View of the Schiedersee – Lake Schieder loop from Emmertal

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Lippe

Schieder-Schwalenberg

View of the Schiedersee – Lake Schieder loop from Emmertal

Moderate

4.7

(686)

2,374

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View of the Schiedersee – Lake Schieder loop from Emmertal

02:06

8.07km

50m

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: August 7, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Teutoburger Wald / Eggegebirge

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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402 m

View of the Schiedersee

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Sunset at the Schieder reservoir, worth seeing.

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1.72 km

Schiedersee

Lake

2.02 km

Stream Trail at Schiedersee

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The path is supposed to be uncomfortable? Apart from the three steps at the end, it is even suitable for strollers

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2.81 km

View of the Dam at Teutoburg Forest Nature Park

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3.58 km

View of the Schiedersee

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Nice view of the Schieder reservoir

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4.30 km

Bridge Over the Emmer

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You can't get around it, nice view of the reservoir

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5.24 km

Lake Schieder

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Simply water, water, water and a great landscape.

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7.47 km

Cycling and Walking Path Along the Emmer at SchiederSee

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A pleasant path to take a walk

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8.03 km

View from the dam at Schiedersee

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The lake and the Emmer are already separated at the dam

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8.07 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

6.90 km

663 m

241 m

235 m

Surfaces

4.60 km

2.80 km

420 m

215 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 12 October

13°C

5°C

67 %

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Max wind speed: 19.0 km/h

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Comments

September 24, 2021,SchiederSee - auch Emmerstausee - Rundwanderung 24.09.2021 17:25

Once around the Schiedersee - you can do it;)
The Schiedersee is actually a reservoir of the Emmer and Emmerstausee and is located near Schwalenberg and belongs to the Toutoburg Forest.
It all started at the Wohmmobilhafen SchiederSee. From there you can also take a tour by boat, there is also a pony farm, an outdoor pool, the Funtastico and …

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June 1, 2024,DE: Schiedersee-Rundweg

Uschi, Chico and I were on the Schiedersee circular trail today. It was only partly cloudy, the sun often shone....

Before that we visited an "open garden". Handicrafts were exhibited here, i.e. work with glass and metal, there was a painting workshop and a beekeeper also showed his products...

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February 12, 2022,Schiederstausee ☀️

Finally Sun! ☀️☀️☀️
Used the good weather today and took a walk around the Schieder Stausee (or Emmerstausee)!
Sat in the sun at the lakeside terraces and drank a delicious cappuccino ☕️

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October 22, 2023,Schiedersee und Schloß

The Schiedersee is located on the Emmerweg X8 with its 78km. Framed by deciduous forest hills on the north and south sides and limited in length by the towns of Schieder and Glasdorf. The striking elevation is the Kahlenberg 326m with the Kahlenberg tower. This is why the Burgensteig X2 also runs there.
We started our tour around the lake …

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April 26, 2025,☀️ Schiedersee Runde vom Parkplatz Staudamm ☀️

It's just so beautiful here ☀️ We were adventurous today; we parked elsewhere and went the other way round 😁

March 9, 2024,Um den Emmerstausee

Nice circular hike in the best weather. It's almost spring.

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February 20, 2022,Wanderung um den Schiedersee

Ne small round around the Schiedersee is somehow always. At 8:00 in the morning I was almost the only one, apart from a few joggers.
Lots of water in the Schiedersee and some from above, so I was a bit wet again at the end of the tour. It was nice anyway.
I have never seen so many herons, gray …

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April 27, 2024,🚶🏼‍♀️🚶🏻‍♂️ LIP - SchiederSee 🌊🌊 Runde 🔄 - Kurpark 🌳🌳 Schloss Schieder 🏰... 😍😍😍

Today we picked up something near Schieder and then took advantage of the nice weather to go for a walk 🔄 around the SchiederSee 🚶🏼‍♀️🚶🏻‍♂️.

We started at the free parking lot 🅿️ by the outdoor pool 🏊🏻🏊🏻🏊🏻. We went down to the lake 🌊🦆🦢 to the leisure complex 🎠🛝🎡🎢.

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