Forest Trail Through Schlosspark Rastede

The route is unpaved, but is also good for touring bikes. A very beautiful forest landscape and a fast connection to get from Rastede to Loy.

Rastede Castle ParkDuke Peter Friedrich Ludwig acquired the former monastery property in 1777, had the palace built in the classical style as a country house and in 1784 commissioned the garden architect C.F. Bosse, son of the court gardener in Wolfenbüttel, with the creation of an English garden.
Peter Friedrich Ludwig, born in Eutin in 1755, started after an 8-year educational trip on which he studied the art and philosophy of antiquity, on a trip to Europe with 91 travel stops, including to Wörlitz and England, where he explored the first landscape gardens. As early as 1778 he made his own designs for the 10 hectare park and the park equipment, including the Temple of Venus, built as a tea house in 1783. The castle served as the summer residence of the Oldenburg dukes and grand dukes. Successor Grand Duke Paul Friedrich August expanded the park to include Ellernteich and Hirschpark around 1843. Today the palace garden is 330 hectares in size.

The route through the castle park is very impressive and easy to drive on