Wewelsburg – Natural Tree Archway Path loop from Niederntudorf

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Paderborn

Salzkotten

Wewelsburg – Natural Tree Archway Path loop from Niederntudorf

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Wewelsburg – Natural Tree Archway Path loop from Niederntudorf

03:18

12.5km

120m

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 19, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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508 m

Quellschwemmkegel near Niederntudorf

Highlight • Natural Monument

Wikipedia quote:
"A spring flood cone is created by clayey and silty weathering rock washed in by the precipitation. This is washed into sinkholes (earthfalls) and rock cracks during heavy …

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3.94 km

Trailhead parking lot with map (Haarener Wald, Teutoburg Forest)

Highlight • Parking

Very good starting point for a short hike.

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6.75 km

Cuddle Bench

Highlight • Rest Area

Cozy place on the outskirts. Everyone probably knows such benches 😁😉.

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7.72 km

Wewelsburg

Highlight • Castle

The building was built in 1936/37 as the official residence of the "SS-Burghauptmann" and administrative building. Today it houses the permanent exhibition "ideology and terror of the SS" of the …

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8.63 km

Niederhagen Concentration Camp Memorial at the site of the former roll‑call square

Highlight • Monument

The memorial on the former roll call square, which was inaugurated on 2 April 2000 in the presence of former inmates, was initiated by the Wewelsburg working group "Remembrance Day …

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9.18 km

Former SS Shooting Range Wewelsburg

Highlight • Historical Site

This shooting range is only 130 meters long. 150 meters were planned.

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11.1 km

Natural Tree Archway Path

Highlight • Natural

In summer, of course, it's nicer to walk through the “leaf tunnel”. When cycling, you have to bend your head a little.

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11.2 km

Luise-Weber Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

It is a good resting place that I have taken several times.

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12.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.86 km

3.68 km

1.25 km

694 m

Surfaces

4.96 km

3.45 km

1.62 km

1.25 km

1.13 km

< 100 m

Elevation

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Highest point (230 m)

Lowest point (150 m)

Weather

Friday 9 October

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Comments

May 4, 2024,Wanderung durch den Wewelsburger und Tudorfer Wald . . . 🌍☁️🌧️🥾🌳🍀

Although this hike also leads to traces of the Nazi past in Wewelsburg, it primarily runs through the quiet forest landscapes between Wewelsburg and Niederntudorf. Along the way, you will see some of the characteristic phenomena of the Paderborn plateau: the Almetal, a spring alluvial cone, a mostly dry stream and impressive limestone banks. At the end of the hike, …

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January 26, 2025,Wewelsburg - GeDenkOrt Niederhagen - Wewelsburger- und Tudorfer Wald . . . 🌍☁️⛅️🥾🌳🍀

On the occasion of tomorrow's memorial day: 80 years of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp, we visited the memorial site of the former Niederhagen concentration camp and remembered the many victims!

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January 29, 2023,Wewelsburger und Tudorfer Wald 🚶🏼‍♂️🚶🏼‍♀️🐕

Today we did a hike from the book "Hiking at home, half-day hikes in Paderborner Land, Eggegebirge and Teutoburg Forest".
We started at the village hall in Wewelsburg.
The hike leads past memorials from the Nazi era, which remind of the dark past of the village, but also stand for "never again".
The large part of the circular route runs …

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