Hiking loop from Borghorster Elblandschaft

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Hiking loop from Borghorster Elblandschaft

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Hiking loop from Borghorster Elblandschaft

01:15

4.94km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 9, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Besenhorster Sandberge und Elbsandwiesen

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.45 km

Ruins of the guard bunker (demolition bunker)

Highlight • Monument

After the end of the war, the massive structures of the factory, which were primarily intended to protect the surrounding area from explosions, were decontaminated, blown up and partially removed. What was left fell into disrepair and was slowly recaptured by nature. Mosses settled on the stones, smaller remains of the powder factory were so overgrown by the vegetation in the forest that it is sometimes difficult to discover them. Here and there graffiti artists immortalized themselves on the concrete.

kindamtellerrand.de/mikroablebnis-in-hamburg-der-ruinenwald-in-den-besenhorster-sandbergen

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1.68 km

Ruins of the Old Gunpowder Factory in the Besenhorster Sandberge

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Very impressive! It's exciting to talk about history with children here.

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2.13 km

Old bunkers and ruins of the former gunpowder factory — Besenhorster Sandberge und Elbsandwiesen

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Through the beautiful nature reserve, many small forest paths and paths lead past the old bunkers and ruins of the former powder factory.
The best way to find the old bunkers is to leave the path and follow the beaten path across the country. In winter you can see more of it - in summer everything is overgrown and quite opaque. The terrain is sometimes a bit "confusing" due to the many paths and paths - some smaller paths are also not shown on the Komoot map - luckily you can orientate yourself very well with the Komootapp on site and find your way back to the "right path" .

Further information:

herzogtum-lauenburg.de/a-naturschutzgebiet-besenhorster-sandberge

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2.66 km

Abandoned bunker in Besenhorster Sandberge und Elbsandwiesen

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... one of the many old bunkers along the way ... sometimes you have to deviate a bit from the "right path" to find it

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3.12 km

Old Platform of the Powder Factory

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There is still an old platform here on the site of the former powder factory.

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3.36 km

View of the Besenhorster Sandberge

Highlight • Natural Monument

The area is similar to the nature reserve "Dune Area and Halsetal near Verden-Neumühlen" and the "Verden Eastern Dunes" just north of Verden an der Aller. In these areas, vegetation-free sandy areas alternate in a mosaic-like manner with heath-like terrain and picturesque groups of trees. The nature and timing of their formation are also similar.

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3.48 km

Besenhorster Sandberg inland dunes

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A beach without a sea. The wind-sculpted sand dunes in the Besenhorster Sandberge and Elbe Sand Meadows Nature Reserve are up to 20 meters high and crisscross the landscape east of Geesthacht. Pines and birch trees take root in the sandy soil, and plants normally found only on the coast grow among them.

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3.78 km

Ruins of the Düneberg Gunpowder Factory Workshop

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The old gunpowder factory in Düneberg has existed since the late 19th century. Initially, it produced gunpowder, later also explosives for war. After 1945, the site was severely damaged. Because chemicals were used there for a long time, problems with the soil and groundwater persist to this day. In the late 1980s, more detailed investigations began. Some areas have been considered contaminated since then and require continued monitoring.

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4.94 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.28 km

1.65 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

2.02 km

1.63 km

641 m

638 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 1 November

9°C

7°C

77 %

Additional weather tips

There’s a fairly high chance of rain. Consider packing a waterproof jacket.

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Comments

January 17, 2022,Wanderung durch die Besenhorster Sandberge inkl. Rührei am Bunker🚶🚶🌥️

Jens told me last week that there are supposed to be some blown up bunkers between Geesthacht and Voßmoor. So I got smart at Komoot, created a hiking tour and this is the result.
The tour begins in the parking lot at the mixing plant and leads through the nature reserve "Besenhorster Sandberge and Elbsandwiesen".
Left and right of the …

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April 10, 2026,10.04.26 Lauenburg Tag 2: Die alte Pulverfabrik aus dem 2. WK und Besenhorster Sandberge

The Krümmel dynamite factory near Geesthacht, founded by Alfred Nobel in 1865, was his first plant outside Sweden and developed into the largest explosives factory in Europe.

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