Eiserner Anton (Bismarck Tower) Observation Tower – Flammenmergel Quarry loop from Brackwede

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Eiserner Anton (Bismarck Tower) Observation Tower – Flammenmergel Quarry loop from Brackwede

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Eiserner Anton (Bismarck Tower) Observation Tower – Flammenmergel Quarry loop from Brackwede

03:02

11.1km

160m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: August 28, 2026

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Naturpark Teutoburger Wald / Eggegebirge

Waypoints

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2.57 km

View of Bielefeld from Teutoburg Forest

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... a great place to stay!

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3.65 km

View of Teutoburg Forest from Hermannsweg

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... again and again great views from the "Hermannsweg" in all directions !!! ... the landscape is sometimes very bizarre due to the tree dying !!!

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3.91 km

Landwehrschling

Mountain Pass

4.79 km

Eiserner Anton (Bismarck Tower) Observation Tower

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The Iron Anton is an old Bismarck tower, one of the few built of steel. The tower was donated in 1895 by Bielefelder machine manufacturer Heinrich Fricke and built and …

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5.67 km

View of Bielefeld

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A great look again. The whole ridge gives you a lot of great views of the wide country.

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6.56 km

Flammenmergel Quarry

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What a creation of words: “Flammenmergelsteinbruch” has twenty-two letters and only seven. To the point: In the disused quarry in the upper Zwergental, flamed marl - so called because of …

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8.13 km

Naturparktrail Bielefeld Singletrack

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... also in the summer!

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9.03 km

Spruce Forest Trail in Teutoburg Forest / Egge Hills Nature Park

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Pause and listen to nature.

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9.22 km

Senne Natural Forest Trail

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This route runs above the L xxx (B68) towards the end Stadtbahn line 1

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11.1 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.80 km

2.03 km

1.29 km

Surfaces

4.56 km

3.37 km

1.31 km

1.07 km

801 m

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Weather

Sunday 11 October

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Comments

March 19, 2023,Anton und seine Flamme - Teuto Tour

The whole week was announced maximum mixed weather for Sunday. I didn't really feel like it anymore.
But somehow I felt like a medium-length tour, just not far away.

So today I went to Bielefeld, where there was a tower that I didn't know yet: the Bismarck Tower, called "Eiserner Anton".
From the parking lot, it was a leisurely stroll …

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June 26, 2023,Blick übers Land – Eiserner Anton - Bismarckturm Runde von Brackwede

Very nice round in the footsteps of the Legion of Varus.

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July 14, 2024,Eiserner Anton - Bismarckturm Runde

Beautiful tour through the Teutoburg Forest, this time through a sea of Himalayan balsam, willowherb and ragwort.
A birch tree lies across the path and another tree is uprooted.
The last part of the path is very narrow (certainly slippery when it rains) and riddled with tree roots, but a very nice tour nonetheless.

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January 30, 2022,Eiserner Anton - Bismarckturm – Runde von Brackwede

Today we went to Bielefeld. There we hiked from the turning loop in Brackwede to the Bismarck Tower, also called Iron Anton. A nice round with different surfaces, but pleasant to walk. Unfortunately, the visibility was not so good, otherwise you could have seen far across the country.

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