Wöste Tower – Woeste Observation Tower loop from Ostinghausen

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Soest

Bad Sassendorf

Wöste Tower – Woeste Observation Tower loop from Ostinghausen

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Wöste Tower – Woeste Observation Tower loop from Ostinghausen

01:11

4.65km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Woeste

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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337 m

View of the pond with shaded bench

Highlight • Lake

562 m

Woesteturm Observation Tower

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Here you can watch the storks rearing their offspring. They look for their food on the meadows and banks and bring it to the young animals - nice to look at.

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638 m

Woeste Observation Tower

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From this beautiful observation tower you have a great view of the Woeste nature reserve. The surrounding fen with the shallow water zone is an important habitat for rare animal species.

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664 m

Viewpoint Over the Wöste With Stork Nest

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1.10 km

Water Buffalo in the Woeste

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impressive number of water buffalo

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1.82 km

Water Buffalo Observation Hut

Highlight • Mountain Hut

4.65 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

2.09 km

1.79 km

506 m

278 m

Surfaces

2.24 km

1.05 km

1.04 km

328 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 18 October

13°C

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Comments

June 6, 2022,Lippweg, Rundweg von Woeste

In photo 9 I wanted to write "unfortified" not "unauthorized" (stupid automatic spelling)

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June 9, 2024,Wasserbüffel in der Woeste oder Zum "alten Schloss "😅😅😅

From 🅿️ ...to Woesteweg.

The camera is ready in case we can see the buffalo and we were lucky.

The route is very well signposted. Pure nature with several viewpoints. 🥰

A joker put up special signposts so that you can also find the old castle. 😅

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September 25, 2022,Woeste Wanderung

Unfortunately no water buffalo seen :( otherwise very nice .... Then visited Soest for a short time 👍 great

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March 25, 2023,Woeste-Lippweg Bad Sassendorf - Ostinghausen

Today I hiked around the NSG Wöste near Bad Sassendorf - Ostinghausen.
We started from the church in Ostinghausen to the Wöste and continued on the Woeste-Lippweg, a 5 km long circular route that leads back to the starting point.
I was able to observe various waterfowl, pheasants, birds of prey, deer, nutria and water buffalo that were introduced a …

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February 23, 2024,Rund ums NSG Woeste 🦆🪿🦢🐃

After running errands in Soest, I took a detour to Bad Sassendorfer OT Ostinghausen.
I started at the community center (signposted) for a tour on the Lippweg/Woeste around the NSG Woeste.
The Woeste is a nature conservation and moor mining area with one of the largest tree frog populations in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Many species of birds can be observed here, …

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