Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: October 22, 2025

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

You'll need to dismount and push your bike.

After 20.5 km for 264 m

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Start point

Bus stop

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5.72 km

Großer Graben – Former Inner German Border

Highlight • Historical Site

9.22 km

Local History Museum and Optical Telegraph Station

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Opening hours: Every first and third Sunday of the month from 2:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
or by prior arrangement!

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13.3 km

Westerburg Moated Castle

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Great. There is no other way to describe it. Please do not miss the restaurant at the small pond ... It is also worth taking a longer break here!

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14.6 km

Fruit Education Path

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ideal resting place, with 🌞shade, with 🌧️ canopy of leaves 😁 including fern👀

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20.5 km

Hessen Castle

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Not much can be seen of the castle. However, it is currently being rebuilt and a culture barn will be built here soon.

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25.9 km

Hessendamm Border Memorial

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Very emotional place, I think! In this day and age we should all become aware that we should live freedom.

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26.0 km

Information Point on the Former Inner German Border (Wolfenbüttel–Halberstadt)

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Relic of the "Iron Curtain" across Germany. Today only a preserved border watchtower and the information point remind of the former border.

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26.0 km

Former Border Installation Mattierzoll

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The heavily guarded border between the Federal Republic of Germany and the GDR used to be on the border between Lower Saxony and Saxony-Anhalt.

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37.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

26.6 km

3.43 km

3.01 km

2.91 km

1.51 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

18.2 km

8.50 km

6.77 km

2.29 km

1.01 km

735 m

Elevation

Highest point (140 m)

Lowest point (80 m)

Weather

Wednesday 10 December

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