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Göttingen City Forest – Bismarck Tower, Göttingen loop from Göttingen

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Lower Saxony

Göttingen City Forest – Bismarck Tower, Göttingen loop from Göttingen

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Göttingen City Forest – Bismarck Tower, Göttingen loop from Göttingen

03:33

12.7km

250m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 28, 2026

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Stadtwald Göttingen und Kerstlingeröder Feld

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559 m

Göttingen City Forest

Highlight • Forest

huge forest area in the urban area of Göttingen with many beautiful and hilly hiking trails. In the forest is also the Kleperberg with the Bismarckturm

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1.30 km

Bismarck Tower, Göttingen

Highlight • Monument

The view from the Bismarkturm over Göttingen into the Leinetal is very beautiful. The Pluto station on the Göttingen Planet Trail is also here. The planetary path does not end …

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1.32 km

Bismarck Tower Göttingen

Highlight • Monument

Huge and massive, built of stone, the tower is located very close to Göttingen. Depending on the route, reaching it can be strenuous. It's open until 6 pm on weekends …

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4.34 km

Ruins of the Klein-Kerstlingerode Manor

Highlight • Historical Site

The manor was probably inhabited until 1961. He then fell victim to the military use of the site. The ruins have meanwhile been secured again, but the walls are still falling into disrepair.

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9.02 km

Silberhagen Shelter

Highlight • Mountain Hut

Nice resting place at the beginning of the path, which goes down north to Lockemann's hut.

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10.1 km

Kehr Wildlife Enclosure

Highlight • Structure

Very trusting animals, which you can also feed with the food provided from the machine.
Great place for the children to go, and the beer garden is also very interesting for the adults ;)

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10.6 km

Wildlife enclosure and beer garden at the Kehr

Highlight • Structure

Easily accessible, nice space, nice people, sufficient range of drinks and small snacks. I like coming here. The game reserve begins right next door, but also the Hainberg observatory and …

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11.6 km

Forest Path at Kleperberg

Highlight • Trail

Here it goes up to the Bismarck Tower, or down. A beautiful path through a mixed deciduous forest.

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12.7 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

9.15 km

2.99 km

386 m

182 m

Surfaces

6.04 km

2.24 km

1.94 km

1.64 km

818 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

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Saturday 11 July

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Comments

March 1, 2023,Durch Wald und Feld: Göttinger Stadtwald und Kerstlingeröder Feld

Despite the frost, the bright sunshine encouraged us to go hiking in Göttingen. The city forest with old trees, the Bismarck Tower, the Kehr, the Kerstlingeröder Feld and lots of other highlights gave us a varied round.
It was nice!

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July 31, 2021,Wanderung Göttinger Wald - Tour 2 - Alte Kulturlandschaften (Grüne Raute)

Today I started my new project.
Once ALL official circular hiking trails on foot through the Göttingen city forest.
With the camera in the luggage, of course.

I started at the Schillerwiese. From here you can start some of the circular hikes quite well without having to go another 10 km.
I also know that I can connect the bike …

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Göttingen City Forest – Bismarck Tower, Göttingen loop from Göttingen

Göttingen City Forest

Bismarck Tower, Göttingen

Bismarck Tower Göttingen

Ruins of the Klein-Kerstlingerode Manor

Silberhagen Shelter

Kehr Wildlife Enclosure

Wildlife enclosure and beer garden at the Kehr

Forest Path at Kleperberg

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