Dinkel River

It is wonderful to cycle along this charming little border river!

A small border river that flows into the Vechte.

It is not for nothing that the Dinkel is sung about lyrically in the first verse of the Twente folk song. The partly sandy banks of the Dinkel offer an immense wealth of flora and fauna, with the magnificently colored kingfisher, a well-known resident of the area, being seen as a kind of mascot. The Dinkel has its source in North Rhine-Westphalia in the border area between Ahaus and Coesfeld, flows on the German side through Gescher, Epe, Gronau, in the communities of Losser and Dinkelland almost entirely through natural Dutch territory, reaches Germany again at Lage in the county of Bentheim, and then flows into the Vechte near Neuenhaus. The Vechte has its mouth in the Ijsselmeer. A historical sight is the ancient hydrodynamic lock "Schivenhuisje" on the Almelo-Nordhorn canal in Denekamp. Here, the water level of the Almelo-Nordhorn canal is regulated together with the water of the Nebendinkel. The Nebendinkel and the lower Dinkel then flow together again to form the Dinkel river. The Dinkel has a total length of around 96 kilometers, of which 46 km flow through the Twente region. For a longer stay, there are numerous options for a stopover. From overnight stays in luxurious hotel rooms, cozy bed and breakfasts and farm lodges to accommodation in the extraordinary star cube. There is something for everyone here!