Groß Wittenseer Moor – Moorleichenweg loop from Damendorf

Hiking trails & Routes

Germany

Schleswig-Holstein

Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Damendorf

Groß Wittenseer Moor – Moorleichenweg loop from Damendorf

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Groß Wittenseer Moor – Moorleichenweg loop from Damendorf

01:42

6.66km

20m

Hiking

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

Last updated: August 10, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Hüttener Berge

Waypoints

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1.09 km

Groß Wittenseer Moor

Highlight • Natural

Two very different bogs (Damendorfer Seemoor and Gross Wittenseer Moor) separated by a forest and a meadow. Interesting in the station wagon. The path recorded in Komoot in the Gross …

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2.45 km

Groß Wittenseer Moor

Nature Reserve

3.34 km

Bat Station in Naturpark Hüttener Berge

Highlight • Structure

Bats are the only mammals that can fly. The silent noctules are very useful to humans; they eat more than 100 mosquitoes per night.

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4.18 km

Flax Drying Kiln (Flachsdarre) in Groß Wittensee

Highlight • Historical Site

The highlight is the flax kiln; the chimney is still visible.

And this is how it worked:

This 19th-century flax kiln illustrates the traditional processing of flax – a plant …

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6.00 km

Mann von Damendorf Bog Body Site

Highlight • Historical Site

Mann von Damendorf is a bog corpse from the Imperial period, who died in 1900 while cutting peat in the Seemoor near Damendorf in Schleswig-Holstein. District of Rendsburg-Eckernförde was found. The man's clothing and skin are in excellent condition.

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6.22 km

Moorleichenweg

Highlight • Trail

Bodies were found here in the Seemoor a few years ago... the beautiful path leads all the way around the moor.

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6.63 km

Moor Bodies of Osterby and Damendorf

Highlight • Historical Site

The circumstances of the find, the circumstances of the deposition of the man from Osterby and the objects found show numerous parallels to other bog corpse finds. Like other Iron …

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6.66 km

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Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.24 km

2.38 km

1.00 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.43 km

2.01 km

1.64 km

580 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 17 October

12°C

8°C

45 %

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Comments

February 12, 2022,NSG Groß Wittenseeer Moor und Seemoor, gefunden danks Sonja🙏

When I saw Sonja's wonderful tour to Seemoor and Wittenseer Moor, I thought about where I knew Tour from. I was sure that I had recently photographed the information board on the bog bodies from Damendorf in Gottorf Castle.
And voila! I am namely a similar round on 12.2. gone and somehow I didn't manage to edit them.

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