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Clearly visible dinosaur tracks – Mühlenbach Firefighting Pond loop from Hörkamp

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Clearly visible dinosaur tracks – Mühlenbach Firefighting Pond loop from Hörkamp

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Clearly visible dinosaur tracks – Mühlenbach Firefighting Pond loop from Hörkamp

04:16

15.4km

270m

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 19, 2026

Tips

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Naturpark Weserbergland

Waypoints

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Start point

Bus stop

1

5.45 km

Ridge Trail on the Bückeberge

Highlight • Trail

It can get very muddy here under certain circumstances.

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2

7.14 km

Bremsschacht 7

Highlight • Historical Site

A historic building for the underground mining at that time. An information building tells the story (s).

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3

7.65 km

Obernkirchen Sandstone Quarries

Highlight • Structure

Where strong mountain ranges rise from the North German lowlands for the first time, the Obernkirchen sandstone quarries are located four kilometers east of Obernkirchen and six kilometers south of Stadthagen. Here, on the Bückeberg plateau, sandstone has been extracted from one of the oldest active quarries in the world for 1,000 years and is supplied to the whole of Europe.

While initially the extraction and preparation of the raw blocks was largely done using muscle power and the simplest tools, the first machines were used in the quarry as industrialization progressed. Hand hammer drills or wedge hole hammers were used to drill numerous drill holes or wedge holes into the rock so that the contours of the block were already predetermined. These rows of drill holes weaken the rock so that it can be separated by driving in wedges, working with crowbars or blasting with black powder. After the raw blocks have been released from the rock formation in this way, they are wrapped in chains and lifted out of the high wall by a derrick crane.

Since the 1980s, specially equipped wheel loaders have been used to extract the sandstone. They drive a breaking mandrel between the natural layers and hydraulically release the sandstone from the mountain in the form of blocks. The blocks extracted in this way are prepared for further processing with a block saw in the quarry.
Source: obernkirchener-sandstein.de/de/steinbruch

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4

7.65 km

Clearly visible dinosaur tracks

Highlight • Natural Monument

The fossilized tracks of the dinosaurs are 140 million years old.

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5

7.81 km

Dinosaur Tracks in the Obernkirchen Sandstone Quarries

Highlight • Natural Monument

The traces were discovered by the quarry operator and were extensively developed for tourism and science. They are freely accessible at any time and have been supplemented by informative display boards.
obernkirchen-info.de/bergstadt/dinosaurierwegen.htm

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6

8.68 km

Bückeberg Nature Discovery Trail — Dinosaur Track (Station 3)

Highlight • Trail

... explains what the descendants of the dinosaurs still alive today are and which animals live in the Bückeberg.

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7

10.6 km

Mühlenbach Firefighting Pond

Highlight • Lake

Nice pond, a few more seats would be great. To the left of the jetty is a bench. It's a shame that the bench on the jetty is no longer there.

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8

13.0 km

Kneipp Basin at the Sulphur Spring

Highlight • Rest Area

Sulfur-containing spring water that rises at a rate of 1600 liters per hour from a depth of 26 meters at a temperature of +2°.

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B

15.4 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

11.0 km

3.57 km

767 m

114 m

Surfaces

9.10 km

2.88 km

1.62 km

1.59 km

253 m

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Saturday 10 October

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7°C

72 %

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