Großer Bornhorster See – Moor hiking trails near Oldenburg loop from Ohmstede

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Lower Saxony

Großer Bornhorster See – Moor hiking trails near Oldenburg loop from Ohmstede

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Großer Bornhorster See – Moor hiking trails near Oldenburg loop from Ohmstede

03:23

13.4km

20m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Gellener Torfmöörte

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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344 m

Großer Bornhorster See

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The Great Bornhorster Lake is an excavated lake, the soil of which was removed for the construction of the nearby A29 motorway and the Hunte Bridge. The Lake Bornhorster is …

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4.00 km

Moor hiking trails near Oldenburg

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nature and wonderful tranquility

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5.08 km

Bog arum in Gellener Torfmöörte

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The nature reserve is notable for its occurrence of the swamp calla. This plant is now rare in Central Europe. Here it still occurs in large stocks. For reasons of species protection, I do not give the exact locations here.

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5.24 km

Hidden peat-bog lake in Gellener Torfmöörte

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The Gellener Torfmöörte is a former nature reserve in Lower Saxony. Today it belongs to the nature reserve "Gellener Torfmöörte with Rockenmoor and Fuchsberg". A moor nature trail leads through the high moor or low moor.

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9.20 km

Path Through Ipweger Moor

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The Ipweger Moor is always good for short walks.

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12.4 km

Beach at Kleiner Bornhorster See

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The Kleiner Bornhorster See (Little Bornhorst Lake) covers 20 hectares and has a circumference of approximately two kilometers. It is one of the larger lakes in the Oldenburg urban area …

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12.6 km

Beach at Kleiner Bornhorster Lake

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Nice little swimming area.

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12.9 km

Parking Area at Kleiner Bornhorster See

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13.4 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.4 km

2.80 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.99 km

5.50 km

1.64 km

204 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 12 October

17°C

7°C

85 %

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Comments

September 28, 2025,Vom Bornhorster See ins Ippweger Moor und die Moortörte 😊🐕🥾

Today, my path led me from the idyllic Bornhorster See to the Gellener Moortörte in the Ipweger Moor.
The route was varied, with sand and gravel paths.
Due to the drought, the moor lakes were only one-third full of water.
At the same time, it was clear that the entire moorland area was being renaturalized, and new moor lakes were …

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