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Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen

Gespensterwald Nienhagen – Nienhagen Ghost Forest loop from Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen

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Mecklenburg-Vorpommern

Landkreis Rostock

Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen

Gespensterwald Nienhagen – Nienhagen Ghost Forest loop from Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen

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Gespensterwald Nienhagen – Nienhagen Ghost Forest loop from Elmenhorst/Lichtenhagen

02:16

37.0km

110m

Cycling

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: July 2, 2026

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11.9 km

Doberan Minster (Doberaner Münster)

Highlight • Religious Site

I associate two things with Bad Doberan: the Molli railway and this gigantic, former monastery complex with the cathedral as the centre. A masterpiece of North German Brick Gothic!

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15.8 km

Molli Narrow-Gauge Railway

Highlight • Structure

You can hear it from afar, and when it has passed you can still smell the coal dust. Simply beautiful - something from the old days.

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16.6 km

Cycle Path Along the Molli Railway near Heiligendamm

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

The route leads past the oldest racecourse on the European continent, always along the railway line.

Sometimes wave to the train drivers, mostly they wave back. 🙋‍♀️🚂🚃 🙋‍♂️

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22.9 km

Cliff Coast of Börgerende-Nienhagen

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The steep coast in Nienhagen - consisting of ice age deposits - is a defining feature of the state-approved seaside resort and is therefore subject to strict protection conditions. Along …

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24.0 km

Gespensterwald Nienhagen

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The Ghost Forest near Nienhagen is always a special eye-catcher on any bike tour. Especially in the pre- and post-season, when dusk sets in, you'll want to be alone in …

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24.2 km

Nienhagen Ghost Forest

Highlight • Forest

The Nienhäger wood, the official name of the forest section around the seaside resort, better known as the ghost forest of Nienhagen, belongs to the forest of the Rostock district …

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24.6 km

Nienhagen Ghost Forest

Highlight • Forest

The Ghost Forest is a mixed forest of approximately 180 hectares. The forest is named for its bizarrely shaped and fairy-tale-like trees.

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26.2 km

Great cycle path along the cliffs to Nienhagen

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A fantastically beautiful cycle path ☀️🍀🚴‍♀️ with fantastic views of the Baltic Sea.💯☀️👌🙏

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37.0 km

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Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

17.8 km

6.23 km

6.06 km

4.29 km

2.62 km

Surfaces

22.1 km

6.78 km

3.78 km

2.34 km

1.97 km

< 100 m

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Weather

Friday 3 July

21°C

14°C

47 %

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Comments

May 10, 2024,Radrunde bei Bad Doberan 🚂🌳⛱️

And Bad Doberan again. The city is also a good starting point for cycling further to the Baltic coast. So why change it?

But instead of the last tour, where I headed west, this time I'm going straight to the coast. To pay a visit to the coastal forest near the Baltic resort of Nienhagen, also known as the "Ghost …

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June 11, 2023,Rundtour Bad Doberan Rostock Warnemünde

We met for a tour together and enjoyed the sun's rays
The path led from the parking lot in Willhelmshöhe to Bad Doberan and from there to Heiligendamm.
For the way back we chose the path along the steep coast.
All in all it was a great afternoon.

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June 21, 2022,Von der Wilhelmshöhe nach Heiligendamm, Bad Doberan und zurück

The former "White City" of Heiligendamm is hermetically sealed off! I drove around it twice - everything tight!

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November 12, 2022,Wilhelmshöhe Bad Doberan Runde

I enjoyed the beautiful day before winter started. A quick tour through the autumn forest and around the road back to the starting point.
Enjoyed the last rays of sunshine. Was just fun.

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May 2, 2025,Runde von Warnemünde - Bad Doberan und zurück

Very nice and above all relaxing tour along the Baltic Sea

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June 6, 2024,Von Warnemünde nach Börgerende, rund um den Converter See und zurück

A slightly shorter tour today because we left the house later.

You have to be careful on the cliffs near the Ghost Forest. In some places a section of the cycle path has already broken away and there are not visible barriers everywhere.

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May 21, 2025,WWM - Gespensterwald – Bad Doberan 🚂- Heiligendamm, Teil1

I rented a bike in Warnemünde and first went to the Ghost Forest in Nienhagen. I parked my bike there and explored the forest on foot. The cliffs are truly worth seeing! Then I continued on to Bad Doberan. I looked at the Minster (it's really beautiful!), the monastery garden, and the Molli, the narrow-gauge steam locomotive. Then I continued …

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April 23, 2026,eine Möwe gleitet vom Münster die Küste entlang

Recently I had skipped a section of the Baltic Sea coast, which was to be made up for today.
Against a stiff breeze, it goes WSW, initially to Doberan Minster; the entire complex with monastery, park, and museums is worth a longer stay. Further on to the chic Heiligendamm, where not all villas have been renovated yet. The GrandHotel claims …

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Molli Narrow-Gauge Railway

Cycle Path Along the Molli Railway near Heiligendamm

Cliff Coast of Börgerende-Nienhagen

Gespensterwald Nienhagen

Nienhagen Ghost Forest

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