Schützenwiese Valley – Schützenwiese loop from Schwelge / Wolfsknapp

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Paderborn

Bad Wünnenberg

Schützenwiese Valley – Schützenwiese loop from Schwelge / Wolfsknapp

Moderate

4.0

(4)

hikers

Schützenwiese Valley – Schützenwiese loop from Schwelge / Wolfsknapp

03:12

11.8km

170m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 7, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Diemelsee

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

Get Directions

413 m

Hiking car park and hiking map Bad Wünnenberg

Highlight • Parking

There is parking for a few cars here and a beautiful hiking trail branches off immediately.

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4.32 km

Wooden Bridge Over the Große Aa

Highlight • Bridge

For a size comparison, I placed our dog next to it.

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4.76 km

Schützenwiese Valley

Highlight • Natural

Quiet, beautiful location and a small hiking trail starts from the hiking hut.

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5.11 km

Schützenwiese

Highlight • Natural

There is even a hut with a bench.

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5.68 km

Hermann Rieks Memorial

Highlight • Monument

A young soldier was shot here on his way home to his family at the end of the war - sad!

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6.37 km

Große Aa

Nature Reserve

7.21 km

Shelter at the Aabach Reservoir

Highlight • Mountain Hut

You can shower well here.

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8.65 km

Murmecke Confluence

Highlight • River

Here the Murmecke flows into the Aabachtalsperre.

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11.1 km

Stream Crossing at KP Boundary Marker

Highlight • River

Depending on how hard it rains, you can think about where it is easiest to get to the other side with dry feet.

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11.8 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.75 km

1.21 km

818 m

Surfaces

6.26 km

2.61 km

1.92 km

804 m

181 m

Elevation

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Highest point (480 m)

Lowest point (350 m)

Weather

Monday 19 October

9°C

1°C

0 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 18.0 km/h

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Comments

May 30, 2024,...auf dem Bumbams Mühl Weg / Aatal unterwegs

🅿️ Hikers' car park on the road

...there are more in the village of Bleiwäsche.

There are various routes from here and we chose the 12 km.

Simply a very beautiful forest loop with lots of greenery and hardly any other hikers.🥾🎒🍃

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May 19, 2023,Bleiwäsche und Katzenwäsche

Extensively used the day off and the beautiful weather and drove to the Wünnenberg region. To be more precise, after washing with lead.
Parked near the Schlosshotel Sophie. Many hiking trails start up there, which are also well signposted. I was also very happy about that, because at the start and about a kilometer of the way I had no …

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