View of the Elbe River – Artlenburg Windmill loop from Schnakenbek

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View of the Elbe River – Artlenburg Windmill loop from Schnakenbek

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View of the Elbe River – Artlenburg Windmill loop from Schnakenbek

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13.5km

20m

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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: August 4, 2026

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Elbeniederung von Hohnstorf bis Artlenburg

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511 m

Rest area at the Elbe River Monument

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A good place for a rest

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523 m

View of the Elbe River

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Very nice vantage point on the Elbe. Here you can take a little break.

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1.64 km

In contrast to the Bardowicker windmill it is no longer in operation, but after restoration fully functional. It is a landmark of Artlenburg. The next windmill is in Hittbergen.

About history:

The villages on the southern bank of the Elbe between Artlenburg and Barförde belonged until 1816 to the Duchy of Lauenburg. As a "relic" of this time Artlenburg and Hohnstorf were still "banned" to the Lauenburg mill until 1830 (see Hittbergener mill, No. 6). In ice or high water but this was not to reach. In 1833, miller Carl Brügmann commissioned the Dutch mill built by him in Artlenburg. Hot brakes burned the mill in 1889 in a storm. From parts of a water scoop thereupon the current mill with its square brick substructure was built up. Since 1932, an electric motor supported the wind drive, from 1954 he took over the drive entirely and only in 1994, the miller stopped grinding. After a comprehensive restoration with the aid of the Windmühlenverein Artlenburg, founded in 1996, today a fully functioning windmill stands behind the dike at the mouth of the Elbe-Seiten canal into the Elbe.

Source:
niedersaechsische-muehlenstrasse.de/index.php?id=35

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3.12 km

Cycle Path Near the Elbe Lateral Canal

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Wonderful path that doesn't run directly along the canal.

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9.60 km

Elbe Floodplain from Hohnstorf to Artlenburg

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View of the Elbe between Hohnstorf and Artlenburg

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11.1 km

Small Elbe Lateral Canal Bridge Artlenburg

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Here you can easily cross the Elbe side canal by bike if you want to avoid the busy B209, for example. From the bridge you also have a beautiful view of the Elbe Lateral Canal.

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12.0 km

Confluence of the Elbe Lateral Canal and the Elbe

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Confluence of the Elbe Lateral Canal / Elbe

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13.0 km

Historic Elbe Crossing and Artlenburg Privilege Monument

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The Old Salt Road led from Lüneburg to Lübeck and reached Artlenburg to Artlenburg, where she crossed the Elbe via a ford and a ferry. The Elbe crossing of the Old Salt Road from Artlenburg to Schnakenbek was secured in the 11th and 12th centuries by the Ertheneburg, which was set on fire by Emperor Frederick Barbarossa in 1180 by Henry the Lion. For a long time there was only one customs station at the transition, today there is no Elbe crossing here. The Old Salt Road ended in Lübeck, which was founded in 1143 as the first lying on the Baltic Sea German city virtually the gateway for German merchants for the East trade. Decisive for this was the Artlenburg privilege of 1161, in which the Lübeck merchants should be legally equated to the previously dominant in the Baltic trade Gotland merchants from Visby.
Source and more info: artlenburg.de/b/geschichte/geschichte01.php

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