Tour 5 combines a ride through the Nienwohld Moor with a trace of historic water engineering. Planning your journey is also important: the cycling tour is not directly accessible by train. If you are looking for accommodation in Nienwohld, you can first consider whether the Moorland Tour should be the main focus of your stay and how you will reach the starting point.

Cycling through moorland and countryside

The 37-kilometre “Moorland Tour” starts at the Nienwohld hiking car park. From there, it follows Dorfstraße towards the Alte Alster and then passes the Nienwohld Moor. On the return leg, it goes through the moor again. The route therefore includes several different landscapes rather than heading to just one destination.

The route’s length gives you a concrete reference point for planning your stay: you can consider whether Tour 5 should be the centrepiece of a cycling holiday or one of several planned activities. Surfaces and signage may change, so check the route information before setting off.

Getting there and train connections

Tour 5 is not directly accessible by train. The nearest train option is Bargteheide station, about 10 kilometres away; routes connecting it to the tour follow Tours 6 and 12. The station and the connecting route are therefore separate parts of your travel plans. Check train connections and route links before departure, as they may change.

If you are looking for a holiday apartment for a stay that includes this cycling tour, factor both the tour’s starting point at the hiking car park and your planned journey into your arrangements. The route length and the train connection answer different questions: the first helps you plan your day, while the second helps you choose how to get there.

Traces of the Alster-Trave Canal

Near the return to Nienwohld, the cycling route crosses the remains of the former Alster-Trave Canal and the Nienwohld locks. The canal was an unsuccessful waterway project between Lübeck and Hamburg, undertaken from 1529 to 1549. This historic trace lies directly along the route, linking the ride through the moor with the story of a planned waterway.

How clearly the remains can be seen along the route may vary. If you are interested in the history, you can view the canal remains and locks as part of the cycling tour without planning them as a separate destination away from the route.

More cycling and nature in Stormarn

The wider destination of Stormarn has more than 20 circular cycling routes, as well as BahnRadWege (rail-trail routes) on the tracks of three former railway lines. One special option is the “Mail Train Robbery on the State Railway Line” crime trail on BahnRadweg B: it combines a cycling tour with a puzzle experience and a fictional investigation into a historic mail train robbery. This offers different cycling ideas side by side: a ride through moorland and past canal remains, or a puzzle based on an invented historical story.

Stormarn’s nature destinations offer their own highlights, too. The “Around Herrenteich” nature trail in Reinfeld is a four-kilometre circular route with 16 stops, right on the edge of the “Oberer Herrenteich” nature reserve. Brenner Moor, meanwhile, is the largest inland salt moor in Schleswig-Holstein. It features a section on a wooden boardwalk and a trail with ten observation points. These details can help you consider a regional nature trail or moor visit as a different option alongside the Nienwohld cycling tour.

Stormarn also has its own cultural history destinations: Ahrensburg Castle was completed in 1585 and has served continuously as a museum since 1955. The regional picture therefore ranges from traces of the water engineering project near Nienwohld to a castle with a long history as a museum.

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