Bridge Over the Höllenau – Schönbeker Moor loop from Loop

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Schleswig-Holstein

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Bridge Over the Höllenau – Schönbeker Moor loop from Loop

Moderate

4.4

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Bridge Over the Höllenau – Schönbeker Moor loop from Loop

02:02

8.09km

10m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 17, 2026

Tips

Your route passes through a protected area

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Naturpark Westensee

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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846 m

Bridge Over the Höllenau

Highlight • Bridge

The Höllenau connects the NP Westensee with the NP Aukrug. There she is very impressive.

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3.25 km

Cranes at the Shore of Naturpark Westensee

Highlight • Natural

You can hear them from afar. And when you see them, they often fly away because they are very shy birds – cranes.

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4.31 km

Mushrooms in Schönbeker Moor

Highlight • Forest

In late summer, after the rains begin, there are many colorful mushrooms here:
One striking example is the violet chanterelle (midnight mushroom).

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4.94 km

In 2008, after 100 years of peat extraction, the moor's restoration began. The pumping stations were dismantled, the peat dumps cleared, and the drainage ditches and extraction areas were extensively …

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6.47 km

Bench with a view of the pond in Naturpark Westensee

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There's a bench with a view of the pond in just one spot. But you'll definitely want to share your picnic time with plenty of mosquitoes.

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8.09 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

7.54 km

463 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

4.56 km

1.44 km

1.28 km

720 m

< 100 m

Elevation

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Weather

Monday 12 October

15°C

4°C

52 %

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Comments

March 5, 2025,Schönbeker Moor

A really beautiful tour in terms of scenery, even if the paths were very rutted in places. But there was an awful lot of rubbish lying around. Car parts, canisters, plastic, bottles, terrible!!

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February 12, 2022,Das große Moor.

Since the somewhat larger ponds have been renatured, it looked to me as if you could no longer walk on the old railway embankment.
So the round turned out to be a little smaller!
But now that I liked it there so much, a big round in the same area is already being planned and the Looper Antik & Café …

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