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Nemitzer Heath – View of Lake Arendsee loop from Salzwedel

Nemitzer Heath – View of Lake Arendsee loop from Salzwedel

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Nemitzer Heath – View of Lake Arendsee loop from Salzwedel

03:58

96.9km

210m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 13, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 80.3 km for 267 m

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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9.57 km

Lüchower Landgrabenniederung

Nature Reserve

22.9 km

Nemitzer Heath

Highlight • Natural

A jewel that has not yet been discovered by mass tourism is the Nemitzer Heide located in the Elbe Heights-Wendland Nature Park. After a devastating forest fire in 1975 and the destruction of extensive pine forests, a magnificent heathland has developed on the very dry and nutrient-poor sandy soils. Many protected plants and animals have found their habitat here on 1061ha. For the promotion and conservation of the species and their habitats, this area has been designated as an FFH and EU bird sanctuary.
More information can be found here: gartow-erleben.de/region/nemitzer-heide

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32.5 km

Gorleben Interim Storage Facility

Highlight • Structure

Who does not know the discussion about the final storage of spent fuel elements from nuclear power plants in Germany. At the end of the 1970s and the beginning of the 1980s, there was a very intensive search for final storage sites and test drillings for them were carried out or planned. The salt domes near Gorleben were one of the selected final storage sites.
At that time a massive resistance formed in the region, supported by the entire Federal Republic of that time. Today, many cultural traces and ways of life, as well as organic farming and forms of alternative energy generation, testify to the "convicts" of the time.
Today the interim storage facility for the fuel elements is set up there. Behind an earth wall you can see the halls in which the castor casks with the spent fuel elements are temporarily stored.
Every time Castor containers are delivered again, the protest is formed anew.

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34.8 km

Gorleben Chapel

Highlight • Religious Site

The small chapel in Gorleben was built in the middle of the 17th century on the northeastern edge of the village. Due to its exposed location on the highest point of the site, it served the residents as a refuge when the Elbe flooded.
A simple hall building was created on a rectangular floor plan, which ends at the top with a gable roof. A structure of half-timbering, which is lined with bricks, forms the outer walls. On the west side there is a ridge turret with a tent roof. Access to the chapel is also via the western side.

Parts of the equipment go back to the time of construction. In 1873 the chapel was extensively restored. Half-timbering, interior painting and tower were repaired in 2004.

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kapelle_Gorleben

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48.5 km

Dream Avenue

Highlight • Cycleway

52.8 km

Old Border Tower Bömenzien

Highlight • Monument

Here, the former construction of the border barrier systems can be examined very clearly and impressively.
A piece of German contemporary history of the bad kind.
The landscape is beautiful, the tower is just ugly.
Perhaps it also affects me because I had to see the inhumane barriers for many years as a BGS official and have personally experienced how the state organs of the former GDR dealt with them.

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53.2 km

Former Inner German Border Memorial

Highlight • Historical Site

56.1 km

Drösede

Highlight • Settlement

Here a small, contemplative place, in which one still the breath of the former GDR can sniff. Funny always the name of the neighboring town: German. Very traditional ;-)

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66.9 km

View of Lake Arendsee

Highlight • Viewpoint

Here you can plan a little break, especially since the way to the water here is quite short.

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96.9 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

69.7 km

14.5 km

6.41 km

4.94 km

1.36 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

80.8 km

12.8 km

3.08 km

105 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 13 July

28°C

16°C

24 %

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Nemitzer Heath – View of Lake Arendsee loop from Salzwedel

Nemitzer Heath

Gorleben Interim Storage Facility

Gorleben Chapel

Dream Avenue

Old Border Tower Bömenzien

Former Inner German Border Memorial

Drösede

View of Lake Arendsee

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