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Ilmenau Riverside Trail – Ilmenau Riverside Trail loop from Lüneburg

Ilmenau Riverside Trail – Ilmenau Riverside Trail loop from Lüneburg

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Ilmenau Riverside Trail – Ilmenau Riverside Trail loop from Lüneburg

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15.0km

60m

Gravel riding

Easy gravel ride. Great for any fitness level. Mostly paved surfaces. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: March 22, 2026

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Nikolaihof in Bardowick

Dümpel an der Landwehr

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1.17 km

Ilmenau River

Highlight • River

Very nice cycle path along the Ilmenau. The river has largely natural banks here and leaves a picturesque impression.

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2.73 km

Ilmenau Riverside Trail

Highlight • Cycleway

The cycle path between Bardowick and Lüneburg, directly along the Ilmenau, is beautifully landscaped and very easy to navigate.

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3.29 km

The approximately 120 km long Ilmenau Cycle Path is a joint project of the districts of Uelzen, Lüneburg and Harburg. The Ilmenau is the most important body of water in the large natural area of the Lüneburg Heath. It flows through all three districts and in many parts is still very close to nature.
Due to the special features of the Ilmenau, it was decided to design the cycle path as a nature adventure cycle path. This means that some sections of the route do not run directly on the course of the river, because for environmental reasons, existing paths should be used where possible and little should be built, newly paved or asphalted.
Nevertheless, you don't have to do without comfort when you're on the move. The signage was based on the current recommendations of the ADFC. So that you can rest on the way, benches have been set up and shelters for bad weather. At the shelters there are overview boards that provide information about the cycle path, but also show where you are and where the next resting place is.

ilmenauradweg.de

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5.81 km

Old Bardowick Lock (Die Alte Schleuse Bardowick)

Highlight • Monument

Just a nice place with a small lock, an old barge and a houseboat.

Unfortunately, the lock at Bardowick is in poor condition and was closed in 2012. When or if the lock is repaired, is still in the stars. It is, as always, also a matter of money. Since today the vegetables are transported by trucks, Ilmenau no longer has any significance as a transport route. The lock has fallen into a deep sleep and is waiting for a prince who kisses her awake. This is how the museum ship, with which the vegetables were once transported to Hamburg, is caught there.

But somehow it has remained a magical place.

Left:
schiffshistorisches-archiv.de/schiffsdetails.html?&tx_wfqbe_pi1[id]=94
historische-ilmenau.de/?cat=3
landeszeitung.de/blog/lokales/208016-wegen-baufaelligkeit-gesperrt

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6.09 km

St. Nikolaihof Bardowick

Highlight • Historical Site

Old pen for the care of leprosy patients in the Middle Ages. Very nice location, with a small oak forest to Ilmenau. Right at the lock left in the Eichwald. Also a filming location of the series "Red Roses".

The earliest written record as "House of the Poor Sick" was in a document from the year 1251. The court belonged to the city of Lüneburg, which housed her lepers outside the city walls here. After the leprosy was contained, the facility was converted into a nursing home. The accommodation was separated by gender. In the 15th century, about 80 people populated the court, half residents of women's and men's house, to the other service and administrative personnel (stewards, pastors, sextons, organists, shepherds, servants and maids). In the early 14th century a chapel and the (old) men's house were built, the provisional (house of the steward) in the 16th century. Around 1700 came another (the new) men's house and the so-called Organistenhaus (actually the pastorate, the actual Organistenhaus was demolished in 1802) added. In 1720/21 the women's shelter was renewed.

The women's shelter is still partially used today in its original function. The Nikolaihof is being redeveloped as part of the Bund-Länder program "Urban Heritage Protection", while the exterior work has already been largely completed.

source:
de.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._Nikolaihof
bardowick.de/desktopdefault.aspx/tabid-2190/4197_read-24765

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6.13 km

Nikolaihof Church and Library

Highlight • Religious Site

Keys for the chapel are available in the library.

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9.08 km

Dümpel on the Landwehr Forest Path

Highlight • Trail

The Landwehr is a system of Landwehr ditches, which consisted of up to five earth walls and moats, with which Lüneburg enforced its stacking rights in the 14th century. So traveling merchants were first forced to Lüneburg to offer goods, the weirs prevented them from bypassing the city.

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15.0 km

End point

Bus stop

Way Types & Surfaces

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7.28 km

4.23 km

2.02 km

1.08 km

354 m

< 100 m

Surfaces

5.94 km

3.91 km

2.37 km

2.07 km

723 m

< 100 m

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Ilmenau Bridge

Ilmenau River

Ilmenau Riverside Trail

Ilmenau Riverside Trail

Old Bardowick Lock (Die Alte Schleuse Bardowick)

St. Nikolaihof Bardowick

Nikolaihof Church and Library

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