View of the Mittelland Canal – St. Dionysius Church Lindhorst loop from Samtgemeinde Lindhorst
View of the Mittelland Canal – St. Dionysius Church Lindhorst loop from Samtgemeinde Lindhorst
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View of the Mittelland Canal – St. Dionysius Church Lindhorst loop from Samtgemeinde Lindhorst
02:30
9.83km
20m
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: April 23, 2026
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Start point
Bus stop
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5.54 km
View of the Mittelland Canal
Highlight • Viewpoint
The Mittelland Canal (MLK) is a federal waterway and, at 325.3 kilometers long, the longest artificial waterway in Germany. Including branch and connecting canals, the length is 392 km. It connects the Dortmund-Ems Canal with the Weser, Elbe and the Elbe-Havel Canal. In a broader sense, it is part of a connection between the Rhine and the Oder. In the west, the connection to the Rhine is established via the Dortmund-Ems Canal and the Rhine-Herne Canal or Wesel-Datteln Canal. In the east, the Elbe-Havel Canal, the Lower Havel Waterway and the Havel-Oder Waterway connect the Mittelland Canal with the Oder.
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Otto von Hagen Memorial
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Until the 13th century, a dense marshy riparian forest covered the area, which is drained by the Sachsenhäger Aue, the Rodenberger Aue and numerous streams. On its southern side was an old trade route (Hellweg) between the Rhine and the Elbe, whose course follows today's federal highway 65. Early history finds evidence of early settlement of this region. In the 5th century, the Saxons invaded the area of the northernmost low mountain range. The Dülwald was preserved as a large border forest between several Gauen until the beginning of the clearing in the 13th century.
The Dülwald was gradually cleared. With the number of settlements, the demand for farmland increased. Today's Dülwald is only about 580 acres and is located between Sachsenhagen and the places Lindhorst and Ottensen (district of Lindhorst) in Schaumburg.
It is crossed in the northern third of the Mittelland Canal. In hiking maps the rest of the forest area is called the age part. In a broader sense, however, the Dülwald continues to exist in other isolated but partly even today fairly large forest areas. For example, the 4,000 hectare Schaumburg Forest is a remnant of the Dülwald.
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St. Dionysius Church Lindhorst
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9.83 km
End point
Bus stop
Way Types & Surfaces
Way Types
7.93 km
1.43 km
316 m
112 m
Surfaces
3.41 km
2.61 km
1.90 km
1.78 km
< 100 m
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