Hiking loop from Borghorster Elblandschaft

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Hiking loop from Borghorster Elblandschaft

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Hiking loop from Borghorster Elblandschaft

01:15

4.94km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 9, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Besenhorster Sandberge und Elbsandwiesen

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.45 km

Ruins of the guard bunker (demolition bunker)

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After the end of the war, the massive structures of the factory, which were primarily intended to protect the surrounding area from explosions, were decontaminated, blown up and partially removed. …

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1.68 km

Ruins of the Old Gunpowder Factory in the Besenhorster Sandberge

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Very impressive! It's exciting to talk about history with children here.

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2.13 km

Old bunkers and ruins of the former gunpowder factory — Besenhorster Sandberge und Elbsandwiesen

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Through the beautiful nature reserve, many small forest paths and paths lead past the old bunkers and ruins of the former powder factory.
The best way to find the old …

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2.66 km

Abandoned bunker in Besenhorster Sandberge und Elbsandwiesen

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... one of the many old bunkers along the way ... sometimes you have to deviate a bit from the "right path" to find it

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3.12 km

Old Platform of the Powder Factory

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There is still an old platform here on the site of the former powder factory.

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3.36 km

View of the Besenhorster Sandberge

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The area is similar to the nature reserve "Dune Area and Halsetal near Verden-Neumühlen" and the "Verden Eastern Dunes" just north of Verden an der Aller. In these areas, vegetation-free …

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3.48 km

Besenhorster Sandberg inland dunes

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A beach without a sea. The wind-sculpted sand dunes in the Besenhorster Sandberge and Elbe Sand Meadows Nature Reserve are up to 20 meters high and crisscross the landscape east …

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3.78 km

Ruins of the Düneberg Gunpowder Factory Workshop

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The old gunpowder factory in Düneberg has existed since the late 19th century. Initially, it produced gunpowder, later also explosives for war. After 1945, the site was severely damaged. Because …

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4.94 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.28 km

1.65 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.02 km

1.63 km

641 m

638 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 2 November

10°C

5°C

6 %

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Comments

January 17, 2022,Wanderung durch die Besenhorster Sandberge inkl. Rührei am Bunker🚶🚶🌥️

Jens told me last week that there are supposed to be some blown up bunkers between Geesthacht and Voßmoor. So I got smart at Komoot, created a hiking tour and this is the result.
The tour begins in the parking lot at the mixing plant and leads through the nature reserve "Besenhorster Sandberge and Elbsandwiesen".
Left and right of the …

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April 10, 2026,10.04.26 Lauenburg Tag 2: Die alte Pulverfabrik aus dem 2. WK und Besenhorster Sandberge

The Krümmel dynamite factory near Geesthacht, founded by Alfred Nobel in 1865, was his first plant outside Sweden and developed into the largest explosives factory in Europe.

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