Ahlhorn Fish Ponds – Panoramic Bench at the Helenensee loop from Emstek

Ahlhorn Fish Ponds – Panoramic Bench at the Helenensee loop from Emstek

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Ahlhorn Fish Ponds – Panoramic Bench at the Helenensee loop from Emstek

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43.7km

110m

Gravel riding

Hard gravel ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 24, 2026

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Naturpark Wildeshauser Geest

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4.92 km

Kalkhoff Bicycle Factory, Ecopark Emstek

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Sensational. Europe's largest and most modern bicycle factory in 2022. Here you can also register for factory tours.

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5.03 km

Kalkhoff

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A great test track and a large showroom and a large roundabout outside with all the test bikes. The test track has all kinds of surfaces with inclines and an ABS test track to try out.

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6.70 km

Jutta Heyer Fish Snack Bar

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Anyone who successfully runs a fish snack bar in the middle of nowhere - at least far outside of Emstek - has to do something right - because people obviously …

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25.5 km

Ahlhorn Fish Ponds

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Ahlhorner Fischteiche is a 465-hectare nature reserve (registration number: NSG WE 216) in the west of the Wildeshauser Geest nature park in Lower Saxony, which is located on both sides …

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26.1 km

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27.9 km

Panoramic Bench at the Helenensee

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The Helenensee was named after Helene Keimer, the wife of Julius Keimer, the founder of the Ahlhorn fish ponds.

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29.1 km

Ahlhorner Fish Ponds

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Nice viewpoint at the fish ponds with benches for a little break in between. Easy to handle with the gravel bike.

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30.1 km

Ahlhorn Fish Ponds

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Ahlhorner Fischteiche is a 465-hectare nature reserve (registration number: NSG WE 216) in the west of the Wildeshauser Geest nature park in Lower Saxony, which is located on both sides …

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31.0 km

Once artificially created, today they are a refuge for humans and animals threatened by water shortages. Very "meritorious" in this context, the district of Cloppenburg, as a lower nature conservation …

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43.7 km

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Parking

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