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Bredenbek

Landwehr Ferry – Flemhuder Lake loop from Bredenbek

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Germany

Schleswig-Holstein

Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Bredenbek

Landwehr Ferry – Flemhuder Lake loop from Bredenbek

Moderate

4.6

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304

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Landwehr Ferry – Flemhuder Lake loop from Bredenbek

02:13

37.0km

130m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: June 25, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Temporary access restrictions

Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 12.1 km for 216 m

Open: • January-December (otherwise closed)

After 24.9 km for 148 m

Open: • January-December (otherwise closed)

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Start point

Train Station

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5.92 km

Klein Königsförde Lock

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THE 6 LOCKS OF THE HISTORICAL EIDER CANAL
The historic locks were completed with the Eider Canal in 1784.
All locks (with the exception of the Rendsburg lock, which has …

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8.94 km

Kiel Canal at Groß Königsförde

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Here you can easily overtake a container ship by bike.

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12.1 km

Sehestedt Canal Ferry

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Here it goes dry on the other side.

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15.9 km

Path Along the Kiel Canal

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The track plates show the way, you really can't get lost.

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25.0 km

Landwehr Ferry

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....very friendly staff. Nice little ferry ride. Free of charge for cars, pedestrians and cyclists.

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26.3 km

Strohbrück Lock (Former Eider Canal Lock)

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This is also one of the two final destinations if you go on a paddling tour with the canoe from the Achterwehr canoe rental 🛶...
The alternative with more current/swell would be the Westensee as a destination 😉...

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27.0 km

Flemhuder Lake

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The Flemhuder See is a protected landscape component. After the construction of the Kiel Canal before the First World War, the lake shrank from 230 to just 30 hectares. The …

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29.0 km

Flemhuder Lake

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There is a small rustic resting place (with a bench) from where you have a wonderful view over the lake

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37.0 km

End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

13.7 km

11.2 km

5.99 km

5.24 km

783 m

163 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

22.7 km

10.9 km

3.08 km

202 m

187 m

Elevation

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Comments

July 2, 2022,Fahrradtour Klein Königsförde

Small bike tour along the Kiel Canal. With detours into the surrounding area. The single trail along Lake Flemhude is more for hikers. It was called pushing the bike.
Yes, if you love your bike, you push it. 😊

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July 12, 2025,NOK-Etappe Sehestedt-Landwehr

On the north side of the canal, work to widen the canal is almost complete.
A special highlight of my tour was the passage of the old Hurtigruten "Nordstern."

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May 30, 2025,Von Fähre zu Fähre

The Old Strohbrück Lock was built to accommodate the 7 m difference in height between the Kiel Canal (Baltic Sea Height) and the Ring Canal (formerly Eider Height). Shipping traffic passed through the Ring Canal to Achterwehr. Lake Flemhuder was lowered to the level of the canal. The Eider Canal, then 34 km long and built between 1776 and 1784, …

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Landwehr Ferry – Flemhuder Lake loop from Bredenbek

Klein Königsförde Lock

Kiel Canal at Groß Königsförde

Sehestedt Canal Ferry

Path Along the Kiel Canal

Landwehr Ferry

Strohbrück Lock (Former Eider Canal Lock)

Flemhuder Lake

Flemhuder Lake

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