Routes

Planner

Features

Updates

App

Get the App

Sprengepiel Statue, Vechta

Sprengepiel Statue, Vechta

Highlight • Monument

Sprengepiel Statue, Vechta

Name: Sprengepiel Statue, Vechta
Rating: 2

Recommended by 5 hikers

Save

Location: Lower Saxony, Germany

Save

See hikes here

Take Me There

Routes here

Best Hikes to Sprengepiel Statue, Vechta

4.0

(1)

hikers

1. Museum in the Arsenal – Zitadellenpark Vechta loop from Klingenhagen

4.03km

01:01

10m

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Easy

5.0

(1)

hikers

2. Gut Füchtel Farm Café – Gut Welpe Restaurant & Cafe loop from Welpe

10.5km

02:40

30m

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Moderate

5.0

(2)

hikers

3. Kaponier, Vechta – Vechta Historic Centre loop from Vechta

2.19km

00:33

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Navigate

Send to Phone

Save

Easy

Tips

JR56

April 28, 2025

Sprengepielplatz runs northwest of Große Straße from Gildestraße to Kolpingstraße. A few steps from the beginning of the square, at the junction of Gildestraße and Kronenstraße, a bronze statue by the sculptor Bernard Kleinhaus was erected in 1981. It depicts a large dog with bared teeth and a broken chain.
The background to the statue is the Vechta legend surrounding Colonel Sprengepiel, who is said to have made a pact with the devil so that his soldiers could transform into shrubs and bushes. After the victorious colonel died, the devil demanded his share of the pact, whereupon Sprengepiel was cursed to a life as a wild dog.
This dog is said to haunt the streets and the moor to this day. Another version of the story refers to the historically documented Imperial Captain Sprengepiel, who was stationed in Vechta with a cavalry unit around 1640 and, for a time, also owned the Falkenrott estate. This cavalry unit committed looting and earned a reputation as a good fighting unit. The sudden appearance and disappearance of the cavalry unit during their raids was explained by a pact with the devil. Based on this, another legend stated that the cursed dog was banished to their monastery by the Franciscan monks and released during the dissolution of the monastery under French occupation around 1810. Since then, the dog is said to have haunted Vechta. Many legends have been created by the people of Vechta around these historical facts and stories, mixing truth and fantasy.

vechta.de/strassennamen/sprengepielplatz

Translated by Google •

In the know? Log-in to add a tip for other adventurers!

Details

Informations

Elevation 70 m

Weather

Today

Monday 1 December

7°C

4°C

0 %

If you start your activity now...

Max wind speed: 14.0 km/h

Most visited during

January

February

March

April

May

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

See hikes here

Take Me There

Location: Lower Saxony, Germany

Other Popular Places to Check Out

Zitadellenpark Vechta

Immentun Forest

Judensteg Bridge and Gravel Path in Bakum

Zitadellenpark Vechta and Castrum Vechtense

Bohlenweg im Moor mit Aussichtspunkt

Gut Welpe Restaurant & Café

Forest Path at Gut Füchtel

Vechtaer Moorbach

Church of the Dominican Monastery

Gut Füchtel Forest Path

Gut Füchtel

Bachweg am Gräfischen Gut

Sprengepiel Statue, Vechta

1. Museum in the Arsenal – Zitadellenpark Vechta loop from Klingenhagen

2. Gut Füchtel Farm Café – Gut Welpe Restaurant & Cafe loop from Welpe

3. Kaponier, Vechta – Vechta Historic Centre loop from Vechta

Other Popular Places to Check Out

We value your privacy ⛰️

We value your privacy ⛰️