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Trail along Windebyer Noor – Eckernförde Harbour loop from Schleswig

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Trail along Windebyer Noor – Eckernförde Harbour loop from Schleswig

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Trail along Windebyer Noor – Eckernförde Harbour loop from Schleswig

03:32

58.4km

260m

Cycling

Moderate bike ride. Good fitness required. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The route includes a crossing by ferry. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 8, 2026

This route includes a ferry crossing

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Cycling is not permitted along parts of this route

After 2.65 km for 69 m

After 29.4 km for 63 m

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Start point

Train Station

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24.7 km

Tree-Lined Path by the Noor

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huge trees 🌳

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Avenue of Giant Trees

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Very impressive avenue and great trees

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Trail along Windebyer Noor

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The lake was formerly connected directly as the end of Eckernförde Bay with the Baltic Sea. The hollow shape of Windebyer Noores emerged as a glacial tongue basin during the Weichsel icing. During this time, the Weichselian glacial Baltic Sea glacier in Schleswig-Holstein divided into a "Holsteiner Lobus" and a "Eckernförder Lobus".

The "Eckernförder Lobus" in turn divided into today's Eckernförder area, taking advantage of a (according to some geologists already before the Ice Age) depth line of Eckernförde Bay in a northern ("Windebyer Noor tongue") and a southern ("Wittensee-Goossee- Tongue ") Partis tongue.

The Windebyer-Noor tongue formed u. a. the Hüttener mountains, the Wittensee-Goossee-tongue the Duvenstedter mountains. An indication of the glacial origin is a large boulder in Windebyer Noor, the "White Stone". Sand deposits formed after the Ice Age over time, a beach wall system (spit), which closed the Noor gradually from Eckernförde Bay. The final separation took place only in 1929 by artificial landfills. Today, the Windebyer Noor is only connected underground with the Baltic Sea. Meanwhile, there are plans of the city of Eckernförde for the restoration of an open connection, to the realization of which first steps have already been taken.

Archaeological finds suggest a settlement around the Windebyer Noor in the Iron Age. These include mussel shells and kitchen waste, which were found in several places during the construction of the Eckernförder bypass in 1951 and could be attributed to pollen analysis of the Iron Age, including the findings of the two bog bodies of Windeby. In 1995, two "fossil islands" were discovered in the Windebyer Noor by means of a sediment echo sounder - possibly these are lost settlements, since the water level of the Baltic Sea and thus of the Windebyer Noor was at that time a few meters below today.

In the late Iron Age and Viking times, the Danube's Easter Wall ran as far as Windebyer Noor, which at that time was not yet cut off from Eckernförde Bay. Possibly was located at the end of the Easter Wall on the west bank of the Noor a Viking-age port [2], [3].

Until the 1970s, there was a bathhouse at the barracks Carlshöhe in Windebyer Noor.

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Eckernförde Harbour

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Nice to be at the harbor. Perfect as a starting point to explore the city 🤙

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Eckernförde Town Harbour

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Whether in summer, spring, winter or autumn - there is always something going on at the harbor. To look, there are old fishing boats, a lighthouse, the wooden bridge and much more. On the 1st Sunday of the month, the fish market takes place here regularly.

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41.0 km

Missunde Ferry across the Schlei

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A small update on the ferry. The old ferry is currently still running, but this will soon be replaced by a solar ferry. The price of the ferry with a bicycle has increased to 1.50 euros. Still reasonable, in my opinion.

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48.3 km

Oak avenue and lido at the Kleine Breite of the Schlei

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simply fantastic:: Oak avenue of Winningmay, Dreilingsbrücke over the Füsinger Au, reed belt, natural bathing area on the Kleine Breite of the Schlei, the Vikings settled in this beautiful spot on the Kleine Breite of the Schlei from around 700 to around 1000 😊 .

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View over the Schlei

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The riverside promenade is a great place for relaxed cycling with fantastic views of the Schlei.

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End point

Train Station

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

23.4 km

17.2 km

9.11 km

8.15 km

435 m

144 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

39.8 km

8.96 km

5.74 km

2.58 km

1.42 km

< 100 m

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Trail along Windebyer Noor – Eckernförde Harbour loop from Schleswig

Tree-Lined Path by the Noor

Avenue of Giant Trees

Trail along Windebyer Noor

Eckernförde Harbour

Eckernförde Town Harbour

Missunde Ferry across the Schlei

Oak avenue and lido at the Kleine Breite of the Schlei

View over the Schlei

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