The best traffic-free bike rides around Filsum

Good opportunity to get acquainted with a canoe or kayak. Paddling on the canals or for beginners on the Stickisee is a fun new challenge

Amdörper Side Opening hours: Saturdays 11 am-3 pm Sundays 11 am-5 pm Enjoy regional specialties between the dike and the landscape

It's really nice to cycle in the surroundings of the Jümme, but one should consider the wind and the fact that there are mostly no cycle paths here and you have to ride on the roads. However, the traffic density here is not high and the views are impressive.

Great place to linger and take a break. Preferably with coffee and cake. Also a meeting point for Cycle Cafe.

It's hard to believe: The school in Stickhausen is one of the oldest in all of East Frisia. As early as the 17th century, the children of the fortress soldiers and officials were taught here – right in the shadow of the castle, where commands and cannon fire usually reigned supreme. The first teacher whose name has been passed down was Hieronymus Huek. Schoolmaster from 1655 to 1670 – and a true multi-talent! He not only taught reading and writing, but was also a soldier, a swordsmith, and a blacksmith. A man with a book, a rapier, and a hammer – who probably also used his strong voice to restore order when things got too noisy in the classroom.

The Sagter Ems originates from the confluence of the Marka and Ohe rivers in Neuscharrel. The confluence point is located just before the southern bank of the Küstenkanal (Coastal Canal), which the Sagter Ems flows under. The Sagter Ems then traverses the Saterland region from south to north, flowing through the villages of Sedelsberg, Scharrel, Ramsloh, Strücklingen, and Bokelesch. Near the hamlet of Roggenberg, the Elisabethfehn Canal flows into the Sagter Ems. From this point until its confluence with the Dreyschloot canal at the border with East Frisia, the Sagter Ems is a federal waterway for 0.56 km,[3] under the jurisdiction of the Ems-Nordsee Waterways and Shipping Authority. The Dreyschloot, artificially constructed between 1848 and 1852, connects to the Barßeler Tief canal and the Jümme river. In East Frisia, the Sagter Ems is known as the Leda. [3] The Leda River, together with the Jümme River, forms the scenic Leda-Jümme region. The Jümme flows into the Leda near Wiltshausen, and shortly thereafter, the Leda flows into the Ems River near Leer (East Frisia). Due to the indirect connection to the North Sea via the Leda and Ems rivers, significant tidal variations can still be observed in the Sagter Ems.

It's wonderful that the old building is so well maintained and preserved.

The Stickhausen Castle The Stickhausen Castle has guarded the southeastern entrance to East Frisia since the mid-15th century. For more than two centuries, it was a military fortress, protecting East Frisia from enemy incursions from the east and south. Until 1885, it was the seat of the administration of the Stickhausen district. Since 2019, it has belonged to the Samtgemeinde Jümme.