße > left on Bäckerstraße > right on Pestalozziweg, continue through Rothenuffelner Kurpark > left on Grießhop > right onto Mittelweg > continue onto Bökerstraße > Heidestraße right > left onto Im Felde, continue onto In Elfter Wiesen > right onto Ellernstraße > left onto Eichengrund > right onto Koling, continue onto Harthekel, then continue onto Waschhorst > right onto Schürbusch > left onto Ellernstraße > left onto B65 > right onto Hilferdingsen > left onto the cycle path, follow it until it becomes Am Kirchacker and then Hiller Straße > right onto the cycle path > left onto Steimkestraße (becomes Husener Straße) > right onto Niederhusener Straße (becomes Horster Straße) > right onto Auf dem Aspel (follow until Geestmoordamm) > turn left at the hiking parking lot into the Große Torfmoor > keep right at the end of the path, then left again > right onto Frotheimer Straße, cross the Mittellandkanal > ride along the canal > left onto Eickhorster Straße > right onto Am Kanal > left onto Glinst > right onto Kölkenweg > right onto Fischerstadt > after Neuer Weg turn right back to the canal > cycle along the canal to Minden harbour > cross the Weser at the Schachtschleuse > follow Bauhofstraße to the end of the extension, then cross under the canal > back along the Weser to the Glacisbrücke > right onto Tonhallenstraße > destination: Minden city center
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Cultural Interesting
Familiy-Friendly
Loop Road
Mainly Sunny
Stop at an Inn
Suitable for Bike
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Minden is very well connected to the road and rail network and can therefore always be reached quickly and safely.
You can find all further information at:
https://www.minden-erleben.de/tourismus/index.php/de/service/kontakt/570-anfahrt
You can find all further information at:
https://www.minden-erleben.de/tourismus/index.php/de/service/kontakt/570-anfahrt
Minden has a large number of parking spaces around the city center.
You can park free of charge almost all year round in our large Kanzlers Weide parking lot, which is just a 5-minute walk from the city center.
You can park free of charge almost all year round in our large Kanzlers Weide parking lot, which is just a 5-minute walk from the city center.
The Minden central bus station is located directly in the city center. From here, buses run regularly in all directions around Minden.
The Minden train station is about 15 minutes' walk from the city center and offers good transport connections.
The Minden train station is about 15 minutes' walk from the city center and offers good transport connections.
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