Walmisburg Pillory – Hünengrab I loop from Neu Darchau

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Walmisburg Pillory – Hünengrab I loop from Neu Darchau

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Walmisburg Pillory – Hünengrab I loop from Neu Darchau

05:12

20.0km

120m

Hiking

Hard hike. Very good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through protected areas

Please check local regulations for:

Naturpark Wendland.Elbe

Kateminer Werder

Walmsburger Werder

Kateminer Bach

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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2.10 km

Kateminer Werder Nature Reserve

Highlight • Natural

You can even see the former watchtower on the other side of the Elbe

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5.08 km

View of the Elbe from Walmsburger Werder

Highlight • Viewpoint

Here you can sit relaxed and watch the hustle and bustle on the Elbe.

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7.13 km

Walmisburg Pillory

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According to the documents acquired in 1533, the lords of Estorff Lehnsherrenrechte over Walmsburg. At the court of Meyer the noblemen held their court days. For small offenses, the defendants …

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7.14 km

Wolmsburg Village Well

Highlight • Structure

You don't want to end up there. Luckily he has had a grid since 1994.

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8.98 km

Bridge Over the Kateminer Mühlenbach

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A beaver 🦫 is said to live here and there should be brown trout (note from the craftsman who patched the bridge makeshift).

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18.2 km

Kateminer Mühlenbach near Quarstedt

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Hardly any gradient, which may also be due to the beavers further downstream

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20.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

18.1 km

1.25 km

386 m

300 m

Surfaces

10.2 km

3.94 km

3.08 km

1.76 km

1.05 km

Elevation

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Highest point (80 m)

Lowest point (10 m)

Weather

Today

Tuesday 13 October

16°C

6°C

17 %

Additional weather tips

Max wind speed: 22.0 km/h

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Comments

February 1, 2025,2024-🥾-009-NI: Elbe-Katemin-Weg 🔄

Beautiful day of hiking in the UNESCO biosphere reserve "Elbe River Landscape" - Lower Saxony Elbe Valley. Somehow "endless expanses" around Neu Darchau. In contrast to the dense banks of fog that were scattered on the way there and on the way back felt like they started right behind our little sunny hiking island and lay over the entire route …

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July 18, 2025,Kateminer Werder und Schieringer Forst

Today's hike took us to Wendland, starting in Katemin. Katemin is a quiet and, at first glance, very peaceful town on the Elbe. However, a planned bridge is apparently dividing the town into supporters and opponents, as many posters pro and con of the bridge bear eloquent witness.
We soon left the town behind and hiked through the wonderful Kateminer …

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