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North Rhine-Westphalia
Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
Lübbecke

Great Peat Bog – Moor bath at Großes Torfmoor loop from Kreis Minden-Lübbecke

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Germany
North Rhine-Westphalia
Kreis Minden-Lübbecke
Lübbecke

Great Peat Bog – Moor bath at Großes Torfmoor loop from Kreis Minden-Lübbecke

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Great Peat Bog – Moor bath at Großes Torfmoor loop from Kreis Minden-Lübbecke

01:06

4.35km

10m

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Easy hike. Great for any fitness level. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: June 28, 2026

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Großes Torfmoor

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395 m

North Tower (observation tower), Großes Torfmoor

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You can learn a lot about our bog bodies on the wooden path near this tower. This tower is also ideal for photographing the sunrise.

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553 m

Great Peat Bog

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The large peat bog in the area of Lübbecke and Hille is the only raised bog in the whole of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is located directly in the north of …

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1.09 km

Find a bench and enjoy the hustle and bustle of the fauna in the moor, whether 🐦, frogs or moor sheep. It won't be boring. Or have a snack or tea time on one of the towers.🤩

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1.27 km

Großes Torfmoor Lookout Tower

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Climb the tower and enjoy the view

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1.33 km

Moor bath at Großes Torfmoor

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Would you like to cool down? Even on warm days, a lap in the mud bath is good for your legs. But don't forget to bring a towel!

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1.96 km

Peat Extraction Station Großes Torfmoor

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Very informative station with information about peat extraction and interesting outcrops in the peat

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2.75 km

Great Peat Bog Loop

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For us it was an unbelievably beautiful round!

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3.56 km

A great play of colors in autumn

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4.35 km

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4.02 km

320 m

Surfaces

3.70 km

342 m

243 m

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Wednesday 8 July

24°C

15°C

41 %

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April 12, 2025,Hille großes Torfmoor ab 🅿️3
It was a good thing we were wearing layers 🧥👕, the motto was ➡️ TAKE OFF 🔆
The sun was just being especially kind to us ❣️

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After we met up with our daughter, her boyfriend and his parents for lunch at El Greco in Gehlenbeck, we went for a short walk in the moor. The others hadn't seen it yet and we had a lovely afternoon in the fresh air. Afterwards we had coffee and cake.
We only spotted the crane with the help of binoculars; …

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If you like doing something,🙏😃📸...then time and place don't matter at all... "The main thing is that you enjoy it"🤗🙋🤸🥾🚴.
It was a morning in the peat bog that was really fun again 📸👍🌅

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Since I had to do something else yesterday in the nice weather and couldn't go out, I decided to do it again this morning in a light drizzle. It was dry in between.
The catkins are now starting to bloom. I was able to observe several groups of deer and at a great distance I spotted two cranes. As far …

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A little walk with my daughter....son-in-law-to-be....granddaughter in the pram and of course the piggyback 😍

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At P3, where I started, there was a camper from Aurich. The couple had just finished their morning toilet.

A little further on at the north tower there were two men with photo equipment etc. who had obviously spent the night in the north tower. Their sleeping bags and other things were still there. Perhaps the car with the Heidelberg …

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March 2, 2022,Die kleine Moorrunde
After injuring myself while running the day before yesterday and pulling a painful calf strain, I'll have to focus more on hiking and walking for the next few days. After all, walking is already working again without any problems. Today is the start of a short tour through the Great Torfmoor near Hille in the Minden-Lübbecke district. The time of …

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January 5, 2024,Großes Torfmoor
Unfortunately not without rain showers today...☂️🌧☂️

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