バート・エーンハウゼンの洞窟・トップ8

an old watchtower on the Salt Road

A nice place to linger along the route.

It's not a lookout tower, but I find it interesting. You find it next to the road near Waldemeine. Because there are a lot of trees and bushes around the tower, it's not easy to see it. The path is also a bit overgrown. It's not that easy to get there by bike. You can't go up the tower because there's no door.

Reineberg Castle, also called Reineburg, is a former hilltop castle on the 275.9 meter high Reineberg in the Wiehengebirge in the southern urban area of Lübbecke, in the so-called Reineberger Hagen. The beginnings of the Reineberg state castle are lost in legend. According to the bishop's chronicles of the city of Minden, the castle was founded by Bishop Konrad I of Rüdenberg (1209–1237). Osnabrück sources, however, report that the Osnabrück bishop Adolf von Tecklenburg (1216–1224) was a co-builder. Reinberg Castle was first mentioned in a document in 1221. In 1951 an official survey of the still visible castle remains took place. The local historian Friedrich Langewiesche from Bünde discovered that there were once five outer castles in front of the Reineburg. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burg_Reineberg

The round tower, built from rubble stones, has a high entrance, now walled up, and several loopholes. The remaining tower ruins are listed as historical monuments. The exact age is unknown. It was probably built in the second half of the 15th century as a watchtower for the Salzufler Landwehr. With the help of light and smoke signals, the city could be warned early about approaching enemies. Probably in 1632, during the Thirty Years' War, the tower was destroyed in an attack and has remained in ruins since then.

Interesting castle that now serves as a boarding school

Use the hiking trail on the opposite side of the street.

A castle was first mentioned in 1188, which was then owned by the Lords Vornholte. In 1323, Simon I. zur Lippe acquired the castle from the lords of Varenholz and was thus able to extend his dominion in the north to the Weser. The construction history of today's palace complex goes back to the year 1540. Between 1591 and 1600, Count Simon VI. zu Lippe expand the castle into one of the most important buildings of the Weser Renaissance. Under the National Socialists, the castle served as a training center for the Bund Deutscher Mädel (BDM). From 1945 to 1949 the UFA Universum Filmgesellschaft was housed in the buildings. The teacher Elisabeth Engels then set up a boarding school on the premises. Today the castle is owned by the Lippe Regional Association and houses Schloss Varenholz GmbH, a boarding school for child and youth welfare. Source: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Schloss_Varenholz