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Along the Margaretenwall – Danewerk Ramparts loop from Ellingstedt

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Along the Margaretenwall – Danewerk Ramparts loop from Ellingstedt

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Along the Margaretenwall – Danewerk Ramparts loop from Ellingstedt

03:51

15.2km

30m

Hiking

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: June 10, 2026

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Haithabu-Danewerk

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Start point

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2.91 km

Artificial Ponds on the Ellingstedt Cultural Trail

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2.99 km

View of the Danewerk

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A section of the 26-kilometer-long Danevirke, known locally as the Margarethenwall, runs through the municipality of Ellingstedt. The Danevirke is the largest fortification of the Viking Age and at the …

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3.99 km

Along the Margaretenwall

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4.74 km

Margarethenwall Path

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Margarethenwall is part of the Haithabu-Dannewerk nature reserve and, like so many other interesting places in the region, dates back to the Viking Age.

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6.20 km

Danewerk Embankment Path

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Although the tour is very easy to walk barefoot, shoes should be worn on this section because of the many thorns.

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7.51 km

Danewerk Ramparts

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With the Danewerk, the Danes marked the southern border of their empire with a rampart. This was to prevent Germanic Saxons, Slavs and Franks from encroaching north.

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7.99 km

Woodland on the Danewerk rampart

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If you walk west, there used to be Danes on the right and Germanic tribes on the left.
The Danes marked the southern border of their empire with a rampart. …

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8.25 km

Schanze 14 (Dannewerk fortification)

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In the German-Danish War of 1864, when it came to the national affiliation of the Duchy of Schleswig, the Danes built the medieval ramparts of the Danewerk as a defensive …

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15.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.94 km

3.93 km

3.00 km

2.33 km

Surfaces

5.88 km

4.47 km

3.33 km

1.32 km

205 m

Elevation

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Thursday 16 July

26°C

15°C

64 %

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Along the Margaretenwall – Danewerk Ramparts loop from Ellingstedt

Artificial Ponds on the Ellingstedt Cultural Trail

View of the Danewerk

Along the Margaretenwall

Margarethenwall Path

Danewerk Embankment Path

Danewerk Ramparts

Woodland on the Danewerk rampart

Schanze 14 (Dannewerk fortification)

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