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Southwest Route
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- 30.33 km long
- Round trip
- Difficulty: medium
- Condition: easy
- Cycling

- 2:12 h
- 30.33 km
- 254 m
- 256 m
- 101 m
- 295 m
- 194 m
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- Start: Starting point in the center of Gandersheim, Stiftsfreiheit parking lot
- Destination: Circular route with the option to use other entry and exit points.

The route takes you through the southwest villages of Bad Gandersheim and some neighboring towns.

The path runs almost exclusively on bike paths, paved field and forest roads, and on secondary roads.

At the starting point of the route, you already have the opportunity to experience the history of Gandersheim, e.g., on a walk through the old town, as a guest in the City Museum, or by visiting the Romanesque Collegiate Church with the exhibition "Discovering Treasures Anew."

In Kalefeld, you can visit the Weißenwasserkirche, and in the Heckenbeck district, the route passes by the grave of the composer Albert Methfessel.

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Tour information

- Cultural Interesting
- Loop Road
- Loop Road

Author

Stadt Bad Gandersheim, Touristinformation

Organization

Harz: Magische Gebirgswelt

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Nearby
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- Place of interestCC-BYThomas Gelück | 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    - Church
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    CC-BYPortal zur Geschichte – Sammlung Frauenstift Gandersheim | 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    - Church
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    CC-BYchris@ibe-enke.de, Ortsrat Orxhausen | 
    
    
    
    
    
    
    - Church
- ToursCC-BY-SAFoto: Katrin Weiberg | 
    
    
    
    
    
    22.18 km
    
    
    - Cycling
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    CC-BY-SABild: PS Speicher Einbeck | 
    
    
    
    
    
    39.16 km
    
    
    - Cycling
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    
    CC-BY-SAGerda Steckhan | 
    
    
    
    
    
    25.92 km
    
    
    - Cycling

Contact

Barfüßerkloster

37581 Bad Gandersheim

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