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Ilmenau Riverside Trail – Ilmenau Riverside Trail loop from Lüneburg

Ilmenau Riverside Trail – Ilmenau Riverside Trail loop from Lüneburg

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Ilmenau Riverside Trail – Ilmenau Riverside Trail loop from Lüneburg

01:44

28.7km

90m

Gravel riding

Easy gravel ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 12, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Naturpark Lüneburger Heide

Dümpel an der Landwehr

Hasenburger Bachtal

Waypoints

Start point

Train Station

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959 m

Stintmarkt in the historic water district, Lüneburg

Highlight • Historical Site

The Stintmarkt is located in the historic water district of Lüneburg. As the name suggests, the fish species "smelt" used to be traded here, a small, herring-like fish that was very popular in the Middle Ages.

Similar to salmon, smelts swim into the rivers in late February to spawn in the sandy bottom. They were caught and traded at the smelt market.

Today, Lüneburg's most famous bar and restaurant mile is located on the Stintmarkt. The medieval houses, all of which are very well preserved, offer a fantastic and much-used photo backdrop.

lueneburger-heide.de/stadt/sehenswuerdigkeit/68/stintmarkt-lueneburg.html

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2.91 km

Ilmenau River

Highlight • River

Very nice cycle path along the Ilmenau. The river has largely natural banks here and leaves a picturesque impression.

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3.46 km

Ilmenau Riverside Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

The cycle path between Bardowick and Lüneburg, directly along the Ilmenau, is beautifully landscaped and very easy to navigate.

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4.02 km

Ilmenau Riverside Trail

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

The approximately 120 km long Ilmenau Cycle Path is a joint project of the districts of Uelzen, Lüneburg and Harburg. The Ilmenau is the most important body of water in the large natural area of the Lüneburg Heath. It flows through all three districts and in many parts is still very close to nature.
Due to the special features of the Ilmenau, it was decided to design the cycle path as a nature adventure cycle path. This means that some sections of the route do not run directly on the course of the river, because for environmental reasons, existing paths should be used where possible and little should be built, newly paved or asphalted.
Nevertheless, you don't have to do without comfort when you're on the move. The signage was based on the current recommendations of the ADFC. So that you can rest on the way, benches have been set up and shelters for bad weather. At the shelters there are overview boards that provide information about the cycle path, but also show where you are and where the next resting place is.

ilmenauradweg.de

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6.54 km

Old Bardowick Lock (Die Alte Schleuse Bardowick)

Highlight • Monument

Just a nice place with a small lock, an old barge and a houseboat.

Unfortunately, the lock at Bardowick is in poor condition and was closed in 2012. When or if the lock is repaired, is still in the stars. It is, as always, also a matter of money. Since today the vegetables are transported by trucks, Ilmenau no longer has any significance as a transport route. The lock has fallen into a deep sleep and is waiting for a prince who kisses her awake. This is how the museum ship, with which the vegetables were once transported to Hamburg, is caught there.

But somehow it has remained a magical place.

Left:
schiffshistorisches-archiv.de/schiffsdetails.html?&tx_wfqbe_pi1[id]=94
historische-ilmenau.de/?cat=3
landeszeitung.de/blog/lokales/208016-wegen-baufaelligkeit-gesperrt

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11.5 km

Dümpel on the Landwehr Forest Path

Highlight • Trail

The Landwehr is a system of Landwehr ditches, which consisted of up to five earth walls and moats, with which Lüneburg enforced its stacking rights in the 14th century. So traveling merchants were first forced to Lüneburg to offer goods, the weirs prevented them from bypassing the city.

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12.4 km

Landwehr

Forest

23.4 km

View of the Ilmenau River

Highlight • Viewpoint

The landscape of the Ilmenau valley is fantastically varied. It is determined by wide meadows and pastures, which are broken up by rows of trees, interspersed swamps and swamp forests. The idyllic heath river Ilmenau is a largely natural flowing water with numerous side streams. It is by far the largest and most important body of water in the Lüneburg Heath.

lueneburger-heide.de/natur/artikel/10579/ilmenau-fluss.html

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25.6 km

Ilmenau Flood Meadows near Wilschenbruch

Highlight • River

Together with the Lösegraben, the flood meadows in the Wilschenbruch absorb excess water and thus protect Lüneburg from flooding.

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28.7 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.5 km

5.12 km

4.53 km

3.46 km

1.95 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

9.98 km

8.55 km

7.95 km

2.11 km

117 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Saturday 5 September

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11°C

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Comments

September 28, 2024,Lüneburg Tour mit Sebi

Spontaneous idea to drive 30km to Lüneburg 😉
But great organization from radkombinat and getting to know some really nice people 😎👍

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