Himmelmoor Lake – Himmelmoor Nature Reserve loop from Prisdorf

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Himmelmoor Lake – Himmelmoor Nature Reserve loop from Prisdorf

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Himmelmoor Lake – Himmelmoor Nature Reserve loop from Prisdorf

02:41

42.2km

90m

Cycling

Hard bike ride. Good fitness required. You may need to push your bike for some segments of this route. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Tips

Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 5.65 km for 159 m

After 38.4 km for 236 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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15.0 km

Pfingstwald

Forest

22.6 km

Former peat railroad line and bridge

Highlight • Structure

You can also travel around Himmelmoor on the peat railway. The Torfbahnverein invites you to take guided tours and tell you the history of the moor!
Very nice for children …

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22.9 km

Himmelmoor Peat Works

Highlight • Natural Monument

The reclamation of the Himmelmoor began around 1780. Its edges were divided into 1,000 to 5,000 square meter plots and transferred to farmers from neighboring villages for peat extraction. Industrial …

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23.3 km

Himmelmoor Lake

Highlight • Lake

Rewetted mining area of the Himmelmoors.

The moor and the surrounding areas are rich in different bird species, some of which are very rare in Germany. Water birds such as …

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23.8 km

Himmelmoor Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

Very nice place to stay and picnic. Seating is available! And you learn a lot from and about peat. If one follows the rails, one will discover the peat plant still in operation.

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23.9 km

View of Himmelmoor

Highlight (Segment) • Viewpoint

On this section you drive on soft forest floor next to old train tracks along the Himmelmoor.

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27.7 km

Bilsbek Lowlands

Highlight • Natural

Often overlooked next to Himmelmoor, but just as typical of the area

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28.9 km

Forest path south of the Himmelmoor

Highlight • Trail

I passed through there on September 8, 1925, on my "Bevern and Hemdingen" tour.
This tour features many beautiful forest paths.

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36.5 km

Pinnau Riverside Path

Highlight • Trail

This is the centerpiece and the most beautiful of this round, otherwise I was the federal road share too high.

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42.2 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

15.0 km

11.8 km

7.40 km

6.75 km

1.21 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

22.9 km

7.21 km

6.18 km

4.43 km

974 m

496 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 14 October

17°C

7°C

0 %

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Comments

June 10, 2023,Mit dem ADFC-Pinneberg durchs Himmelmoor zum Phänologischen Garten.

A quiet and leisurely tour in the best weather. And in Quickborn there was a large sundae as a reward.

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Himmelmoor Lake – Himmelmoor Nature Reserve loop from Prisdorf

Former peat railroad line and bridge

Himmelmoor Peat Works

Himmelmoor Lake

Himmelmoor Nature Reserve

View of Himmelmoor

Bilsbek Lowlands

Forest path south of the Himmelmoor

Pinnau Riverside Path

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