Bridge Over the Ilmenau – Hohenbrücke over the River Ilmenau loop from Marschacht
Bridge Over the Ilmenau – Hohenbrücke over the River Ilmenau loop from Marschacht
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Bridge Over the Ilmenau – Hohenbrücke over the River Ilmenau loop from Marschacht
02:12
38.1km
40m
Cycling
Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.
Last updated: May 11, 2026
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Includes a movable bridge
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After 17.0 km for 39 m
Waypoints
Start point
Bus stop
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1.53 km
Pastorenwald
Forest
7.62 km
Bridge Over the Ilmenau
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10.7 km
Asphalt Path Along the Ilmenau Dike
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12.3 km
View of the Waterway and Bridge in Lüneburg Heath
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12.3 km
Neetzekanal near St. Dionys
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17.0 km
Ilmenau Drawbridge, Bardowick
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At the Viti-Furth, the steel bascule bridge from 1965 leads over the Ilmenau. It was inaugurated on 9 April after 8 months of construction
The crossing of the Ilmenau has been at this point at an early stage. According to history, here in 782 Marianus, who taught the Gospel in Bardowick, was slain.
A bridge, however, was first mentioned here in documents in 1059. The medieval engravings by Frese and Schlöpken already show the construction of a bascule bridge.
The last wooden bascule bridge dates back to 1888. It is now mentioned in some written essays that it was rebuilt after its demolition in 1964 in the Technical Open-Air Museum in Hagen (Westphalia) as a museum piece. However, research by webmaster "bardowick.com" has shown that this statement is unfortunately not correct. From a Bardowicker bridge there is nothing known.
Source:
bardowick.com/sehenswertes/fr.htm
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17.2 km
Hohenbrücke over the River Ilmenau
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18.8 km
St. Peter and Paul Cathedral Bardowick
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Like the previous building documented in 1146, the church was a collegiate church that belonged to a mission cell of the Amorbach monastery. Originally made of wood, the church suffered considerable damage after the destruction of Bardowick by Henry the Lion in 1189, as documented by a papal document from 1194. From this previous building there are only spoils in the area of the St. Stephen's Chapel to the west and the towers. Blocks from the Lüneburg Schiltstein (stone containing gypsum from the Lüneburg Kalkberg) were used here. The Romanesque portal, which is protected by the chapel in front, was also built from this stone, which is slightly weathered.
Surviving letters of indulgence from 1236 and around 1300 indicate that funds were raised for the construction of a new church on the old site. The financing is then secured from 1381 by a chapter resolution of the monastery and other letters of indulgence.
The octagonal towers were built from brick around 1300. Further construction was delayed and began in 1389 with the construction of the choir. It has three bays with a 7/10 degree, is 28 meters long and 12.80 meters wide. The main house is four yokes in length. Individual bricks could be dated to a period from 1390 to 1409 based on stamp impressions, since the stamp is identical to that of the bricks in Lüneburg's St. Michael's Church.
The roof truss can be dated dendrochronologically to 1405 or 1428. The choir stalls were created in 1487. The vestibule built at this time in front of the south portal, as can be seen in the older depictions, has now been demolished again. The wooden sculpture of a seated lion above the south portal, which has a gilded lead coat and the inscription Vestigium Leonis, remained from it.
The cathedral is open daily from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., in the summer months (April to September) until 5 p.m.
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19.5 km
Meyer's Windmill Bardowick
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38.1 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
15.0 km
9.03 km
7.15 km
6.18 km
417 m
350 m
Surfaces
24.9 km
8.55 km
2.07 km
1.54 km
960 m
114 m
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