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Aventoft Village Church – Verlath Pumping Station loop from Rudbøl

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Aventoft Village Church – Verlath Pumping Station loop from Rudbøl

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Aventoft Village Church – Verlath Pumping Station loop from Rudbøl

03:46

14.9km

20m

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Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 8, 2026

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147 m

Rosenkranz–Rudbøl Border Crossing

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The Rosenkranz-Rudbøl border crossing is probably one of the most beautiful of the Germany-Denmark border crossings. And one of the most unusual. Because here the border runs for a length of 130 meters in the middle of the road and then right through Ruttebüller Lake (Rudbøl Sjø).

The road that winds between the houses to the Rosenkranz-Rudbøl border crossing is narrow. This unusual border town is located near the west coast and near the Emil Nolde Foundation in Neukirchen. On the road, pedestrians are constantly looking for the embedded border markers. So you don't know exactly whether you are in Germany or Denmark, and the border runs partly between the houses in a westerly direction.

But why was the border drawn this way at the Rosenkranz-Rudbøl border crossing? One explanation describes the personal wish of the house owners on the western side to belong to Denmark. In fact, part of the border runs between the properties.

The other version says that the planned border should have run right through the Old German Border Krog and so it was agreed that the border should be in the middle of the road. The most likely scenario, however, is that the Ruttebüller See was to be allocated half to both countries in order to give the rush cutters and fishermen equal opportunities.
The western Koog, however, should definitely belong to Denmark and so it was agreed that the border between Denmark and Germany should run along the middle of the top of the dike towards the Koog. And this very top of the dike is the road.
The border itself is marked with buoys on the Ruttebüller See.

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German-Danish Border at Ruttebüller See

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German/Danish borders between the towns of Rosenkranz and Rudbøl.

The border between Germany and Denmark runs for a length of about 130 meters in the middle of the narrow road and also through the middle of Lake Ruttebüll.

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3.80 km

Gammel Digevej Bus Shelter

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6.77 km

Thatched-Roof House

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8.42 km

Land border at Nationalpark Vadehavet

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10.0 km

Aventoft Village Church

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This hall church was built in the early 13th century. It consists of a plastered nave and a neo-Romanesque brick church tower to the west, topped with a pointed spire, added in 1911. The nave was extended eastward in 1767/68 after the choir was demolished. The church's furnishings include a winged altarpiece built in the early 16th century. The altar has a late Gothic altarpiece with a richly figurative relief of a crucifixion scene (source: Wikipedia).

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