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North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Soest

Bad Sassendorf

Wöste Tower – Woeste Observation Tower loop from Bettinghausen

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Germany

North Rhine-Westphalia

Kreis Soest

Bad Sassendorf

Wöste Tower – Woeste Observation Tower loop from Bettinghausen

Easy

4.7

(104)

371

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Wöste Tower – Woeste Observation Tower loop from Bettinghausen

01:47

7.05km

10m

Hiking

Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: July 24, 2026

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Woeste

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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1.49 km

Water Buffalo in the Woeste

Highlight • Natural

impressive number of water buffalo

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1.99 km

Woeste

Nature Reserve

3.90 km

Friedenseiche and Peace Signpost

Highlight • Monument

4.92 km

View of the pond with shaded bench

Highlight • Lake

5.14 km

Woesteturm Observation Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

Here you can watch the storks rearing their offspring. They look for their food on the meadows and banks and bring it to the young animals - nice to look at.

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5.22 km

Woeste Observation Tower

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From this beautiful observation tower you have a great view of the Woeste nature reserve. The surrounding fen with the shallow water zone is an important habitat for rare animal species.

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5.25 km

Viewpoint Over the Wöste With Stork Nest

Highlight • Viewpoint

5.68 km

Water Buffalo in the Woeste

Highlight • Natural

7.05 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

3.51 km

2.20 km

1.04 km

284 m

Surfaces

2.50 km

2.21 km

1.40 km

774 m

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Weather

Saturday 29 August

23°C

17°C

34 %

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Comments

August 6, 2025,Ab in die Woeste

The Woeste is a lowland moor where peat was once mined, which was used for healing purposes in Bad Sassendorf. Moor lakes remained, which are now populated by countless waterfowl. Water buffalo were also employed here as environmentally friendly lawnmowers...

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March 12, 2023,Lippweg/ Woeste 🦬🦬🦬 Wasserbüffel in der Woeste

We discovered this bog area through Komoot. This is the Lippeweg/Woerste circular hike of 5 km. It goes along the water buffalos and with luck they will " accompany " you .
We loved it. The route is easy to walk, all paved roads...unless you want more along the fields. Tip: don't forget your binoculars and bring time to relax. …

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March 17, 2023,Wasserbüffel in der Woeste – Woeste- Aussichtsturm Runde von Bettinghausen

At the end of our wellness days we went to the water buffalo 🦬. We liked the Woeste. There were many waterfowl 🦆🦢🦤 to see 👀 and to hear 👂. Unfortunately, it wasn't that good for mobile. The stork has started building its nest. Part of the tour was pretty boring 😐.

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September 28, 2025,Wasserbüffel in der Woeste

We were definitely overdressed today; the sun was blazing.

After a long time, we headed back to the Woeste, the observation tower, and maybe some water buffalo. 🐃🐃🐃🐃

🅿️ We parked at the Landhof and from there followed the signs to the Woeste 👣

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February 23, 2024,Rund ums NSG Woeste 🦆🪿🦢🐃

After running errands in Soest, I took a detour to Bad Sassendorfer OT Ostinghausen.
I started at the community center (signposted) for a tour on the Lippweg/Woeste around the NSG Woeste.
The Woeste is a nature conservation and moor mining area with one of the largest tree frog populations in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Many species of birds can be observed here, …

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March 25, 2023,Woeste-Lippweg Bad Sassendorf - Ostinghausen

Today I hiked around the NSG Wöste near Bad Sassendorf - Ostinghausen.
We started from the church in Ostinghausen to the Wöste and continued on the Woeste-Lippweg, a 5 km long circular route that leads back to the starting point.
I was able to observe various waterfowl, pheasants, birds of prey, deer, nutria and water buffalo that were introduced a …

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June 9, 2024,Wasserbüffel in der Woeste oder Zum "alten Schloss "😅😅😅

From 🅿️ ...to Woesteweg.

The camera is ready in case we can see the buffalo and we were lucky.

The route is very well signposted. Pure nature with several viewpoints. 🥰

A joker put up special signposts so that you can also find the old castle. 😅

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September 25, 2022,Woeste Wanderung

Unfortunately no water buffalo seen :( otherwise very nice .... Then visited Soest for a short time 👍 great

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Wöste Tower – Woeste Observation Tower loop from Bettinghausen

Water Buffalo in the Woeste

Friedenseiche and Peace Signpost

View of the pond with shaded bench

Wöste Tower

Woesteturm Observation Tower

Woeste Observation Tower

Viewpoint Over the Wöste With Stork Nest

Water Buffalo in the Woeste

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