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Eastern Observation Tower at Aper Tief – Dreyschloot Bridge loop from Westerstede-Ocholt

Eastern Observation Tower at Aper Tief – Dreyschloot Bridge loop from Westerstede-Ocholt

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Eastern Observation Tower at Aper Tief – Dreyschloot Bridge loop from Westerstede-Ocholt

02:04

47.7km

60m

Road cycling

Moderate road ride. Good fitness required. Some segments of this route may be unpaved and difficult to ride. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: May 9, 2026

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Includes movable bridges

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After 10.1 km for 15 m

After 37.8 km for 15 m

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Pond with Fountain in Apen

Highlight • Lake

Fishing in Apen

Good fishing!

As the municipality with the most water, Apen offers anglers great opportunities to make big catches or just enjoy nature in peace. Guest anglers can purchase guest fishing permits from Apen Touristik to fish for carp, pike, catfish, zander, bream, perch, tench and eel in the many standing and flowing waters. As a special offer, we offer a barrier-free fishing spot at the old harbor basin in Apen.

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7.43 km

Great sculpture

Highlight • Monument

When it comes to art, things go wild

And zack is new art again in Apen, this time on a viewing platform in Aperberg. More sculptures will follow, but not only that is currently being worked on.

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7.94 km

Eastern Observation Tower at Aper Tief

Highlight • Viewpoint

The eastern one of the viewing platforms

The nature reserve with the sign NSG WE 221 is 75 hectares in size. It has been a nature reserve since December 17, 1994. The responsible lower nature conservation authority is the district of Ammerland.
The nature reserve is located south of the Aper Tief between the villages of Apen and Augustfehn in the municipality of Apen in the district of Ammerland. It is bounded in the east by Kreisstraße 120 and in the west by the Norderloher Canal. In the south of the nature reserve is the dike of the Aper Tief, which was moved in 2005 from the bank of the valley to a road running south of it. Before the dyke line was relocated, there was grassland and wet meadows here, which were criss-crossed by oxbow lakes from the Aper Tief. The grassland was mainly used for mowing. After the dyke line has been relocated, the areas between the Aper Tief and the dyke are subject to the natural flow dynamics and are partially flooded when the tide is high.

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23.8 km

Dreyschloot Bridge

Highlight • Bridge

The Dreyschloot connects the rivers Jümme and Leda in the south of East Friesland, which as “two streams” represent one of the most beautiful regions in East Friesland.
Because of the Barkter Straße / Deichstraße, which leads from Detern to Barßel, the Dreyschloot has exactly this lifting bridge.
If you drive the northern path along the Leda to get to Barßel, you will experience the meaning of the lift bridge and can - crossing the connecting channel - then cycle a short way to Barßel. Otherwise you have to drive a large curve along Dreyschloot and Jümme in order to be able to cross them at Detern. From there you can reach Barßel via the Nordloher Tief and Tange. There the Jümme, which from then on is called “Soeste”, continues through Frisoythe and the Tülsfeld dam. Your source is at Emstek.
Shortly after the Dreyschloot Bridge, the Elisabeth Fehn Canal goes off. The Leda, which in turn is called "Sagter Ems" in Saterland, then continues through Ramsloh and Scharrel before - like Soeste - it crosses the coastal canal and rises in the Emsland as an "Ohe" near Spahnharrenstätte.

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28.3 km

Barßel Harbor Observation Tower

Highlight • Viewpoint

If you are in Barßel, you should definitely go to the tower and go upstairs. You have a beautiful view of the lighthouse "Roter Sand" and the harbor.

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29.3 km

St. Cosmas and Damian Church (Barßel)

Highlight • Religious Site

St. Cosmas and Damian (also Ss. Cosmas and Damian) in Barßel is the parish church of the Catholic parish of St. Ansgar, Barßel, which belongs to the Friesoythe deanery of the Münster diocese.

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30.0 km