Kalkberg Nature Reserve – St. Michaelis Church Lüneburg loop from Westergellersen
Kalkberg Nature Reserve – St. Michaelis Church Lüneburg loop from Westergellersen
4.2
(14)
111
riders
Kalkberg Nature Reserve – St. Michaelis Church Lüneburg loop from Westergellersen
01:34
25.9km
90m
Cycling
Easy bike 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: April 2, 2026
Tips
Your route passes through protected areas
Please check local regulations for:
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
Get Directions
12.2 km
Kalkberg Nature Reserve
Highlight • Natural Monument
Translated by Google •
Tip by
12.3 km
Paved Cycle Path in Lüneburg Heath
Highlight • Cycleway
Translated by Google •
Tip by
13.0 km
St. Michaelis Church Lüneburg
Highlight • Religious Site
A memorial plaque is dedicated to Johann Sebastian Bach for his two-year stay as a choirboy (1700-1702). Accordingly, the place in front of the church is called after.
This church is also struggling with the subsidence area and has been extensively renovated. After nets had to be stretched, the people in the church should not have plaster or stones falling on their heads.
During the opening times you can enter the tower (from the square), marvel at the old mechanical clockwork inside and take a look up into the tower vault. Through a glass door you enter the interior with a view of the choir. To the right of the chancel it goes down to the crypt. It is not possible to climb the tower, only with special permission from the Landeskirche Hannover.
Opening times: Mon - Sat 10 a.m. - 4 p.m. and Sun 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. (in winter). A little longer in summer and closed in January and February. Official link: sankt-michaelis.de
The castle that gave the city its name was located above St. Michaelis on the Kalkberg. The castle was conquered by the Lüneburgers on 02/01/1371, which was followed by the War of the Lüneburg Succession between Welfen and Wittenberger. There was a lot of back and forth in the following years. Ultimately, the Lüneburg merchants were able to make their cut and almost made it to an imperial immediate status. The castle served the Lüneburgers as building material for the city, as well as the Kalkberg itself.
The decline of the Hanseatic League and the lack of herring schools led to impoverishment (no need for salt). The ransom in the Thirty Years' War spared the city, but drove up the debt all the more.
Translated by Google •
Tip by
16.3 km
Reppenstedt to Lüneburg City Center Cycle Route
Highlight • Cycleway
Translated by Google •
Tip by
22.3 km
St. Laurentius Church Kirchgellersen
Highlight • Religious Site
The sources do not provide any information about the exact time of the founding of the St. Laurentius Church. However, the local history researcher Friedrich Wilhelm Reineke paints the following picture of the first church in Kirchgellersen: "We have to imagine the little church as a half-timbered building with a thatched roof, which probably already had a free-standing wooden bell tower (...) In 1644 the old half-timbered church was replaced by a Field stone building replaced with vault. "
During the Thirty Years War, the church was looted and devastated several times.
In 1856 the old church was torn down, and on Easter of the same year construction of today's church in neo-Gothic style began. It was inaugurated in 1859.
The 44 meter high bell tower of the current building was not erected until 1904, and a new tower clock with four dials was also installed. The ringing of the two bells, the larger from 1607, the smaller from 1717, can even be heard as far as Lüneburg in a westerly wind.
kirche-kirchgellersen.wir-e.de/kirche
Translated by Google •
Tip by
25.9 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
16.5 km
5.13 km
2.72 km
995 m
484 m
< 100 m
Surfaces
18.9 km
5.33 km
900 m
508 m
176 m
147 m
Sign up to see more specific route details
Sign up for free
Elevation
Sign up to see more specific route details
Sign up for free
Weather
Powered by Foreca
Today
Tuesday 23 June
32°C
14°C
0 %
Additional weather tips
Max wind speed: 7.0 km/h
to get more detailed weather forecasts along your route
Our route recommendations are based on thousands of hikes, rides, and runs completed by other people on komoot.
Comments
Want to know more?
Sign up for a free komoot account to join the conversation.
Sign up for free