Sand path – Dänikhorster Moor loop from Fintlandsmoor und Dänikhorster Moor

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Sand path – Dänikhorster Moor loop from Fintlandsmoor und Dänikhorster Moor

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Sand path – Dänikhorster Moor loop from Fintlandsmoor und Dänikhorster Moor

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5.69km

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels.

Last updated: September 9, 2026

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Dänikhorster Moor

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774 m

Sand path

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nice sandy path for jogging.

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1.54 km

Dänikhorster Moor

Nature Reserve

1.84 km

Dänikhorster Moor

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The Dänikhorster Moor is a former nature reserve in the Lower Saxon municipalities of Bad Zwischenahn and Edewecht in the district of Ammerland.

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1.96 km

Moor Nature Trail and Moor Bath

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Even though the nature trail is a bit old, it is still worth walking along. You have to be careful as some of the paths are paved with boards. In summer, you should bring mosquito spray. A quiet and very idyllic place.

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2.22 km

Fintlandsmoor Nature Reserve

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Fintlandsmoor and Dänikhorster Moor

The Fintlandsmoor and Dänikhorster Moor is a nature reserve in the Lower Saxony town of Westerstede and the municipalities of Bad Zwischenahn and Edewecht in the district of Ammerland.

The nature reserve with the registration number NSG WE 289 is around 343 hectares in size. The FFH area of the same name, 240.05 hectares in size, is completely part of the nature reserve. The area has been under protection since June 17, 2017. The nature reserves “Fintlandsmoor” and “Dänikhorster Moor” have merged into it. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Ammerland.

The nature reserve, which consists of three sub-areas, is located west of Bad Zwischenahn between Ocholt in the north and Edewecht in the southwest. It protects the remains of a largely drained and only partially cultivated raised bog. Large parts of the uncultivated bog areas are occupied by bog forest with pipe grass. The dominant tree species is the birch. Open areas are partly occupied by heather with rosemary, broom heather and bell heather as well as common cranberries. In addition, grassland areas are included in the protected area, which also connect the remains of the raised bog with one another. Parts of the raised bog are rewetted. In particular, former peat cuttings have been flooded with water. In these areas, peat moss and other plant species typical for raised bogs grow, including medium and round-leaved sundew, narrow-leaved and cotton-wool grass as well as white beak reed.

The grassland is characterized by different intensities of use. It is often damp to wet and structured with hedges. Extensively used grassland areas are often interspersed with rush.

The nature reserve offers a habitat for numerous plants and animals typical of bog, such as dragonflies and grasshoppers or meadow birds typical of high bogs.

The area is drained via trenches and the Dänikhorster Moorkanal to Ollenbäke, which flows into the Große Süderbäke at Apen, and via trenches and the Fintlandsmoor Canal to the floodplain, which merges with the Soeste at Barßel (now known as Nordloher Tief). The Dänikhorster Moorkanal crossing the area was partially backfilled and provided with dams in order to reduce the drainage of the area. The area borders almost entirely on agricultural land.

In the area of the Fintlandsmoor, a hiking trail runs through part of the nature reserve.

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2.24 km

Shelter and information point at Dänikhorster Moor

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In addition to targeted grazing and controlled burning, decussing is a form of cultural landscape management for keeping open heaths, poor and dry grasslands, wet meadows and drained moor sites (moor heaths), which would develop into forests as a result of succession. This type of landscape management aims to preserve certain plant communities typical of a biotope. In drained moors, excessive evaporation from the trees should also be prevented. (Wikipedia)
Nice place to rest and find out about life on and in the moor. A small educational trail leads from here along information boards to the moor.

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3.51 km

Moor Trail in Dänikhorster Moor

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The instructive path is not at this point, but a few 100m further. A rustic path, but only in autumn / winter. Parts of the trail are likely to be almost impassable in spring/summer. I think this is where we caught ticks too.

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