View of Lauenburg – View of the Elbe River loop from Lauenburg/Elbe

View of Lauenburg – View of the Elbe River loop from Lauenburg/Elbe

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View of Lauenburg – View of the Elbe River loop from Lauenburg/Elbe

02:49

63.7km

160m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 23, 2026

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237 m

Lauenburg/Elbe Harbor and Old Town View

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I can only recommend Lauenburg-the old town is just great. For a walk! For wheels without damping Lauenburg's old town is a torment, only cobblestone.

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1.05 km

View of Lauenburg

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Especially in the afternoon, when the sun shines on the old town, it is worth stopping here and looking at Lauenburg

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5.28 km

In contrast to the Bardowicker windmill it is no longer in operation, but after restoration fully functional. It is a landmark of Artlenburg. The next windmill is in Hittbergen.

About history:

The villages on the southern bank of the Elbe between Artlenburg and Barförde belonged until 1816 to the Duchy of Lauenburg. As a "relic" of this time Artlenburg and Hohnstorf were still "banned" to the Lauenburg mill until 1830 (see Hittbergener mill, No. 6). In ice or high water but this was not to reach. In 1833, miller Carl Brügmann commissioned the Dutch mill built by him in Artlenburg. Hot brakes burned the mill in 1889 in a storm. From parts of a water scoop thereupon the current mill with its square brick substructure was built up. Since 1932, an electric motor supported the wind drive, from 1954 he took over the drive entirely and only in 1994, the miller stopped grinding. After a comprehensive restoration with the aid of the Windmühlenverein Artlenburg, founded in 1996, today a fully functioning windmill stands behind the dike at the mouth of the Elbe-Seiten canal into the Elbe.

Source:
niedersaechsische-muehlenstrasse.de/index.php?id=35

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7.12 km

View of the Elbe River

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Very nice vantage point on the Elbe. Here you can take a little break.

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7.71 km

Artlenburg Sports Marina

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Looks nice when driving by.

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10.2 km

Elberadweg section near Avendorf

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Nice alternative to the main street

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45.8 km

Elbe Lateral Canal Underpass

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The underpass is now easy to ride on the bike path because it has been or is still being renovated - finally reasonably wide and therefore relaxing to ride on.

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47.7 km

Lüneburg–Scharnebeck Ship Lift

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The construction of the world's largest double-vertical boat lift Lüneburg Scharnebeck was built in 1974 and offers a worth seeing technical spectacle. The ship lift offers modern cargo ships the opportunity to overcome a height of 38 meters. The lift's design lasted for decades.

In order to create a connection between the Elbe (Artlenburg) and Mittellandkanal (Wolfsburg), engineers built the Elbe side canal in eight years of construction. On the entire stretch of the Elbe side channel a height difference of 61 meters is overcome. Of these, the Uelzen lock bridges 23 meters and the remaining 38 meters the Scharnebeck ship lift.

schiffshebewerk-scharnebeck.de

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