Ahlhorn Fish Ponds – Ahlhorn Fish Ponds Trail loop from Ahlhorner Fischteiche

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Ahlhorn Fish Ponds – Ahlhorn Fish Ponds Trail loop from Ahlhorner Fischteiche

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Ahlhorn Fish Ponds – Ahlhorn Fish Ponds Trail loop from Ahlhorner Fischteiche

05:23

21.2km

60m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: September 9, 2026

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Naturpark Wildeshauser Geest

Waypoints

Start point

Parking

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1.71 km

Ahlhorn Fish Ponds

Highlight • Lake

Originally created exclusively for fish farming, the Ahlhorner Fischteiche today form an important nature reserve. The paths and trails around them offer numerous opportunities for varied hikes with views of …

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2.01 km

Bench with a view of the fish ponds, Naturpark Wildeshauser Geest

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A nice place to rest.

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3.58 km

Helenensee

Lake

8.88 km

Pump House at the Ponds in Naturpark Wildeshauser Geest

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The dam is easy to miss, the valley is missing

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8.90 km

Pump House and Bridge at Ahlhorner Fish Ponds

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Here you feel like you are in the jungle.

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10.1 km

Moor Bridge

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Here you feel like you are in the jungle. 🌿

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10.1 km

Ahlhorn Fish Ponds Trail

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Beautiful hiking trail in a beautiful nature.

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13.1 km

Bärenkopf Shelter

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Bärenkopf refuge with a beautiful view of nature

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19.7 km

Ahlhorner Fish Ponds

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A wonderful hiking area in every season.

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21.2 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

14.3 km

3.46 km

3.30 km

< 100 m

Surfaces

10.4 km

4.46 km

3.71 km

2.11 km

425 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

14°C

7°C

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Comments

December 17, 2022,Ahlhorner Fischteiche ❄️❄️🥾🚶‍♂️❄️❄️

Start at 7:00 a.m. at -5 degrees and at the end of the tour it was still -4 degrees.. Nice tour, almost no people seen..

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February 18, 2025,Urwald, Teiche, zwölf Apostel und ein Xylophon.

A former pasture forest, no longer used for 120 years, is now a natural forest. With its bizarre tree shapes, it can be experienced as a "primeval forest tree path" with its own visitor parking lot directly on the B213 between Ahlhorn and Cloppenburg. Here you can see how a forest can develop over a hundred to a hundred and …

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May 29, 2023,Open-Air-Konzerte um die Ahlhorner Fischteiche 🐸🐸🐦‍⬛🐦‍⬛🥾🐾

Today alternative program to the mill day - open air around the Ahlhorner Fischteiche - many new groups of frogs 🐸 and forest birds 🐦 ⬛ gave their concerts in bright sunshine 🎶 - very worth listening to 😊

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May 12, 2024,Urwald Baumweg, Ahlhorner Fischteiche und Romantik pur... der Dianasee 😊🐕🥾

We started early in the morning ☀️ at the Baumweg car park. We went into the former pasture forest, now called "primeval forest" or natural forest. Huge oaks and gnarled beeches stand here. The grazing of pigs and cattle that were roamed into the forest many decades ago has resulted in strangely rustic-shaped trees.
The fish ponds, which are still …

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