Clearly visible dinosaur tracks – Bremsschacht 7 loop from Nienstädt

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Clearly visible dinosaur tracks – Bremsschacht 7 loop from Nienstädt

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Clearly visible dinosaur tracks – Bremsschacht 7 loop from Nienstädt

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22.7km

340m

Mountain biking

Moderate mountain bike ride. Good fitness required. Advanced riding skills necessary. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: September 10, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 6.11 km for 92 m

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6.15 km

Clearly visible dinosaur tracks

Highlight • Natural Monument

The fossilized tracks of the dinosaurs are 140 million years old.

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6.22 km

Dinosaur Footprints Obernkirchen

Highlight • Natural Monument

The area is freely accessible. At the entrance, further information panels explain which dinosaur species have involuntarily immortalized themselves here and how to identify their respective footprints.

You can also learn why this oft-quoted "chicken coop" is so special: It is likely a ford used by many different species to cross a lagoon. The arrangement of the footprints provided new insights into their social behavior. The young animals were apparently protected and moved in the middle of the herd, much like many animal species do today in the African savannah. And allosaurs apparently hunted in groups in their youth – this was also a new discovery.

A path made of non-slip stainless steel gratings leads across the small plain littered with footprints (also barrier-free). Here, you can finally get a hands-on look at this wonder. The seabed, rippled by the waves, is visible, and then, scattered across the square, countless, wonderfully clearly recognizable tracks of Iguanodon, Allosaurus, Triceratops, and the rest. There are no barriers; everything is literally history you can touch. Ferns and horsetail appropriately spread in some of the rock crevices.

And, free of charge, there's a view from the platform railing into the active quarry, where heavy machinery is working on the trackless sandstone.
Source: family4travel.de/dinospuren-obernkirchen-deutschland

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6.31 km

Dinosaur Tracks in the Obernkirchen Sandstone Quarries

Highlight • Natural Monument

The traces were discovered by the quarry operator and were extensively developed for tourism and science. They are freely accessible at any time and have been supplemented by informative display boards.
obernkirchen-info.de/bergstadt/dinosaurierwegen.htm

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6.66 km

Bremsschacht 7

Highlight • Historical Site

A historic building for the underground mining at that time. An information building tells the story (s).

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10.6 km

Abandoned Rocket Base Gate (Weser Uplands)

Highlight • Monument

Unfortunately not recommended, since you have no access. Everything around is too overgrown and you can not see anything.

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11.9 km

View of the Deister-Süntel Valley

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From here you have a great view of the Deister, the Deister-Süntel valley and the Auetal. A few years ago there were still spruce trees here that fell victim to bark beetles:(

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