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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Minden-Lübbecke

Minden

Krause Buche (Twisted Beech Tree) – View from the Lutternsche Egge loop from Wittekindsberg

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Minden-Lübbecke

Minden

Krause Buche (Twisted Beech Tree) – View from the Lutternsche Egge loop from Wittekindsberg

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Krause Buche (Twisted Beech Tree) – View from the Lutternsche Egge loop from Wittekindsberg

02:55

10.3km

230m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 23, 2026

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3.85 km

Krause Buche (Twisted Beech Tree)

Highlight • Natural Monument

The tree is a rare special form of the common beech. In June 1952, the "curly beech" was burned by a lightning strike. The current "curly beech" emerged from its roots around 1920 and thus ensures its succession.

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3.91 km

Wittekindsweg Access Trail

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This idyllic hiking trail takes you to the natural monument Krause Buche.

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4.37 km

Lutternsche Egge Circular Trail

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The Lutternsche Egge circular hiking trail leads along a ridge path and through an enchanted forest.

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5.31 km

View from the Lutternsche Egge

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The Lutternsche Egge is a 263 meter high mountain in the Wiehen Mountains. Large parts of the mountain have been excavated, so that a quarry edge drops steeply from the ridge path. Amazingly, the area is hardly secured anymore, so that from the quarry you have a pretty good view of the Minden-Lübbecker Land, also known as the Mühlenkreis.

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5.40 km

Limestone Quarry in Natur- und Geopark TERRA.vita

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If you reach this area from the northeast, it presents itself as a huge, almost unfathomable hole in the surface of the earth. A few treetops shimmer deep below. The path narrows to a ridge, on which it goes to the left and left in what are almost bottomless depths. In addition, the remains of the 'Monster von Minden' were found right down there: "In 1998, LWL experts found the remains of a dinosaur in a quarry in the Wiehengebirge near Minden has been." Luckily it didn't catch us!

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