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Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Sehestedt

Kiel Canal at Groß Königsförde – Sehestedt Canal Ferry loop from Sehestedt

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Germany

Schleswig-Holstein

Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Sehestedt

Kiel Canal at Groß Königsförde – Sehestedt Canal Ferry loop from Sehestedt

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Kiel Canal at Groß Königsförde – Sehestedt Canal Ferry loop from Sehestedt

01:00

17.6km

70m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. 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: April 29, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Includes segments with temporary access restrictions.

After 412 m for 216 m

Open: • January-December (otherwise closed)

After 17.0 km for 216 m

Open: • January-December (otherwise closed)

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377 m

Ferry Dock

Highlight • Rest Area

In Sehestedt am NOK, there is always something going on and the snack bar is a nice meeting point.

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3.41 km

Old Eider Canal Lock Kluvensiek

Highlight • Monument

Anyone passing by will see a relic from the time when the Eider Canal was still actively used.
Excerpt from WIKIPEDIA: After the fourth lock at Klein Königsförde, the canal continued via Gut Georgenthal to the fifth lock in Kluvensiek. This route took advantage of a long section of the river Eider, which led from Klein Königsförde north to Grünhorst and then south via Sehestedt to Kluvensiek. The section from Klein Königsförde via Kluvensiek to Hohenfelde is still preserved today with remains of the lock system. From here, the canal followed the Eider River bed. This flowed then directly to Schirnau, Lehmbek, Borgstedt over to Rendsburg, where the sixth and last lock was. Here is a second packhouse. From Rendsburg the shipping route led the natural river course of the Eider over 130 km to its mouth in the North Sea near Tönning, where a third packhouse stands.
A passage through the channel and the Eider took three or more days, in unfavorable wind, the ships were ridged, so pulled by horses on towpaths created on the shore.

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3.88 km

Tree-lined cycle path to Bovenau

Highlight (Segment) • Cycleway

Nice avenue, no cars are allowed here.
It is the official cycle path to Bovenau, so please do not use the (Sehestedter Straße) K94 as a pedestrian or cyclist.

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6.45 km

Plattenweg Through the Fields

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Plates away between fields

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10.8 km

Klein Königsförde Lock

Highlight • Bridge

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 only one chamber) are identical in construction with a main chamber, the ship lock, which is 35 m long and 7.8 m wide, and a side chamber, the free lock, which is 5 m wide.
The structures for regulating the water level based on the Dutch model are a significant engineering achievement.

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