Forest Chapel on the Monks' Way – Wooden forest spring with carved sculpture loop from Mönkloh

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Forest Chapel on the Monks' Way – Wooden forest spring with carved sculpture loop from Mönkloh

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Forest Chapel on the Monks' Way – Wooden forest spring with carved sculpture loop from Mönkloh

02:40

10.5km

40m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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770 m

Forest Chapel on the Monks' Way

Highlight • Religious Site

The smallest church in northern Germany is located here. The small chapel stands beneath seven hundred-year-old beech trees and offers a place of prayer, silence and harmony with nature. A …

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940 m

Growth performance of trees

Highlight • Structure

Here is an overview of the growth lines of the trees in this forest.

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1.69 km

Wooden forest spring with carved sculpture

Highlight • Structure

The spring water flows into a large wooden trough with a carved frog's head. Nice photo opportunity

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2.23 km

Waldsee Spring and Picnic Area

Highlight • Natural Monument

Nice is also the water source which ripples there.

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2.49 km

Wooden Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The whole middle part of the forest is closed. So don't think you can shorten the route Strecke ..

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2.71 km

Tomte's Tree Root House

Highlight • Structure

Tomte's little tree root house is adorable. He is always happy to have visitors. Tomte is very creative and therefore occasionally changes the decoration.

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5.10 km

Larch Forest

Highlight • Forest

Cindy can only join me, our Grimm brothers would have been thrilled.

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10.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

8.27 km

974 m

617 m

611 m

Surfaces

7.94 km

1.23 km

986 m

218 m

100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 3 November

9°C

2°C

0 %

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Comments

July 9, 2023,Heidmoor - Runde vom Waldparkplatz

Difficult path at the beginning. Much through undergrowth. Then better

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October 6, 2024,Quellwasser – Waldkapelle Runde von Mönkloh

It was a really lovely walk in beautiful autumn weather. We couldn't do the tour we had chosen from Komoot, however, as the path was closed (see sign). So the tour was a bit longer 😃. The visit to the forest chapel was lovely again, and I also enjoyed the spring water. The highlight was the home of Tomte, the …

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September 13, 2024,Quellwasser – Waldkapelle -und Grüße von Tomte 2024.09.13.

A beautiful forest hike with lots of experiences and good conversations....
The path is almost completely unpaved, but the rain has made it very muddy in places.
Tomte isn't here at the moment, he wants to be back in the fall. I'll visit him again then.

The visit to the small forest chapel is fulfilling.

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