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Witzeeze Lock – Trout Lake loop from Basedow

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Witzeeze Lock – Trout Lake loop from Basedow

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Witzeeze Lock – Trout Lake loop from Basedow

01:34

15.2km

30m

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Hard run. Very good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: May 11, 2026

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Ehemalige Baggergrube östlich Basedow

Stecknitz-Delvenau-Niederung

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1.57 km

Ehemalige Baggergrube östlich Basedow

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2.33 km

Ehemalige Baggergrube Östlich Basedow Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural Monument

The small area “Baggergrube östlich Basedow” is directly bordered by the larger NSG “Stecknitz-Delvenau-Niederung”, which stretches from Büchen-Dorf to the Elbe.

From the paths by the quarry you always have a beautiful view of the vastness of the lowlands.

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2.41 km

Stecknitz-Delvenau Lowlands Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

When the glaciers of the last ice age retreated northwards, the meltwater flows through the Delvenau meltwater channel drained south into the Elbe. A watershed formed on the terminal moraine chains near Mölln, from which the Delvenau continued to flow southwards and the Stecknitz to the north into the Trave. For 500 years, these two watercourses with a connecting canal as the Stecknitz-Delvenau Canal were mainly used for the transport of salt from Lüneburg to the Baltic Sea region. When the Elbe-Lübeck Canal was built around 1900, the entire Stecknitz became part of it.

There is only a small remnant of the Delvenau. Instead, new bodies of water have been created through the gravel extraction. The moon bird or moon spot (Phalera bucephala) is a moth from the tooth spinner family. Its caterpillars feed on the numerous tree species, including to Salix caprea. The Sal willow (Salix caprea) is an important first fodder plant for insects such as honey bees, wild bees and bumblebees due to its early flowering period from the beginning of March.

Despite this deterioration in the water regime, subsidence in the wet meadows and a reduction in biodiversity, this area from Büchen to Lauenburg has been placed under protection, first as an NSG, then the stream itself with 10 m of marginal strips as an FFH area because of its two species of fish that are worthy of protection. the loach and the mud peacock.

Source and further detailed information:

botanischerverein.de/aktion-und-projekte/gebietsbetreuung-durch-den-botanischen-verein/nsg-stecknitz-delvenau-niederung

de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stecknitz-Delvenau-Niederung

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6.02 km

Witzeeze Lock

Highlight • Bridge

A beautiful old lock system with a charming steel bridge over the canal. Here you feel as if you have been transported back to the founding years of the “Elbe-Trave-Canal”. Engineering from the age of steam and a cozy resting place to linger.

However, there are plans to deepen and widen the canal. Destroying this gem for much larger ships, destroying the attractive natural surroundings and thus killing the many shipping families of smaller canal ships as well as the tourist providers on the canal, I cannot understand. Thank you also, Mr. Federal Minister of Transport ...

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