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Eckernförde

Trail along Windebyer Noor – Eckernförde Town Harbour loop from Windeby

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Schleswig-Holstein

Rendsburg-Eckernförde

Eckernförde

Trail along Windebyer Noor – Eckernförde Town Harbour loop from Windeby

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Trail along Windebyer Noor – Eckernförde Town Harbour loop from Windeby

01:06

15.2km

60m

Cycling

Easy bike ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 30, 2026

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Includes a segment in which cycling is not permitted

After 10.6 km for 63 m

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3.31 km

Windebyer Noor South Shore

Highlight • Lake

Here from the south bank you have wonderful views over the entire Windebyer Noor.

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5.36 km

Natural beach with a view of Weißer Stein

Highlight • Beach

The hiking path in this area is justifiably not signposted as a cycle path because it is a hiking path or a beautiful MTB route, but not a cycle path. Nevertheless, you can of course "bump" lengthways with a "normal" bike. I also like to ride my trekking bike like this, but it's not for everyone. After you have overcome a small staircase, which you can also go down on the edge, you come to this great lonely swimming area with a view of the White Stone. For that reason alone, it is worth driving by here.

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5.37 km

The White Stone (Windebyer Noor)

Highlight • Natural Monument

The white stone 54.4758 ° N, 9.7909 ° E consists of reddish granite and was moved here from today's southern Sweden from Värmland. It weighs around 48 tons and is the sixth largest boulder in Schleswig-Holstein. Its white color comes from the droppings of the sea birds resting here.
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5.76 km

Osterwall Cycle Path at Windebyer Noor

Highlight • Cycleway

After the slab path, there are a few "stair-like wide" steps. Once you have mastered the obstacle, you drive directly along the Noor. You should pay attention to the sign, only drive along it if it hasn't rained for a long time.

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6.19 km

Tree-Lined Path by the Noor

Highlight • Trail

huge trees 🌳

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6.49 km

Avenue of Giant Trees

Highlight • Forest

Very impressive avenue and great trees

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6.54 km

Trail along Windebyer Noor

Highlight (Segment) • Trail

The lake was formerly connected directly as the end of Eckernförde Bay with the Baltic Sea. The hollow shape of Windebyer Noores emerged as a glacial tongue basin during the Weichsel icing. During this time, the Weichselian glacial Baltic Sea glacier in Schleswig-Holstein divided into a "Holsteiner Lobus" and a "Eckernförder Lobus".

The "Eckernförder Lobus" in turn divided into today's Eckernförder area, taking advantage of a (according to some geologists already before the Ice Age) depth line of Eckernförde Bay in a northern ("Windebyer Noor tongue") and a southern ("Wittensee-Goossee- Tongue ") Partis tongue.

The Windebyer-Noor tongue formed u. a. the Hüttener mountains, the Wittensee-Goossee-tongue the Duvenstedter mountains. An indication of the glacial origin is a large boulder in Windebyer Noor, the "White Stone". Sand deposits formed after the Ice Age over time, a beach wall system (spit), which closed the Noor gradually from Eckernförde Bay. The final separation took place only in 1929 by artificial landfills. Today, the Windebyer Noor is only connected underground with the Baltic Sea. Meanwhile, there are plans of the city of Eckernförde for the restoration of an open connection, to the realization of which first steps have already been taken.

Archaeological finds suggest a settlement around the Windebyer Noor in the Iron Age. These include mussel shells and kitchen waste, which were found in several places during the construction of the Eckernförder bypass in 1951 and could be attributed to pollen analysis of the Iron Age, including the findings of the two bog bodies of Windeby. In 1995, two "fossil islands" were discovered in the Windebyer Noor by means of a sediment echo sounder - possibly these are lost settlements, since the water level of the Baltic Sea and thus of the Windebyer Noor was at that time a few meters below today.

In the late Iron Age and Viking times, the Danube's Easter Wall ran as far as Windebyer Noor, which at that time was not yet cut off from Eckernförde Bay. Possibly was located at the end of the Easter Wall on the west bank of the Noor a Viking-age port [2], [3].

Until the 1970s, there was a bathhouse at the barracks Carlshöhe in Windebyer Noor.

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10.7 km

Eckernförde Town Harbour

Highlight • Settlement

Whether in summer, spring, winter or autumn - there is always something going on at the harbor. To look, there are old fishing boats, a lighthouse, the wooden bridge and much more. On the 1st Sunday of the month, the fish market takes place here regularly.

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15.2 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.38 km

4.29 km

3.06 km

1.48 km

838 m

183 m

Surfaces

4.29 km

3.80 km

3.21 km

2.01 km

1.72 km

202 m

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Trail along Windebyer Noor – Eckernförde Town Harbour loop from Windeby

Windebyer Noor South Shore

Natural beach with a view of Weißer Stein

The White Stone (Windebyer Noor)

Osterwall Cycle Path at Windebyer Noor

Tree-Lined Path by the Noor

Avenue of Giant Trees

Trail along Windebyer Noor

Eckernförde Town Harbour

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