Wooden Bridge Over the Ems – Kottruper Lakes loop from Kreis Warendorf

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North Rhine-Westphalia

Wooden Bridge Over the Ems – Kottruper Lakes loop from Kreis Warendorf

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Wooden Bridge Over the Ems – Kottruper Lakes loop from Kreis Warendorf

02:30

9.86km

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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Emsaue westlich Warendorf

Waypoints

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Parking

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1.83 km

Lippermann Bridge over the Ems

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Pedestrian bridge over the Ems gives access to the Emsauen

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3.75 km

Wooden Bridge Over the Ems

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Bridge

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4.66 km

Ems Oxbow in the Emsaue Westlich Warendorf Nature Reserve

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Here in the forest is an old arm of the Ems.

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5.18 km

Kottruper Lakes

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Such a beautiful spot must be preserved. Many water and migratory birds that find rest and food here, it knocks me out .....

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5.30 km

View of One of the Kottruper Lakes

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A hike around the Kottruper Lakes is always a nice experience.

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6.40 km

Viewing platform at the Kottruper Lakes

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Great rest and training place. Lots of information on boards and a large observation tower await you.

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7.48 km

Emsaue Cycleway and Waterwheel near Warendorf

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A beautiful loop along the Ems river and a stretch through Warendorf. A great combination of nature and city.

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9.03 km

Ems River

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9.86 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.99 km

2.01 km

963 m

877 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.60 km

2.66 km

1.62 km

1.59 km

395 m

Elevation

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Weather

Wednesday 14 October

19°C

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Comments

March 23, 2026,Holzbrücke über die Ems – Kottruper Seen Runde von Warendorf

Adventure loop🫣at the beginning many dump trucks, construction site due to renaturation. Then beautiful and lots of variety - old arm of the Ems, forest... suddenly my hiking trail disappeared behind barbed wire😝 so a dirt path between the Ems and Kottruper See (didn't feel like going all the way back. I probably wasn't the first🙃

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March 20, 2022,Köttruper See – Kottrupseen Runde von Warendorf

Nice varied round. One wrong turn in my mind. But there at a pond seen two courtship moorhens. It was a bit windy on the Ems.

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November 18, 2024,Wanderrunde von Warendorf

🍂🍁Actually I didn't have any time, but the sun....

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October 14, 2025,westlich Warendorf - Kottruper Seen, Ems, "Kooks Heide"

West of Warendorf - Kottruper Lakes, Ems River, "Kooks Heide"

Out and about today with hiking buddy Ulli 🥾🫶🥾

The hike started and ended at Hof Austermann. Currently, there's a beautiful pumpkin exhibition there again. Pumpkins and other delicacies can also be purchased there, e.g. ☕️🍰😋

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December 1, 2024,Warendorf und Umgebung.

Today I got up pretty early.
It started in the old town of Warendorf, along the Ems hiking trail to the Kottruper lakes and back to the old town.
It was bitterly cold and the sun gave it its all once again......(It was beautiful!!!!) 🍀👍🌞🤗

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October 24, 2021,Emswanderweg Warendorf - Kottruper See -Runde (Teil 2)

Description and part 1 can be found here:
komoot.de/tour/536050672

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January 3, 2022,2022-01-03 Mittags-WALK-11

The weather just had to be used - nice tour around the Kottruper See. Paths are sometimes muddy - but I don't expect anything else with the weather.

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March 5, 2025,westlich Warendorf - wunderbare Pfade im Wald

A hike just to my taste. Great weather, nice company, a stop 😋 and new, interesting paths taken.

*** My highlights ***
++ Various animals - unexpected, beautiful and cute 🐀 - Not on the run today Great spotted woodpecker, deer and field mouse
++ Signs of spring - snowdrops and pussy willows
++ A look at the tournament grounds …

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