Erlensee – Great Moor Lake loop from Bickenbach (Bergstraße)

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Erlensee – Great Moor Lake loop from Bickenbach (Bergstraße)

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Erlensee – Great Moor Lake loop from Bickenbach (Bergstraße)

02:07

8.23km

30m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

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Pfungstädter Moor

Geo-Naturpark Bergstraße-Odenwald

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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2.28 km

View of the Erlensee

Highlight • Lake

Nice place to relax or just take a break.

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2.86 km

View of Erlensee

Highlight • Lake

View of Lake Erlensee. Despite the refreshing air temperature of 4 degrees Celsius, a few people were even swimming.

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3.12 km

Erlensee

Highlight • Lake

The Erlensee has an island. And the birds breed on the island. At the beginning of the Erlensee there is a kiosk where you can linger and have something to eat and drink.

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3.61 km

Pfungstadt Moor

Highlight • Natural

The Pfungstädter Moor is a 97-hectare nature reserve. It was declared part of the "Hessian Altneckarschlingen" bird sanctuary in 2007. Access is open to visitors on the designated paths. The …

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5.52 km

Great Moor Lake

Highlight • Lake

The place exudes calm

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5.72 km

View of the Großer Moorsee (Pfungstadt Moor)

Highlight • Lake

Varied NSG with refreshments, inside and outside. In summer it is rather crowded around the large moor lake, as this is also a bathing lake with a beautiful beach. Outside …

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5.78 km

Bench at the Moor Lake (Pfungstädter Moor)

Highlight • Lake

Idyllic spot right on the moor lake; pure nature, simply wonderful 😍

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6.61 km

View of Erlensee from the east

Highlight • Viewpoint

8.23 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

4.62 km

2.72 km

817 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

3.05 km

2.39 km

1.38 km

907 m

510 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 8 November

9°C

5°C

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Comments

April 19, 2025,Erlensee – Großer Moorsee Runde von Bickenbach

In gorgeous spring weather ☀️, we took a trip to the nearby town of Bickenbach. We did a great loop around Lake Erlensee and the Pfungstadt Moor. What a wonderful nature reserve near us. There's a lot of fishing going on at Lake Erlensee, but there's also a small area where swimming is permitted.

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September 20, 2022,Mit meim Schatzi und dem Bruno am Erlensee unterwegs

The Erlensee, we've never been there. I only know the name from a parking lot on the A67.

Today was the day and it's worth it!👌
Beautiful circular route, mostly with a view of the Erlensee and the moor lakes.

The kiosk is open daily and offers something for every taste.
You eat inside or outside, just as you like.

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July 9, 2025,Erlensee🥾🥾Großer Moorsee Runde von Bickenbach (Bergstraße)

Today with pleasant temperatures ☁️⛅️ to the 🥾🥾 in the Pfungstädter Moor🌳🌳🌾🌱🦆 very beautiful....some really enchanted jungle paths 👍

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April 29, 2025,Erlensee - Pfungstädter Moor - Moorsee

Short, flat, mostly shady, and still early enough in spring to avoid the bathers and nudes at Erlensee... (one bank plus the "beach" on the kiosk side are for swimming, bathing, and sunbathing, while the other bank is reserved for anglers)...

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March 16, 2024,Pfungstädter Moor😀

I actually wanted to go on the tour with @Tanja & Hamlet🐶 mit Luna im ❤️en. I couldn't get the tour out of my head, she had planned 8 km, and so we set off without her😅. I shortened it to Mischka needs.
Hmm, what can I say. The landscape is very beautiful and the path portion is really great. …

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August 31, 2024,Pfungstadt ~ Erlensee und Pfungstädter Moor

At 3 p.m. we are invited for coffee in Langen, at 9 p.m. our daughters' plane lands in Frankfurt - and until then there is enough time to visit new destinations along the way.
Our first tour takes us to the Erlensee near Pfungstadt - many thanks to Rita 🫶. The mostly shady path is pleasant to walk and you …

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March 6, 2022,Pfungstädter Moor - Erlensee

Nice cozy round with good
Rest area possibility at the kiosk Erlensee

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July 18, 2026,Mehr Wasser fürs Moor

How do you get a moor? A good 25 years ago, an unusual experiment began to preserve the Pfungstädter Moor from drying out, after decades of drinking water extraction had severely endangered it. The idea of stabilizing the area, which has been protected since 1955, through targeted water supply brought salvation. Ditches ensured more balanced irrigation of the almost 100-hectare …

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