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Kreis Paderborn

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Kreis Paderborn

The Top 20 Natural Monuments around Kreis Paderborn

Kreis Paderborn’s landscape is a beautiful place to explore — something that you can best experience by visiting one of our 20

beautiful natural monuments around Kreis Paderborn. To help you find the one for, you can see all the details you need to explore the best natural monuments, and better plan your next outdoor adventure!

Last updated: October 31, 2025

Lippesee

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Great lake and great bike path is worth it

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South Observation Tower at Steinhorster Becken

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The Steinhorst Basin is an absolute must-see for any nature lover. This biotope is the largest man-made biotope of its kind in North Rhine-Westphalia and provides a wonderful habitat for …

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Ems River Source (Emsquelle)

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The area of the Ems-Quelle is here very well developed by the Ems-Info-Center and is also very well maintained. You can only go on the beschlderten paths and ride a …

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Heathland in the Moosheide Nature Reserve

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Due to its use as a military training area in the heart of the Senne, it is not managed and little reshaped, so that this open landscape, which is home …

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Ems Springs

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The Ems rises from the seepage spring in the Moosheide nature reserve. First a small stream, which later grows into a river. Since I am usually in the Ems-Auen in …

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Ems Spring (Source of the Ems)

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You can't be closer to nature, a beautiful piece of earth, the forest is good ...

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Aabach Reservoir

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The almost three-kilometer-long and 1.5-kilometer-wide dam provides drinking water for more than 250,000 residents. Here you can enjoy nature and take in the sweeping views over the water. Unfortunately, swimming …

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Lippe Spring

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The Lippe spring is located in Bad Lippspringe in the Arminiuspark and is one of the most pouring springs with 740 liters per second. A visit is worthwhile because of …

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Aabach Reservoir

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Running, hiking, racing bike, etc., skating ...., the round of the Aabachtalsperre is well attended, especially on weekends for a good reason.

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Pader Springs

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The Pader is the namesake of the city of Paderborn and, at just four kilometers, the shortest river in Germany. The special feature of this river is that it is …

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The Top 20 Natural Monuments around Kreis Paderborn

Lippesee

South Observation Tower at Steinhorster Becken

Ems River Source (Emsquelle)

Heathland in the Moosheide Nature Reserve

Ems Springs

Ems Spring (Source of the Ems)

Aabach Reservoir

Lippe Spring

Aabach Reservoir

Pader Springs

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