Hiking trail in the Besenhorst Sand Mountains
Hiking trail in the Besenhorst Sand Mountains
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Hiking trail in the Besenhorst Sand Mountains
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5.14km
10m
Hiking
With your feet in the sand, the sound of birdsong in your ears, and the scent of pine resin in your nose, a beach walk without the sea awaits you in the dune landscape near Geesthacht. This tour, which is both technically and physically easy, takes you through the Besenhorster…
Last updated: August 2, 2025
Waypoints
Start point
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2.54 km
Besenhorster Sandberge and Elbe sand meadows nature reserve
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3.87 km
View of the Besenhorster Sandberge
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3.99 km
Besenhorster Sandberg inland dunes
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4.29 km
Ruins of the Düneberg Gunpowder Factory Workshop
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5.14 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
3.74 km
762 m
431 m
139 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
2.34 km
1.38 km
652 m
532 m
227 m
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Trail Reviews
If you were to follow Wippermann's HH mountain tour # 56 unchanged, you would already be at your destination after 1 1/2 kilometers: a patch of sand in the forest that stands out about one meter above the surroundings. This is not even a mountain according to Wippermann's definition (it should stand out 5m from the surroundings). This mountain tour would have been the biggest failure of all his tour suggestions, were it not for the Besenhorster Sandberge, which are not marked in terms of height, but feel like "mountains". Wippermann probably did not list them because they are already in Schleswig-Holstein territory. It doesn't matter to me. An interesting side aspect of this tour: the numerous ruins of the former gunpowder factory, which secretly produced dynamite here for a long time. In the last days of the war, the facility was heavily bombed and completely destroyed. Since then, nature has been reclaiming the area, which has now even become a nature reserve. 🔹 My route follows the [Düneberger Sandberge circular route]. https://www.geesthacht-tourismus.de/tour/wanderweg-besenhorster-sandberge https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulverfabrik_Düneberg
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July 8, 2025
With your feet in the sand, the sound of birdsong in your ears, and the scent of pine resin in your nose, a beach walk without the sea awaits you in the dune landscape near Geesthacht. This tour, which is both technically and physically easy, takes you through the Besenhorster Sandberge and Elbsandwiesen
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