- 01:40 h
- 96 m
- 96 m
- 60 m
- 116 m
- 56 m
- 23.43 km
- Start: Bicycle parking garage at the train station in Bünde
- Destination: Bicycle parking garage at the train station in Bünde
This very varied nature tour starts at the parking garage for bicycles at the train station in Bünde. It first leads through the town center with the Laurentius Church and the tobacco monument. Passing the Bünde Museum Island, you reach the River Else with its dam and bridges. The grassland of the Else lowlands, the old and new course of the river and the mills along the river are reminders of the history of land and water use. The farmland at Ohrhagen is home to endangered farmland birds. At Gut Böckel, not only the historic ensemble of buildings, but also the Voßholz, Rainer Maria Rilke and Herta Koenig are worth a stop. After a look at the old Ennigloh brickworks pit, which has been transformed from a garbage tip into a nature reserve, the route leads back to the city via an old avenue of pear trees.
Further information on the route and the waypoints can be found on the Herford district cycling leisure website:www.fahr-im-kreis.de. An audioguide and a brochure are also available for download there.
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Directions
The route starts at the train station in Bünde and leads from there via Bahnhofstraße in a south-easterly direction past the Steinmeister and Wellensiek monument to the Tabak- und Dobergmuseum. The route then follows Elsestraße onto the Else cycle path (Elsedamm) along the Else via Hunnebrock to Werfen (Sachsenstr., Dürerstr., Lenastr.). The route continues along Raffaelstr. and August-Bebel-Str. around the model airfield and then north past the Hücker Moor to Ahle (Wittholzstr., Voßbruchweg). Continue on Schierholzstr. and cross the highway on Spenger Str. Via Imperialstr., Ahler Str., Eskerheide, Im Wiesengrund, Boschstr., Auf der Holland, Remmerskamp, the route runs via Holsen (Mühlenfeldstr., Gebrüder-Grimm-Str., Surensiekweg, Seniwortstr., and a few field paths) to Voßholz (turn left onto the field path at Voßholzweg) and continue along the edge of the forest on a field path to Gut Böckel. The route then continues via Rilkestr., Surensiekweg, Im Elster Busch, In der Loh, left into the field path, Im Hofgarten, under the railroad on a field path through the Ennigloh brick pit nature reserve on Tannenbuschstr., Horstsieker Weg, Lange Wand, Else-Hanauer-Str. and Holtackerweg to Ennigloh. From there it goes back to Bünder station through the small park, Hochstr., Turnerstr. and Bahnstr.
Tour information
Familiy-Friendly
Loop Road
Equipment
Directions & Parking facilities
Always know what's going on - a free number for all occasions: 08006 50 40 30 provides bus and train customers in NRW with round-the-clock fare information, timetable information and more.
Additional information
Literature
Author
Biologische Station Ravenberg
Organization
Touristikgemeinschaft Wittekindsland Herford e.V.
Author´s Tip / Recommendation of the author
For the Bünde Nature Tour, the Ravensberg Biological Station has selected 22 special features to accompany the route:
- Start/finish: A parking garage for bicycles
- The church on a groyne and the monument to the tobacco pioneers
- The Bünder Museum Island: Tobacco and Doberg Museum
- Floods, dams and bridges on the Else
- Greenland in the lowlands near the Old and New Else
- Werfen stream in its new bed at the Nienburg mill
- Natural monument at the Nienburger Mühle
- Heading willows
- Werfener Bruch - wet grassland with grazing
- A new bridge for the Werfen stream
- Grass paths
- Field birds on the Ohrhagen
- Hücker Holz and goshawk
- Old oak tree natural monument
- Lapwings and contractual nature conservation
- Vossholz and hereditary burial ground
- Panoramic view of the Wiehengebirge
- Gut Böckel - visits by Rainer Maria Rilke and Alexander Koenig
- Ponds for the floodplain of the Darmühlenbach
- Siek
- Ennigloh brickworks pit: from waste dump to nature reserve
- Old pear avenue, new additions
You can find more detailed descriptions of some of the waypoints under the excursion destinations in the Teutonavigator or under:
Safety guidelines
- At the Ziegeleigrube (point 21), a narrow grass path leads into a steep forest path: please push your bike!
- You ride on the cycle routes at your own risk, everyone is responsible for themselves.
- The road traffic regulations apply to all cyclists .
- A roadworthy bicycle must be used for the cycle tours.
- Wearing a bicycle helmet is recommended .
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