Bückeburg Old Town and Castle – Bückeburg Old Town loop from Ahnsen

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Bückeburg Old Town and Castle – Bückeburg Old Town loop from Ahnsen

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Bückeburg Old Town and Castle – Bückeburg Old Town loop from Ahnsen

05:18

19.5km

280m

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: September 25, 2026

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Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Weserbergland

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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3.43 km

Bückeburg Old Town and Castle

Highlight • Historical Site

Bückeburg Castle is always worth a trip! The mausoleum in the adjacent park is particularly worth seeing.

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3.60 km

Bückeburg Old Town

Highlight • Settlement

beautiful little town

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6.53 km

Ida Tower in the Harrl

Highlight • Monument

Beautiful tower, not overgrown in summer and there is no entrance fee. Integrated café. Unfortunately closed at the moment.

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7.14 km

Bad Eilsen Forest

Highlight • Forest

Bad Eilsen is a municipality in the district of Schaumburg in south-western Lower Saxony in Germany.
The municipality is located near the town of Bückeburg, is the administrative center of …

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8.53 km

Tuff Spring, Bad Eilsen

Highlight • Natural Monument

The column system made of tuff stone at the tuff stone spring in Bad Eilser Kurpark was probably built before 1920 in neoclassical style. The tufa spring, like the entire …

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8.62 km

Bückeberg Aue Spa Park

Highlight • Rest Area

Beautiful spa park through which the Bückeberger Aue flows. This floodplain is to be renatured, also in parts of the park landscape.

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8.75 km

Bad Eilsen Spa Park

Highlight • Structure

The spa park not only invites you to take a break, but also to explore. The gardens are buzzing and buzzing in summer, and there are also some historical buildings …

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14.5 km

Market Fountain and Ratskeller, Obernkirchen

Highlight • Monument

The market fountain is a foundation of F.C.Th. Heye (Glashütte) to the town of Obernkirchen in 1886.
Ratskeller: The inscription on the left side wing indicates the year of construction 1555.
Source: obernkirchen-info.de/bergstadt/bauwerke.htm#marktplatz

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19.5 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

10.6 km

5.47 km

1.93 km

853 m

594 m

Surfaces

6.48 km

5.56 km

4.11 km

2.09 km

618 m

595 m

Elevation

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Weather

Tuesday 13 October

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Comments

June 17, 2025,Sigwardsweg von Bückeburg nach Obernkirchen

Here's the link to my blog post describing the tour:
michael.herbst-haste.de/auf-dem-sigwardsweg-von-bueckeburg-nach-obernkirchen

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February 8, 2025,Pilgern in Niedersachsen. Sigwardsweg. Etappe 3. Bückeburg-Obernkirchen.

The third stage actually starts at Bückeburg Castle and goes via Bad Eilsen to Obernkirchen. Since I arrived by train, I started right at the train station. Through the town past the castle, over the mountain past the Ida Tower to Bad Eilsen. In this town I passed two churches, the Neapolitan and the Evangelical Lutheran. Then up and down …

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